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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Badi Uzzaman, Indian-born British actor, died from chest infection he was , 72

Mohammed Badi Uzzaman Azmi), better known as Badi Uzzaman and also known as BadiUzzaman, was an Indian-born British television and film actor died from chest infection  he was , 72. According to The Guardian, Uzzaman was perhaps best known for his role as a hospital patient in the 1985 television series, The Singing Detective, opposite actor Michael Gambon. He later appeared in numerous television roles during his career, often as a supporting character, including Torchwood, Inspector Morse, Coronation Street, Cracker, The Bill and Casualty.



(8 March 1939 - 14 June 2011


Uzzaman was born on March 8, 1939, in Phulpur, Azamgarh, British India.[1] His father worked for the railroad industry, so he moved to the city of Abbottabad in present-day Pakistan.[1] He continued to move with his family depending on his father's job transfers, which included time in both Quetta and Lahore.[1] Uzzaman graduated from Government College, Abbottabad, in 1959, where he studied English and Urdu.[1][2]
Uzzaman began his career as a radio presenter in Pakistan. He switched to acting, appearing in roles of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) following the state-owned channel's launch in 1964.[1]
In 1984, Uzzaman was cast in Malia, a Pakistani film about a traveling fair with a strong, underlying theme against the martial law imposed by the government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.[1][2] In the film, Uzzaman played five different characters.[3] The film was sharply rebuked by Zia's government,[1][2] and had to be completed in London.[3] Uzzaman left Pakistan and was granted political asylum in the United Kingdom soon after Malia's release.[1][2] He became a British citizen.[1][2]
At the age of 72, Uzzaman died of a lung infection on 14 June 2011.[1][2]

 

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