Dino Shafeek
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Dino Shafeek (born Gholam D. Shafeek, 21 March 1930 – 10 March 1984) was a Bangladeshi actor.
Born and raised in Dacca, Bengal Province, he moved to the UK from East Pakistan in 1958 and appeared in several sitcoms during the 1970s and early 1980s.
He is best remembered for playing the part of Chai Wallah Muhammed in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum as well as the role of Ali Nadim in ITV sitcom Mind Your Language.
Career
Shafeek was active with amateur theatre in Dacca and, after emigrating to England in 1958, he attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In the film The Long Duel (1967), starring Yul Brynner, he was his first film role.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a BBC comedy film written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, Dad's Army's writers. It is set in World War II British India, following the fortunes and activities of a concert party troop attached to the Royal Artillery. The series was broadcast on the BBC from 1974 to 1981, starring Windsor Davies as the troop sergeant-major of the troops's barracks in Deolali, Bombay Presidency.
Shafeek's "Chaiwallah Muhammad" is a play on a joking about his chai chai. "Tea, hot tea" is the word that comes to mind. He also sings the musical interludes between the scenes, which are mainly World War II-era hits accompanied by a sitar. He begins to sing "Land of Hope and Glory" after being interrupted by the Sergeant-major's "SHUTUPPP!!" at the end of the final credits. When the actor who played Rangi Ram (Michael Bates) died after Series 5 was announced, Muhammad was later promoted to bearer.
Shafeek performed the role of student Ali Nadim in the ITV/London Weekend Television sitcom Mind Your Language (1977–79). Ali was one of a group of individuals from many backgrounds in an English class at a London night-school, as well as Barry Evans as their tutor. Ali, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, had immigrated to the United Kingdom, and was often seen bickering with Ranjeet Singh, a Sikh from India. Ali told Ranjeet that he would "kick [him] up the Khyber" ("Khyber Pass" being the rhyming word for "arse" in rhyming slang for "arse"). As the series progresses, their friendship develops into one of warmth and mutual support.
Shafeek appeared in films and television, such as Carry On Emmannuelle, Minder, Special Branch, and The Onedin Line.
Tom Selleck played him in High Road to China in his last role.