Jamali Shadat loves serving community at local mosque and surau

Jamali giving Firdaus a ride on his motorbike.

A moustached man with a child’s voice. That’s how most Malaysians remember comedian Datuk Jamali Shadat, in his role as Atan, a precocious grandson who is also the apple of his grandfather’s eye.

But for a whole new generation of youth who go to Klang’s Al-Mubarak Surau in Kampung Sungai Pinang and Masjid Abdul Rahman in Pulau Indah, Jamali is a no-nonsense man.