Legendary Comedian Ismail Tara died in Karachi
Legendary comedian Ismail Tara died after kidney failure in Karachi on Thursday, according to his family. He was 73 years old. "He was admitted to a private hospital three days ago, but died due to kidney failure," said his son Shiraz Tara. At the time when Ismail Tara was admitted to the hospital, he was taking care of his family members namely his wife, four sons, and daughter.
Born in November 1949 in Karachi, the versatile Tara enjoyed a storied career on stage, television, and cinema.
He started acting in stage plays in 1964 when he was still a teenager. I. Tara rose to fame through Fifty-Fifty, a comedy show which ran from 1979 to 1981.
He also wrote some scripts for a popular TV show after Anwar Maqsood, the original scriptwriter, had a fallout with the director ...