Veteran actor Talat Hussain died in Karachi on Sunday at the age of 83. Hussain, born on Sept 18, 1940, passed away after a prolonged illness, state broadcaster PTV said in a post on social media platform X. Speaking to Geo News , actor Behroze Sabzwari recalled his experience of working with Hussain and hailed his services to the theatre industry.
Praising Hussain’s manner of uttering dialogues, Sabzwari said, “I can’t recall how many times I’ve tried to speak like Talat bhai in dramas but I can’t.” Actress Bushra Ansari called Hussain the “king of the world of voice”. Speaking to Geo News , she noted: “Very few artists speak the Urdu language in such brilliant, clear and beautiful manner and also speak English in the same clear and beautiful way.
” Actor Adnan Siddiqui, in a post on X, said that the passing away of Hussain “felt like a personal loss”. “He was there not as a co-actor but [as a] guiding force when I did my first-ever play,” he said, adding: “Another of the greats gone.” Former PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry also expressed his sorrow, saying : “A legend departed.
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