Urdu Tv Show Zindagi Gulzar Hai - Cast & Crew

Sana Sarfaraz is a Pakistani model and actor. She is known for her role in Zindgi Gulzar Hai as Shehnila in 2013. In the show Dil To Hai, she played the lead role as Areen in 2017. She was raised in Abu Dhabi and then migrated to Pakistan. Since 2012 she has been working in the industry. She has done Bachelor’s in Media Science from Iqra University and Masters in Advertising from SZABIST. In 2012, she got nominated for Best Emerging Talent in Lux Style Awards. She hosted the launching event of Suzuki Ciaz in 2017. Sana has worked in TV commercials for local as well as international brands. She has been a part of top fashion shows in Pakistan. In 2013, she was nominated for the Most Promising Model of the Year at the Veet Celebration of Beauty Awards. She has also got a place on the cover of many Pakistani magazines. 

Umera Ahmad was born on 10 December 1976 in Sialkot. She pursued her Master`s in English Literature from Murray College, Sialkot. Her career started as an English lecturer at Army Public College, Sialkot. Nonetheless, she quitted her job to dedicate her full heed to her writing career in the Urdu language. She started her career in writing in 1998 when she was 22 years old for monthly Urdu digest. Her first published story for the monthly Urdu digest was ZINDAGI GULZAR HAI which became popular among the people. Afterward, she was been requisitioned to write full-length stories.Her work Zindagi Gulzarhai was then turned into a serial that was aired on Hum TV in 2012.According to one interview of hers she stated that the female lead of her novel `Zindagi GulazarHai `based on her character.

A phenomenal producer and a brilliant director, Momina Duraid is the woman behind the popular Pakistani television dramas Humsafar, Dastaan, Udaari, Shehr-e-Zaat, and more. Hailing from a Pashtun background, Momina Duraid was born on June 30, 1971, in Pakistan. She completed her Master’s in Business Administration from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1997. She got married to classmate Duraid Qureshi, CEO of Hum Network Ltd. The couple has five children. Her mother-in-law, Sultana Siddiqui, is the founder and president of Hum Network Limited.

Hina Khawaja Bayat is a renowned Pakistani TV actor who has been in the industry for over two decades. She was successful in bringing back a whole new wave of Pakistani dramas into the drawing room for the viewers to sit and watch. Her roles essayed the most beautiful and charming characters that people even stopped watching Indian TV series that was a part of Pakistan cable network.

Sultana Siddiqui is a Pakistani television director and producer. She is a business woman too. She is more popularly referred as Sultana Apa. Sultana hails from Karachi. She is the only lady in Asia to start her TV channel. Siddiqui is the president and founder of “Hum Network Limited”. In 1974, Sultana embarked on her career from PTV as a producer. She then went on to start Eye Television Network. Hum TV has bagged the Lux Style Awards for a continuous stretch of four years under her expert guidance and direction. She did numerous serials like “Marvi” (where she worked as a director, “Zara Si Aurat” (as a director), “Dil Da Mamla”, “Thoro Si Mohabbat” and many more. Siddiqui produced TV shows like “Anjaane Raaste”, “Janat”, “Shayad Kay Bahar Aaye”.

Maheen Rizvi, also known as Maheen Khalid Rizvi is a television actress, model, and anchor from Pakistan. She is famous for playing the evil Saphira on the hit show ‘Bashar Momin’. She received her early education from St. Joseph’s Convent High School. She later left for the United States of America to pursue her higher education.

It is quite remarkable to notice that many of the actresses in the sub-continent today, whether from India or Pakistan, come from quite contrary backgrounds, most of them having either qualified for professional courses, or even having started a career in the very same field. How far this helps in their subsequent acting careers is yet to be assessed, but it can be safely presumed that it must be adding a few notches to their maturity levels, and this must be directly or indirectly showing in their acting.

Though not that young, one such name from Pakistan that immediately comes to mind is that of Samina Peerzada, who instead of pursuing a career in commerce, in which she had graduated, chose to opt for an acting career, and besides making a name for herself in several notable Pakistani dramas, went to become a producer and director too, having got married to fellow entertainment world personality, Usmaan Peerzada.

