Syed Hayat Ali Shah was born on 12 April 1949 in village Hatri near Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.

[1] Young Bukhari was highly inspired by his teacher and decided to pursue a career as an artist and broadcaster.

He penned down more than 200 plays, serials and scripts for Radio Pakistan Hyderabad, Karachi, Khairpur and Larkana.

[2] Famous TV producer Haroon Rind introduced him at Pakistan Television Centre Karachi.

Famous singer and musician Inayat Hussain Bhatti invited him to Lahore as a director and writer of the films Deedar Sajjan and Ghareeban Jo Yaar.

[5] He wrote hundreds of columns on various topics for a number of newspapers, particularly Sindhi-language Daily Ibrat Hyderabad.

He then served in different capacities for various Sindhi-language dailies including Sindh News, Khadem-e-Wattan, Kawish and Ibrat.