Background
He originally hailed from Sialkot and his full name was Sunder Shyam Chadha, but he grew up in Rawalpindi.
He originally hailed from Sialkot and his full name was Sunder Shyam Chadha, but he grew up in Rawalpindi.
Shyam graduated from Gordon College in Rawalpindi.
Even after partition their bond of friendship endured. One of his famous movies was Bazaar, released in 1949 where he starred with Nigar Sultana. Shyam acted in many memorable: Mann kee jeet (1944), Majboor (1948), Dillagi (1949), Patanga (1949), Chandni Raat (1949), Meena Bazaar (1950) and Samadhi (1950).Shyam died on the set of the film Shabistan in 1951 after he fell off a horse.
The film was completed with a stand-in and body double in his place.