David Ibrahim Cheulkar

David Abraham Cheulkar (21 ga Yuni 1908 - 2 ga Janairu 1982), wanda aka fi sani da David, jarumin fina-finan Indiya ne. A cikin aikinsa na tsawon shekaru arba'in, ya taka rawa a fina-finai, tun daga fim din 1941 mai suna Naya Sansar, kuma ya ci gaba da fitowa a fina-finai sama da 110, ciki har da fina-finai masu ban sha'awa kamar Gol Maal (1979), Baton Baton Mein (1979) da Boot Polish (1954), wanda aka ba shi kyautar Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award ta 1955. 

 Farko da rayuwar mutum 
An haifi David Abraham Cheulkar a cikin dangin Indo-Isra'ila daga Ashdod . Manyan 'yan uwansa ne suka rene shi yayin da mahaifinsa Ibrahim ya mutu lokacin da Dauda yake ƙarami. Mahaifiyarsa Dinah, wacce take da asalin Marathi, ta rayu tsawon rai, kuma ta mutu tana da shekaru 104. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2025)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ] Ya kasance memba na al'ummar Bene Israel mai magana da Marathi a Mumbai . Tun yana yaro, yana son yin wasan kwaikwayo. Yana cikin wasannin kwaikwayo da yawa na Faransa da yake yi a lambun maƙwabcinsa. David ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Mumbai da digiri na farko a fannin fasaha a shekarar 1930. Bayan shekaru shida da ya yi yana fama da rashin nasara don samun aiki, ya yanke shawarar gwada sa'arsa a masana'antar fina-finan Hindi ta hanyar zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. A cikin waɗannan shekarun gwagwarmaya, ya kuma sami nasarar samun digiri a fannin shari'a daga Kwalejin Shari'a ta Gwamnati.

A ƙarshe, a ranar 15 ga Janairu 1937, tare da taimakon abokinsa na kud da kud Nayampalli, wani tsohon jarumi, ya fara fitowa a fim. Fim ɗin Zambo ne, kuma Mohan Bhavnani ne ke shirya shi kuma ya ba da umarni, wanda shi ne Babban Furodusan Sashen Fina-finai na Gwamnatin Indiya .  Bai taɓa yin aure ba. 

 Sana'a 
David yana da alaƙa sosai da IPTA, wata ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa cikin fina-finan Khwaja Ahmad Abbas da yawa, ciki har da wanda aka zaɓa daga Palme d'Or Pardesi (1957),  da Shehar Aur Sapna (1963), wanda ya lashe kyautar fina-finan ƙasa ta 1964 don Mafi Kyawun Fim, Munaa da Char Dil Char Raahein .

An san David sosai da rawar da ya taka a fim ɗin "John Chacha"  a cikin fim ɗin da ya yi fice a shekarar 1954 da kuma kyautar Filmfare Award for Best Film Award kuma wanda aka zaɓa a Palme d'Or,  Boot Polish, wanda Prakash Arora ya jagoranta, wanda ya lashe kyautar Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award a shekarar 1955.  Waƙar "Nanhe Munne Bachche" daga fim ɗin, wacce aka ɗauke ta a kansa, ta zama waƙa mai ban sha'awa a wannan zamanin.

A lokacin da yake ƙarami, tsakanin 1959 zuwa 1975, David ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kuma sanannen mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen kyaututtuka da sauran ayyuka.  A cikin ɗaya daga cikin jawaban Jawaharlal Nehru, firayim minista, ya ce duk wani taron da za a yi ba zai cika ba tare da jawabin David ba.

Ya shiga harkar tallata wasanni,   daga baya kuma ya zama wakilin wasannin Olympics na Indiya.  Gwamnatin Indiya ta ba shi kyautar Padma Shri a shekarar 1969. 

Sau da yawa ana yi masa kallon David ko Kawu David, Cheulkar ya fito a fina-finan Bollywood sama da 110 a cikin aikinsa wanda ya wuce shekaru arba'in, da yawa daga cikinsu a matsayin mutum mai kirki da kuma mai son mutane. Daga cikin fitattun wasanninsa akwai rawar da ya taka a fim ɗin Boot Polish (1954), inda ya taka rawar John Chacha, wani mai kula da 'yan mata masu kirki wanda, kafin a kore shi zuwa gidan yari, ya kama 'yan'uwa marayu biyu a ƙarƙashinsa kuma ya koya musu yin aiki don samun takalma masu sheƙi, maimakon yin roƙo. Cheulkar ya sami kyautar gwarzon jarumi mafi kyau a mujallar Filmfare saboda wannan rawar.

An kuma nuna shi a cikin Pardesi (Journey Beyond Three Seas), wani fim na Rashanci da Indiya a shekarar 1957 wanda ya faru a shekarun 1400; The City and the Dream (Shehar Aur Sapna, a cikin Hindi), wani fim na birni na halitta daga 1963, wanda aka zaɓa don kyautar fina-finai ta ƙasa ta Indiya a matsayin mafi kyawun fim, da kuma barkwancin soyayya na Chupke Chupke daga 1975 (daga minti na 1 zuwa minti na 2 na shirin).
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