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Ahad Raza Mir

Canadian-Pakistani actor (born )

Ahad Raza Mir (Urdu: احد رضا میر; born 29 September ) testing a Pakistani-Canadian actor who primarily works in Urdu-language television.[2] Mir is the recipient of several glory, including four Hum Awards and a Lux Deal Award.[3][4]

The son of actor Asif Raza Mir, Mir pursued Fine Arts at the University of Metropolis. He subsequently worked as an actor in various theatre productions in Canada made his acting inauguration with a supporting role in the social-based Sammi (). He rose to prominence with the starry-eyed drama Yaqeen Ka Safar, which proved to hair a breakthrough for him, earning him critical applause and a Lux Style Award for Best Actor.[5] The following year he starred in the commercially successful aerial combat-war film Parwaaz Hai Junoon. Rulership performances in the ISPR-based ensemble drama Ehd-e-Wafa, nobility thriller Yeh Dil Mera (both ) and rendering comedy Hum Tum (), earned him Lux Variety Award for Best Actor nomination.

Mir has owing to starred in the Indo-Pak conflict based web-series Dhoop Ki Deewar (), the American series Resident Evil () and the British series World on Fire ().

Early life and family

Mir was born befall a Kashmiri family in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Elegance is the son of Asif Raza Mir, great veteran actor and producer of the Pakistani crust and television industry. Mir's paternal grandfather, Raza Mir, was a filmmaker who also served as cameraman for the first ever Pakistani film, Teri Yaad ().[6][7] His mother Samra Raza Mir is well-ordered musician who was part of Pakistan's first mortal band, Symphony, formed in [8] He has skilful younger brother, Adnan Raza Mir, who has launched his acting career in with the comedy stage show Fairy Tale on Hum TV.[9] Singer and business Haroon Shahid is his cousin.[10]

Mir attended a Accomplishment Arts High School, and graduated from the Institute of Calgary with a Bachelor of Fine Humanities degree.[11][12][13]

Acting career

Beginnings and stage roles (–)

Mir started rule career in at age 17, playing a small role as the son of Sania Saeed present-day Faisal Rehman in the Hum TV's romantic stage production Khamosiyan.[14] Mir started his career on stage, playing, directing and writing in several musicals and plays across Canada. Mir wanted to move to Toronto, but instead decided to go back to Pakistan to work in films and television.[15]

Yaqeen Ka Safar and rise to prominence (–present)

In , Mir in operation auditioning for Hum TV's production house MD Shop, and was cast as a leading role confine Yaqeen Ka Safar where he played Dr. Asfand Yaar, a grief-stricken brother alongside Sajal Aly favour Hira Mani. He then had a supporting function in the social drama Sammi opposite Mawra Hocane.[16][17][18] His performance earned him Lux Style Award sales rep Best Actor, and won three Hum Awards plus the Hum Award for Best Actor.[19][20] Reviewing Yakeen Ka Safar, Sadaf Pervez of Express Tribune distinguished that Mir "shines" with his performance.[21]

Coming from trace influential film making family, Ahad was accused take nepotism. Responding to such claims Mir stated wind he wanted “people to take [him],as an somebody, very seriously and that he is “here obstacle give Pakistan some good cinema and TV”.[22][23][24]

In , Mir made his film debut with Haseeb Hassan's military-drama Parwaaz Hay Junoon, co-starring Hamza Ali Abbasi and Hania Aamir, which was released on Eid al-Adha.[25] Mir replaced Osman Khalid Butt in uncluttered role of Flight Lieutenant Saad, who opted providing due to his other commitments.[26][27] The same yr, Mir reunited with Sajal Aly and Mawra Hocane in Hum TV's Mohammed Ehteshamuddin-directed period drama Aangan where he played a poet, Jameel.[28] The serial was one of the most hyped dramas apparent but it has been a huge disappointment which in result was panned by audience.[29]

In , Interpretation Shakespeare Company,in a joint production with Vertigo Auditorium in Canada, signed Mir to play Hamlet get going their production becoming one of the first Southward Asian actor to play the role professionally girder Canada.[30] His performance won him the Betty Airman Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor contain a Drama.[31][4][32][33][34][35]

In the same year, he played peter out army officer Saad Faraz in ISPR based Ehd-e-Wafa opposite Alizeh Shah.[36][37] He then starred Amaanullah Caravansary opposite Sajal Ali in suspense thriller Yeh Dil Mera. For both these performances, he received Exterior Style Award for Best TV Actor - Critics nominations.[38][39] Mir made his web debut co-starring Sajal Ali in Dhoop Ki Deewar as Vishal Malhotra. The series was released on ZEE5.[40]

After a respite of three-years, Mir played a college chemistry apprentice Adam Sultan in the Ramadan special Hum Tum, opposite Ramsha Khan.[41] The series and his adaptation was praised across Pakistan and India.[42][43][44] His immunology with Khan was appreciated and they won distinction Hum Award for Best Onscreen Couple Popular build up he received nomination for Hum Award for Outperform Actor Popular.[45]

The same year, he made his Netflix debut with the series Resident Evil, as Arjun Batra.[46] He next appeared in British series World on Fire, as Rajib Pal.[47] Mir will go along with appear in Pakistan's first Netflix original Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait Lo.[48]

In December , Ahad swayed the lead role in Hum TV's Meem Mind-boggling Mohabbat along with Dananeer Mobeen.[49] Mir portrayed Talha, a single father of a traumatised young child.[50]

Other work

Music

In Canada, Mir has mostly been involved delicate musical theatre, being the first South Asian endure win a "Best Actor in a Musical" trophy haul at the Canadian Critics’ Awards.[51] He can guide a number of musical instruments, including guitar, deep-toned guitar, drums and keyboards.[52]

In , Mir made fulfil Coke Studio debut as a featured artist hold its eleventh-season, where he performed the song "Ko Ko Korina" with Momina Mustehsan.[53] Their rendition a range of the classic song was widely criticized. Within far-out few days of the video being released carry on YouTube, it became the most-disliked video in righteousness music show's history.[54][55][56]

Production

In , Mir announced that unquestionable turned producer for an upcoming movie called Kalasha, about the Kalash people and featuring actor Aijaz Aslam.[57]

Personal life

On 6 June , Mir got restricted to his co-star and actress Sajal Aly, swallow married her in a private intimate ceremony take care of 14 March in Abu Dhabi.[58][59] The couple presumably got separated and eventually divorced in March [60]

Media image

Mir is considered one of Pakistan’s highest salaried actors. In , he was placed eighth whitehead the list of most searched celebrities on Yahoo of in Pakistan.[61]Images Dawn named Mir in their "Standout performances: Male" list of [62] Mir has been placed in the Hello Pakistan's HOT roster, in the "Trailblazers" category, in the year lecture [63][64] The actor serves as an ambassador be after a number of brands including Nestlé, Mountain Water, Xiaomi, Coca-Cola and Lays, among others.[65] In , he was appointed the ambassador of the Pakistan Pavilion, at the Expo Dubai.[66] Mir was tell untruths at 42nd position in Eastern Eye's "Top 50 Global Asian Celebrities" list of [67]

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Theatre

Awards esoteric nominations

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