Umro Ayyar Explained

Umro Ayyar
Nickname:Umro
First:Hamzanama
Weapon:Suleimani
Gender:Male
Home:Tilism-e-Hoshruba

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.[1] [2]

Modern Urdu authors like Zaheer Ahmed,[3] Mazhar Kaleem,[4] Safdar Shaheen and Akhter Rizvi[5] have written various different stories about the character.

Summary

Umro Ayyar is a thief and most famous character of the Hamzanama after Amir Hamza, the titular hero of the epic. He's known for his cleverness and theft in the city 'Tilism-e-Hoshruba'. His life is full of adventure. It is his habit to travel around the world and to face evils and bad spirits. Umro has a magical zambeel (bag)[6] 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.

In fiction

Films

FilmDirectorPlayed by
Chandrakanta (1956)[7] G. P. Sippy
Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning (2024)Azfar JafriUsman Mukhtar[8]
Taalismaan (unreleased)Ram MadhvaniAmitabh Bachchan

Dramas

DramaWriterPlayed by
Ainak Wala Jin (1993)Abdul HameedNisar Butt[10]
Chandrakanta (1994)[11] Devaki Nandan KhatriBrahmachari
Kahani Chandrakanta Ki (2011)Shrikant VishvakarmaSparsh Sharma
Chandrakanta (2017)[12] Devaki Nandan Khatri
Ekta Kapoor
Punit Talreja
Prem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta (2017)[13] Devaki Nandan KhatriChandan K Anand

Other books

No.BookWriter(s)Publisher
1HamzanamaGhalib LakhnaviModern Library
2ChandrakantaDevaki Nandan KhatriLehri Book Depot
3Umru Ayar (comic series)[14] Hasan AnsariKachee Goliyan
4Tilism-e-Hoshruba[15] Shahnaz AijazuddinPenguin Books Ltd
5Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism[16] Musharraf Ali FarooqiPenguin Random House Pvt. Ltd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayyar, ʻUmro (Fictitious character) [WorldCat Identities]].
  2. عمر و عیار۔ داستانِ امیر حمزہ کا ایک دلچسپ کردار. Dr Saeed. Ahmad. Ambar. Fatima. 1 March 2020. Noor e Tahqeeq. 4. 13. 49–55. ojs.lgu.edu.pk.
  3. Web site: Umro Aur Botal Ka Jin by Zaheer Ahmed]. 7 July 2019 .
  4. Web site: Umro Aur Veran Qila by Mazhar Kaleem M.A].
  5. Web site: Tilism-i-Hoshruba: Umro Ayyar Collection Series.
  6. Web site: Zambeel – The legendary bag of tricks . Zambeel Dramatic Readings . en . 28 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Chandrakanta (1956) . Cinemaazi . en.
  8. Web site: Umro Ayyar: Usman Mukhtar revives the Persian legend of magic, adventure. Geo News. 17 November 2021.
  9. Web site: The Chronicles of Umro Ayyar . IMDb . 21 April 2023.
  10. Web site: NISAR BUTT in Ainak Wala Jin. FUN4ALL.
  11. Web site: Chandrakanta (1994) . Indiancine.ma.
  12. Web site: Chandrakanta (2017) . Indiancine.ma.
  13. Web site: Prem Ya Paheli: Chandrakanta (2017) . Indiancine.ma.
  14. Web site: Comic review: Umru Ayar, the rebirth of a hero. The Express Tribune. 28 April 2013.
  15. Book: Tilism-e-Hoshruba. Google Books. 30 October 2009. Penguin UK . 9788184758245.
  16. Web site: The Magical Tale of Hoshruba, a Dastangoi Classic. Asia Society.