Mustansar Hussain Tarar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This image has an uncertain copyright status and is pending deletion. You can comment on the removal.

Mustansar Hussain Tarar (Urdu: مستنصر حسين تارڑ) (March 1, 1939) is one of the most famous personalities of Pakistan. He is a famous actor, writer, compare and a media personalitiy. His first book Nikley Teri Talaash Main, a travelogue of Europe was published in 1971, he has so far over forty titles to his credit which include all genre of literature; travelogues, novels, short stories and collection of his newspaper columns and Television dramas.

[edit] Cha Cha Jee

He was a host of PTV's live morning transmission Subuh Bakhair (Urdu: صبح بخیر) (Good Morning) for many years. His unconventional and down-to-earth style of comparing earned him great popularity among people from all circles of life. He is one of the most recognized personality among children as he spent a big part of transmission time addressing exclusively children. He proclaimed himself Cha Cha Jee (Urdu: چاچا جی) (paternal uncle) of all Pakistani children and soon became known by this title. He often told on TV that even adults called him Cha Cha Jee in letters and in person.

Currently he writes a weekly column for Akbar-e-Jehan, he also writes a fortnightly column for the English language daily "Dawn" and a weekly column for an Urdu language daily "Jinnah".