Star Trek ki asal series ke “Chekov” Walter Koenig 90 baras ki umar mein inteqal kar gaye

Los Angeles: Classic science fiction series Star Trek aur baad ki saat filmon mein khalai jahaz ke navigator Pavel Chekov ka kirdar ada karne wale Walter Koenig 90 baras ki umar mein inteqal kar gaye.

George Takei ne peer ko Facebook par likha: "Mera dil bojhal hai. Walter Koenig, hamare Ensign Pavel Chekov, aaj subah savere inteqal kar gaye." Takei ne show mein Koenig ke saath kaam kiya tha aur woh un ke derina dost the. Reuters ne Associated Press ke hawale se bataya ke Koenig Los Angeles mein apne ghar par inteqal kar gaye. AP ne un ke talent agent ka hawala diya.

Star Trek ke khaliq Gene Roddenberry ne jab farzi khalai jahaz USS Enterprise ke amle mein ek Russi kirdar shamil karne ka faisla kiya to unhon ne Koenig ko muntakhib kiya. Koenig is se pehle television par sirf chand kirdar ada kar chuke the. Nasli aur saqafati aitebar se mutanawwe amle ke saath hum-ahang se kaam karne wale ek Russi afsar ki aamad Sard Jang ke daur mein hui.

Koenig ne ek baar BBC ke interview mein kaha: "Hum khamoshi se yeh keh rahe the ke tamam naslon, aqaid aur qaumiyaton ke log na sirf saath reh sakte hain balke ek doosre ki gehri fikr bhi kar sakte hain, aur aisa kar ke hum ek nihayat purumeed mustaqbil ki naveed de rahe the."

Koenig Russi nizhad Yahudi tarkeen-e-watan ke bete the. Unhon ne ghair haqiqi Russi lehja apnaya, jise baaz auqat mazah ke liye istemal kiya jata tha.

Asal series 1966 se 1969 tak teen season chali. Koenig 36 aqsat mein nazar aaye. Baad azan woh 1979 se 1994 ke darmiyan saat filmon mein bhi kaam karte rahe.

Unhon ne 2008 mein Joplin Globe ko diye gaye interview mein apne intekhab ko yaad kiya. Unhon ne kaha: "Audition ke dauran hi mujhe bata diya gaya ke mujhe yeh kirdar mil gaya hai. Lagta tha ke yeh chand aqsat tak ka muahida hoga, magar mujhe andaza na tha ke yeh mere career aur meri zindagi ko mukammal tor par tashkeel de dega."

Yeh show syndicated re-runs mein maqbool raha aur is se mutasir ho kar kai baad ki television series aur filmon ka silsila bana. Is ne dunya bhar mein madahon ki ek purjosh tadad hasil ki.

Star Trek se milne wali shohrat Koenig ke liye nemat bhi thi aur azmaish bhi, jaisa ke un ke sathi adakaron William Shatner (Captain Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), DeForest Kelley (Dr McCoy), Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), James Doohan (Scotty) aur Lieutenant Sulu ka kirdar ada karne wale Takei ke liye bhi thi. Series se qaribi wabastagi ke baais unhein aksar ek hi tarah ke kirdaron tak mehdood kar diya gaya.

Koenig ne 1998 mein St. Petersburg Times ko bataya: "1970 ki dahai ke beshtar hisse mein mujhe bilkul kaam nahin mila, aur main is ka ilzam ek hi tarah ke kirdaron tak mehdood kar diye jane par deta tha."

Baad azan unhein 1990 ki dahai ki science fiction series Babylon 5 mein mustaqil kirdar mila. Woh musannif, script writer aur kabhi kabhar hidayatkar bhi the.

Koenig 14 September 1936 ko paida hue aur un ki parwarish New York City mein hui. Unhon ne peshawarana adakari shuru karne se pehle University of California, Los Angeles mein Taleem hasil ki.

Un ke bete, adakar Andrew Koenig, ne 2010 mein khudkushi kar li thi. Koenig ne 1965 mein apni ahliya Judy se shadi ki. Un ki ek beti, adakara Danielle Koenig, bhi hain.