# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shafi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:26:12.762Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shafi"
name: "Shafi"
slug: "shafi"
description: "Rasheed M. H., known professionally as Shafi, was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam cinema, best known for directing comedy films. He has also directed a Tamil film. Shafi made his directorial debut with One Man Show in 2001. Rafi of the Rafi Mecartin duo is his elder brother. Director Siddique is their uncle. Shafi started his film career in the mid-1990s by assisting director Rajasenan and the Rafi Mecartin duo."
tagline: "Indian director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Director_shafi-photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-02-18"
deathDate: "2025-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.67
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.303906666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1167591/"
    handle:    "nm1167591"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B9_(%DB%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "شفیع (ہدایت کار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC)"
    title: "شافي (مخرج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "شافى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafi_(director)"
    title: "Shafi (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BF"
    title: "ഷാഫി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%80_(%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%95)"
    title: "शफी (दिग्दर्शक)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafi"
    title: "Shafi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%80_(%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "షఫీ (దర్శకుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7461020"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1164633"
    title: "Shafi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump