Dino Shafeek

Dino Shafeek was a Bangladeshi actor and comedian based in the United Kingdom and the star or costar of several popular English TV comedies during the 1970s and early 1980s. He is best remembered for playing the part of Chai Wallah Muhammed in the BBC sitcom It Aint Half Hot Mum as well as the role of Ali Nadim in ITV sitcom Mind Your Language.

Shafeek was born in Dacca , East Bengal, British India . He came from a poor family, though little else is known of his early life. He went on to matriculate from a high school in Dhaka and then attended Dacca University where he gained a Bachelor of Arts. During this time, Shafeek became very active in amateur theater in Dhaka. In the 1950s, he came to England and enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

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