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Without my parents I would have not been me.

Mohomed Shakir

Shamim Shakir

 

Migrants from Lucknow

 

Lived at the Kurla slums..

 

My dad worked for N Swami Rao Colaba

Along with Mohomed Bhai his best friend.

Mohomed Bhai ended up owning Fitwell Hampton Court Colaba.

 

My father moved from the Kurla slums as a tenant at Khatau Bhuvan WodehouseRoad .

The owners family were from the royal houuse of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.

Their late father was late Nawab Kashmiri veteran actor of Indian cinema and contemporary of Sohrab Modi Dilip Sab Jayant Mukri others all hardcore football Rovers fans.

 

From. Wodehouse road our new landlord sent us for a few months to Neelam Breach Candy and finally my dad got a house of his own at 3 Mohini Mansions Stand Cinema.

 

My dad died in 96

My mom died in 98

 

Buried in Mumbai soil at Shia cemetery Rehmatabad Mazgaom.

 

They made us what we are today.

My brothers

Shakil Shakir

Zahir Shakir

Fred Shakir

 

My sisters

Najma Saher

Farzana Suri

Rehana Mohammed Shakir

 

 

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Uploaded on May 25, 2020