Subhani Ba Yunus

He died at the age of 78, after a long illness on Wednesday 30 May 2006 in Karachi at his residence PIB Colony.He was laid to rest in Yaseenabad graveyard, where relatives and friends bade him farewell.

Subhani Bayunus tried his hand in films and performed the role of a villain in Iqbal Akhtar's Nadaan (1973). He played character roles in Athar Shah Khan Jaidi's Aas Paas (1982) and Iqbal Akhtar's comeback failure Muskurahat (1995). He acted in a Gujarati film titled Mann Tey Maan and Javed Jabbar's English-language film Beyond the Last Mountain (1977).

It is said that the Mirza Ghalib role that made Subhani Bayunus a household name in the 1960s was originally given to Mohammad Yousuf. But the renowned man of letters Nazar Hyderabadi insisted that the role be given to Subhani Bayunus whose height and appearance made him bear a striking resemblance to Ghalib. Subhani Bayunus also played Ghalib in a documentary made by the Directorate of Films and Publications in 1968 as part of Ghalib's centenary celebrations. This documentary was not shown due to political reasons. It is available from Shalimar Recording Company, Islamabad.

Subhani ba Yunus (1931–2006) was an accomplished Pakistani actor and television and radio personality whose distinct voice quality earned him a special place in Radio Pakistan. Younis was an Urdu-speaking Hyderabadi Muslim of Hadhrami Chaush descent. His claim to fame comes from Khwaja Moinuddin's stage plays, particularly Taleem-e-Balighan in which he played the role of a butcher.

Subhani Ba Yunus was born Hyderabad Deccan, British India, in 1931. He belonged to a family that had migrated to India from Hadhramaut, Yemen. After partition of India, his family settled in Karachi in August 1949. He had a son and a daughter.