While technically her acting career started in 1980 with a child role in a British production “The Blood of Hussein”, her regular acting stint commenced, as it normally does in Pakistan, through her roles in Television dramas, 3 years later. This allowed her to gain name and fame as an accomplished actress. She liked this genre and was also liked by her fans in TV dramas, with over 40 appearances against her name, spanning across 31 years and all major TV channels. Her most notable dramas were “Ishq ke Inteha”;  “Meri Zaat” and “Zindagi Gulzaar Hai”.

Her appearances in mainstream films as well as the lighter genre of TV serials has not been as voluminous as that in TV dramas, exposing perhaps her liking for the medium of drama. Rather, she was keener to try out her hand in film direction, starting off with “Intehaan” in 1999, on a theme dealing with the controversial social issue of marital rape. Even in Pakistan’s conservative environment, the film was critically acclaimed. However, after 4 films in some of which she acted also, she settled back to her favorite genre of TV dramas, where she is making her presence even now.

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Born on 9th August 1955 in Lahore, Pakistan, Samina Butt is a Pakistani actress who has worked in many dramas, films, and telefilms. She has also shown a keen knack for direction in the past years. She graduated from the Karachi Government College of Commerce and Economics. She is married to Usman Peerzada, a well-known actor in the industry, and has two daughters, Anum and Amal Peerzada. She changed her name from Samina Butt to Samina Peerzada after marrying the actor. Samina made her film debut in 1980, playing Lisa in the film The Blood of Hussain. She has worked in many films over the years like Shaadi Mere Shohar ki ( 1986), Mukhra (1988), Bazar-e-Husn (1988), Bulandi (1990), Nazdeekiyan (1991), Pabandi (1992), Khwahish (1993), Zar Gul (1997), and The Valley (2017). She has also performed in theatrical productions, most notable of which are Raaz-o-Niaz and A Doll House.

Mansha Pasha is a well-known actress and television host from Pakistan. She is a popular star among Pakistani viewers as well as among the Indian audience as well. Famous for her iconic roles, Mansha is the star in various Pakistani television shows such as ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’, ‘Lafangey Parindey’ and ‘Zara Aur Mehrunisa’, etc. On October 19th, 1987, Mansha was born in the city of Karachi in Pakistan. She was academically an all rounder in her early school days. Mansha was well known in her school for her acting skills and was a favorite amongst her teachers and colleagues alike. She has been known to be described as a humble and soft spoken person with amazing acting skills. After doing her higher secondary education,

Ayesha Omer is a versatile actress, from the Pakistani Film Industry. Ayesha is also into the field of modeling and singing. She completed her schooling from Beaconhouse school system and graduated from the National School of Arts, situated in Lahore, Pakistan.

Hadiqa Kiani was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Hadiqa since her childhood has love for music as she performed in various school competitions and won many awards.  Hadiqa got her education in from Waqar-Un-Nisa Noon School Rawalpindi.  Hadiqa was among the fortunate singers who represented Pakistan in different singing competitions in Jordan, Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria. When she was in 8th grade, she moved to Lahore where she enrolled in Aligarh Public School.  She was even excellent in her academics as she was enrolled in Kinnaird College and she got her master degree completed in Psychology.

Hadiqa started her TV career with a children program on national television named as Angan Angan Taray.  During her three and half year stay with national television, she sung about 800 songs for kids along with legendary music composer Amjad Bobby.

Hadiqa was given a chance to sing a song for movie in 1994 featuring Zeba Bakhtiar. The music was composed by Adnan Sami Khan. She got many awards as playback singer.  Hadiqa was focused on her solo album as she launched her first music album in year 1996 named “Raaz”. The music album turns out as biggest hit and a lot of admiration has been received by her on her debut album.

The popularity and fame she got was tremendous as she was the first ever female signer from Asia to perform at BBC1 (British national lottery) about 16.6 million people viewed the program at that time.  She was the first ever singer from Asia to signed a deal with Pepsi Cola Int.

She is among the fortunate singers that got recognition all over the world. She has bagged many national and international awards in her career. She has launched many music albums and she in English and Pashto. Recently she has started her saloon in Islamabad. Whatever she is doing, she is getting success by the grace of Almighty.

