Umro Ayyar or Amar Ayyar is a fictional character, an ayyār, in Tilism-e-Hoshruba, an Urdu recension of the Islamic epic Hamzanama (originally in Persian). He was first written about during the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar and many stories and novels have been written about him since.
Modern Urdu authors like Zaheer Ahmed, Mazhar Kaleem, Safdar Shaheen and Akhter Rizvi have written various different stories about the character.
Summary Umro Ayyar is a thief and the most famous character of the Hamzanama after Amir Hamza, the titular hero of the epic. He is known for his guile and thievery in the city 'Tilism-e-Hoshruba'. His life is full of adventure. It is his habit to travel around the world and take on evils and bad spirits. Umro has a magical zambeel (bag) from which he can extract whatever he wants. He mostly uses it to show off and to kill evil. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
Legacy
In fiction Films Film Director Played byChandrakanta (1956) G. P. Sippy Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning (2024) Azfar Jafri Usman MukhtarTaalismaan (unreleased) Ram Madhvani Amitabh Bachchan
Animated films Film Director Played byThe Chronicles of Umro Ayyar (unreleased) Syed Arsalan Ali Haris Basharat Afraz Rasool
Dramas Drama Writer Played byAinak Wala Jin (1993) Abdul Hameed Nisar ButtChandrakanta (1994) Devaki Nandan Khatri BrahmachariKahani Chandrakanta Ki (2011)Shrikant VishvakarmaSparsh SharmaChandrakanta (2017) Devaki Nandan KhatriEkta Kapoor Punit TalrejaPrem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta (2017) Devaki Nandan Khatri Chandan K Anand
Other books No. Book Writer(s) Publisher 1Hamzanama Ghalib Lakhnavi Modern Library 2 Chandrakanta Devaki Nandan Khatri Lehri Book Depot 3Umru Ayar (comic series) Hasan Ansari Kachee Goliyan 4Tilism-e-Hoshruba Shahnaz Aijazuddin Penguin Books Ltd 5Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism Musharraf Ali Farooqi Penguin Random House Pvt. Ltd
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