Hayat Ali Shah Bukhari

Syed Hayat Ali Shah was born on 12 April 1949 at village Hatri near Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. His father Syed Ghaus Ali Shah was a landlord. He received primary education at his hometown Hatri. In this school one of his teacher Syed Saleh Muhammad Shah was a famous radio and TV artist.[1] Young Hayat Ali Shah was highly inspired by his teacher and decided to pursue his carrier as an artist and broadcaster. He passed Matriculation examination from Noor Muhammad High School Hyderabad and Intermediate from Sachal Arts College Hyderabad.

He joined Radio Pakistan Hyderabad in 1967 as a drama artist and writer. He proved himself as one of the best radio dramatists. He penned down more than 200 plays, serials and scripts for Radio Pakistan Hyderabad, Karachi, Khairpur and Larkana. He was a popular radio writer and artist during the 1970s to 2000s. He also served as a host and comperer at Radio Pakistan Hyderabad.[2]

Famous TV producer Haroon Rind introduced him at Pakistan Television Centre Karachi. He wrote many memorable solo plays and serials for Pakistan Television. He also acted in some of the very famous TV plays and serials.[3]

Film Director A.Q. Pirzada introduced him in the film world as an actor, writer and director. His first Sindhi language film was Mahboob Mitha in which he served as an assistant director. He was also assistant director of Sindhi films Rat Ji Rand, Jeejal Mau, Piyar Tan Sageqay and Rat Ja Rishta. He was also writer of the film Jeejal Mau and Rat Ja Rishta. Famous singer and musician Inayat Hussain Bhatti invited him in Lahore as a Director and writer of films Deedar Sajjan and Ghareeban Jo Yaar. Unfortunately both of these films could not be released, perhaps due to the lack of funds. He was part of the direction team of famous Punjabi film Doghla which was one the popular Punjabi films of that time. He also directed Sindhi film Poti Aneen Pag.[4]

He began his career as a Journalist in 1988. He wrote hundreds of columns on various topics for a number of newspapers, particularly Sindhi language daily Ibrat Hyderabad. Paricularly, his comic columns were very pupular among readers. He served as a news editor in Daily Nijat. He then served under different capacities for various Sindhi language dailies including Sindh News, Khadem-e-Wattan, Kawish and Ibrat. At the time of his death, he was serving as an Assistant Editor of Daily Ibrat Hyderabad.[4]

Syed Hayat Ali Shah Bukhari died on 2 November 2020 in Hirabad, Hyderabad. He was buried at Hatri graveyard.[5]