Cinemaazi remembers Shyam on his death anniversary

Shyam began his film career with Punjabi films. He made his debut with the film Gowandhi (1942), directed by G.R. Sethi, opposite the debuting actress Veena. Shyam’s grandfather was a village Patwari, and his father was a hospital store-keeper in the Indian Medical Service. Due to the nature of his father’s work, young Shyam moved through the various cantonment towns of Punjab throughout his childhood.