Sanam Saeed is a British - Pakistani actress who is best known for her acting and singing works (background vocalist) in the regions crossing the boundaries of various nations. She is best known for her roles in the Pakistani television programs such as ‘Daam’ (2010), ‘Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu’ (2012), ‘Talkhiyan’ (2012), ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’ (2012), and most recently ‘Firaaq’ (2014). She entered the Pakistani television industry to pursue her dream of acting in the entertainment world.

Mehreen Raheel is a Pakistan model cum actor. She is the daughter of Simmi Raheel and sister of Danyal Raheel. Mehreen is also the managing director of her home company R Visions. She was born on 8 February 1981 in Lahore Pakistan.

Mehreen appeared in number of TV shows and films. She start her career in 2007 with TV commercial ICI. After that she had been the model of many TV ads like Pantene, Lipton Tea, Head n Sholder, Sooper Biscuits, UFone and PTCL. 

Mehreen started her acting career with a minor role in Ajnabee Rastey. Then she appeared in Gardish, Kothi no 156, Kabhi Aye Na Judai, Adha Din or Puri Raat, Ashk and so on. For the film Kabhi Aye Na Judai she was nominated for Lux Best Actress Award. Her role in the film is of a bold girl who never fear of boys and wants to do whatever a boy can do.

In 2010, she appeared in Indo-Pak movie Virsa. She was opposite to Bollywood actor and Congress politician Raj Babbar’s son Arya Babbar. Thefilm received average review from the viewers. 

In 2011, she played a role in the daily drama show ‘Ashk’. The main characters of the serial was played by Fawad Ali Khan and Resham. The name of their characters were Rohail Hayad and Mehru. Mehreen played the role of Rohail sister. The show was produced by Abdullah Kahdwani and directed by Sarmad Sultan Khusat.

Mehreen is also a social activist. She traveled to many countries for her NGO. Her NGO works for the education of poor children. She visited India in 2011 to raise the funds for the empowerment of the children through education and hygiene.

In 2009, Mehreen married to famous Pakistani director Atif Azhar Malik.

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Shahzad Kashmiri is a Pakistani cinematographer and director who works in Urdu television series and movies. He is known for Urdu serials like Humsafar and Dil-e-Muztar on the Pakistani channel Hum TV and his Urdu movie Bin Roye. Kashmiri hails from Rawalkot in Pakistan and lives in Karachi. He works for the Moomal Productions (Pvt.) Ltd. in Karachi, which he joined in September 2000. Kashmiri worked as a sound recordist for the Urdu television movie Voyage Of Discovery directed by Kamran Qureshi. The talk-show released on 30th July 2000. He also worked as a sound recordist for Qureshi’s television films John Player’s Gold Leaf Thrill Seekers and John Player’s Gold Leaf Cheer-up in 2000. Kashmiri worked as an assistant camera man for the musical television series Allen’s Soothers Boombastic in 2000.

Muhammad Asad is an actor and model, working predominantly in Urdu TV dramas. Muhammad Asad was born and brought up in Karachi, Pakistan. Asad debuted with the famous 2012 drama Zindagi Gulzar hai, playing a supporting character. Muhammad Asad gained immense popularity for playing the role of Hammad Murtaza. He starred alongside Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed. Muhammad Asad next appeared in a supporting role for the 2015 drama Muqaddas. Muhammad Asad played the popular character Mohib. Noor Hassan, Iqra Aziz, Hina Bayab, and others were also featured next to Asad.

Kanwar Nafees is a talented Actor in Television Industry in Pakistan. He started his career at a young age with the famous drama Aanch and became a child artist. As a child actor, he has played in various television serials and films such as Buray Phasay, Pehla Qadam, Doosra Qadam, Band Darwazay, and Uljhan. Later, he took a break from acting and decided to complete his studies. He completed his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from one of the finest institutes in Pakistan.

Khalid Ahmed was born in Patna, Bihar, India. He is a well-known Pakistani performer. He moved to Pakistan in his teens in the 1970s. Despite an early interest in the arts (he learned to play the banjo and Hawaiian guitar), he first earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of California, where he also taught the subject for a time at NED University in Karachi before going to study theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Imtiaz Ali, a Bollywood director, is his nephew. Ahmed's TV show, 'Talkhiyan,' which aired in India, received positive feedback. He believes that one of the reasons why Pakistani dramas are so popular in India is that they provide something new to the viewers. At the Harlem International Film Festival in New York, Khalid Ahmed received the Best Actor for his performance in 'Waiting,' making him the first Pakistani to achieve it. He was also recognized for his role in Sakina Samo's directorial debut, Intezaar.

