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Shekhar Suman: I never viewed Umer Sharif as a comedian, he was an artiste
Updated On: 04 October, 2021 09:36 PM IST | Mumbai | Natasha Coutinho D`souza
Shekhar Suman who has worked with Umer Sharif during Zee Cine Awards and The Great Indian Laughter Challenge shares anecdotes
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Shekhar Suman
Pakistani actor, comedian, producer and director, Umer Sharif passed away in Germany yesterday at the age of 66. Shekhar Suman who has shared the stage with Sharif on multiple occasions, include co-hosting the Zee Cine Awards and judging The Great Indian Laughter Challenge where he performed, spoke to mid-day.com and shared a few anecdotes.
Suman recalls, "I first came across Umer when my makeup man asked if I had seen his play ‘Bakra Qiston Pe’. Those were the times we only had access to videos with hazy images, the pirated version. I was bowled over by his sense of comic timing. He had a special gift of repartee. I went on to watch ‘Buddha Ghar Pe Hai` and other live plays which were recorded. One day I got a call from the producers saying they wanted me to co-host Zee Cine Awards in Dubai with Umer Sharif. That was the time `Movers and Shakers` was doing fantastic and they said they wouldn’t find a better Indian representative. Umer was staying in Sun n Sand and I met him. He said he appreciated me as a show host and we should work together sometime. I’m an actor who likes to be prepared with the script in advance, but Umer kept procrastinating. We reached Dubai a day before the awards, and again I suggested we rehearse. But it didn’t happen and we went on stage unprepared. The show turned out to be brilliant with our wit and spontaneity. When you rehearse a lot, sometimes things look structured. Here we were just reacting to each other."
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