He was born to Inayat Hussain Bhatti, a very renowned Pakistani Film Actor and also a very famous singer. Kaffee, who is a very famous actor cum director, is his uncle. He is a renowned television as well as a film actor and also a famous director. He made his career as a TV actor. He was born on 9th of September in the year 1960. He got married to Saba Pervez, who was a Pakistani TV actress and was the daughter of the popular writer cum columnist, Hameed Akhtar. She got married to Sayed Parvez Shafi earlier, and the cute couple was blessed with two children named Faris Shafi and Meesha Shafi. This couple had divorced due to some reason and then she had married Waseem Abbas. They were blessed with a son Ali Abbas, who is a young and dynamic actor. Ali Abbas got married to his childhood friend Hamna Ali at a very young age, and the couple was blessed with a child. His stepdaughter Meesha Shafi is a model cum actor and singer. He was spotted alongside Saba Pervez, his wife in a comedy TV serial ‘Family Front’.

Javed Sheikh is one of Pakistan’s actor, producer, and director, who also acts in Bollywood. Javed Sheikh was born in Rawalpindi on 8th October 1954 to a Pakistani family. He started his film career in 1974, with a Lollywood film Dhamaka. Since then, he featured in many Pakistani films, like Kalay Chor, Daku Raaj, Zamana, among others. Javed Sheikh has ventured in many different forms of acting and films, not limiting himself to just Pakistani films and big screen.

Behroze Sabzwari is a Karachi, Pakistan-born film and TV actor. He started his career as a Radio Jockey in Radio Pakistan. His career of acting took off flight in the 1970s with Dadajan Nanajan, a live television children’s play. Bheroze is popular for the role of character Aziz in the film Gul-e-Rana and character Waji Ahmed in Mera Naam Yousuf Hai. He also appeared in many television commercials several times. He has also been a part of some stage plays which includes the famous Mirza Ghalib Bandar Road Par, a famous play by Khawaja Moinuddin. This play was one of the earliest Bheroze’s ventures that introduced him throughout the television viewers of Pakistan in starting seventies. In the year 1974, he got fame through the play aired on PTV, Khuda Ki Basti, in which he played character Nausha.

Ali Zafar is a multifaceted personality, though he commenced his career as actor in serials in Pakistan, he became famous for his music skills and went on to become a leading Pop sensation in Pakistan. He is singer, musician, model, actor, composer and painter. He was born on 18 May, 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan. He did his graduation from the Government College of his city. He later toned his artist talent by joining an Arts Institute. He began his career as an artist. His first acting experience was in Pakistan television soaps. His career evoked with "Jugnuon Se Bhar". This was his first song and the song was part of the film named ‘Shararaat’. He rose to massive fame in 2003 with his super hit “Channo”.  This song was from his first album “Huqa Pani” which sold over seven million copies all over the world, and he then had no looking back.

Following his first album he launched his second album “Masty” in 2006 and his third album “Jhoom” in February 2011. He performs at LUX Style Awards and he performed in Femina Miss India 2012, GiMA Awards 2012 and Temptations Reloaded concert along with Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Preity Zinta in Muscat in 2013. He married Ayesha Fazli, who is paternally related to Actor Aamir Khan. He married her on July 28, 2009. His marriage took place in Lahore. He is blessed with a son.

Sheheryar Munwar is an actor and a model from Pakistan. He has appeared in the TV serial Meray Dard ko Jo Zuban Miley, for which he won Hum Award for Best New Sensation Television. With this recognition, he got opportunities in different serials like Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay, Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Aasmanon Pay Likha and Kahi Un Kahi. Indeed, the serial Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley is the debut show of Sheheryar. His role got good recognition, as it portrayed the character of a deaf and dumb boy. The daily serial was started in 2012 and was aired on Hum TV.

Fawad Khan hails from Lahore, Pakistan originally and was born in 29 Nov, 1981. He started his career as a rock singer and was the lead singer of the famed band Entity Paradigm. The band eventually reached its downfall in 2012 when Fawad went on to become an actor, starring in several Pakistani Television serials. Notable performances include his roles in Humsafar and Zindagi Gulzar Hai, which were then also aired in India.