Urdu Awards Hum Style Awards 2016 - Cast & Crew

Khadijah Shah is an American Pakistani fashion designer. She is the daughter of the former Finance Minister, Salman Shah. Khadijah has a Bachelor’s in Science (International Relations and Affairs) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. After completing her education, she returned to Pakistan to start her career in the fashion industry.

This successful model, actress and VJ was born in karachi in Pakistan on 20th April, 1988. She was born to Afghanistan mother and Pakistani father. She completed her schooling in Peshawar. She was born with two sisters, one is a VJ and another is an actress. Since she had a beautiful voice completing her lavishing looks, she joined as a VJ at MTV. Following that she went out to do many modelling assignments. Her acting debut was in the serial named “Mera Naseeb”. She was a Host for “Bheja fry” and “Most Wanted”.

The character she played in her debut serial brought her acclaim among viewers. After her marriage with the Handsome and attractive Pakistan actor Shehroz Sabzwari on 21 October in 2012, she acted in the serial “Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay” along with her husband. After her marriage, the couple is noted as the most beautiful couple in the television industry. Her hit list serials include Rubaru, Muhabbat Rooth Jaye Toh and many others. She has also endorsed few famous brands in Pakistan like Fair & Lovely, Olpers, etc. She suffered a sudden loss of her sister Ruqaiya yusuf in the year 2012, who was also a model in the fashion industry.

Mahira Khan or Mahira Hafeez Khan is a Pakistani actress, Video Jockey, and a model. She is best known as Kharid Ehsan of Hamsafar. She portrayed the role of a middle-class girl. She has been working right since 2008 and is from Karachi, Pakistan she was born on December 21st,1984. She is way too talented for her age and it seems as if the camera is her friend.

Minal Khan is a Pakistani actress born on 20 November 1998. She debuted as a child artist in 2011 from Kaash Main Teri Beti Na Hoti. She has a twin sister, Aimal Khan. She went to Ideal Federal Secondary school in Karachi. In 2013 she appeared in a social drama Mann Ke Moti. In 2014, after appearing in Mere Meherbaan in a supporting role, she gained recognition. She got the central role in Beti Toh Main Bhi Hun in 2017 in Urdu 1. Minal appeared in an episode of Angeline Malik's anthology show Ustani Jee. She also played a homemaker in Kabhi Band Kabhi Baja in 2018. Minal and her sister are the owners of the fashion brand, AnM closet. She has also been a cover girl for magazines like Sunday and EDIVA.

Mawra Hussain is a Pakistani actress, VJ, and a model.  She was born into an orthodox, highly reserved and respected Muslim family on September 28th, 1992 in Islamabad Pakistan. She wanted to become an actress from her childhood itself. She has a sister and a brother. Her sister Urwa Hussain is also an actress who is quite famous like Mawra. Her parents named her as Mawra Hocane, but she later changed it to Hussain. Mawra finished her high school from Bahria College Islamabad. She is currently one of the most popular actresses of Pakistan. 

Mawra stepped into acting in the year 2012. Her debut serial was Mere Huzoor. But before that she was a VJ like her elder sister. She appeared in various commercials of leading brands in Pakistan like Mobilink, Sunsilk, and Telenor etc. Mawra with her good looks caught the eye of many directors and producers who offered her roles in their TV shows. After stepping into the acting field, she did a lot of shows like “Yaha Pyaar Nahi Tha”, “Papa Razzi”, “Shaadi Mubarak”, “Aahista Aahista”, “Ek Tamanna Lahasil si”, “ Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain”, “ Nikhar Gaye Gulab Sare”, “The Hostels”, “Country Love” and many more. Hum TV of Pakistan nominated her for the best soap actress category. She initially gained huge popularity as a VJ and later stole the hearts of many with her acting as well. There were no breaks, she went ahead and acted in one serial after other.

This young pretty actress did not become the victim of any rumors or rather one can say she has had a peaceful life as an actress not owing to any explanations or be at the center of gossips. This can be because of the reason that Mawra doesn’t tolerate gossips about her at all. She is very strict when it comes to matters like these. Apart from this, she is a very mature and dedicated lady who loves all and is loved by all. She also mentioned in an interview that she adores her mother and sister of all. 

Hundreds of guys would kill to be with this charming woman, and that lucky guy happens to be Aamish Azhar. They both were engaged recently and everyone is very eager to hear the wedding bells ring. She revealed many of other likes and dislikes as well during one of her other interviews, like she said she is big fan of Brad Pitt and Salman Khan.

                Her other drama serials include, “Meri Ladli, Sitamgar, Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein, Mastana Mahi, Ahmed Habib Ki Betiyan, Aasmanon Pay Likha, Nanhi, Sannata and many other TV serials. Her recent drama, ‘Chup Raho’ was one of the biggest hit of her career, where she played a superb role. All of her performances have created huge fan following, in such a short span of her career so far. Sajal has also worked in a number of Telefilms, “O Meri Billi”, “Sitara Ki Mohabbat”, “Band Baj Gaya” and “Bakht Bhari” are some of her telefilms. Her performance in “Yakeen” was highly appreciated and liked by the audiences. Sajal has also worked as a model with famous fashion designers. She is seen in many famous fashion events showing up her as a model. She is also working in TV ads for famous brands of cosmetics and other products.  

                 This young actress had carved a niche for her among many senior and famous TV actors; she has worked with almost all the famous actors of the drama Industry. Her recent drama serial “Chup Raho” was a smashing hit in the recent times. Saboor Ali is Sajal’s Sister, who is also an actress and has appeared in a number of TV ads and drama serials along with her sister, Sajal has a brother too.

Saba Qamar is a Pakistani Beauty. She is a model. She has also acted in many television serials. This beauty queen was born in Karachi in Pakistan on 5th April, 1984. She is a wonderful actress, beautiful model and an extraordinary host in Pakistan. She has been active in Television industry since 2004. Her real name was Sabahat Qamar. She grew up in Gujranwala with her grandmother. In an interview she has mentioned that she is from a rich family, with the support of her family she was able to get into the Industry and succeeded. Once there was a rumor stating that she got married to an engineer, but she denied it immediately. Her debut drama serial was “Main Aurat Hoon”. This drama gave her recognition and many viewers noted her skills, this serial leads her to popularity.

She hosted a comedy show called “Hum Sab Umeed Se Hain” which was also a success and went on to become one of the best shows in Pakistan. She received the best actress award in the PTV awards. She is said to be a sincere worker. Due to her hard working nature and beauty, she succeeded. She has quoted that her honesty is also an important quality which aided in her success.

Meesha Shafi is a multi-talented actress, singer ,and model from Pakistan. She was born on 1st December 1981 in Lahore. Meesha comes from a family filled with talents. Her mother is veteran actress Saba Hameed ,and she is the granddaughter of the fierce revolutionary writer Hameed Akhtar who ran the Progressive writer’s movement in Pakistan. Meesha completed her schooling from Lahore Grammar School and has a degree of Fine Arts from the National College of arts, Pakistan.

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.

Aamina Sheikh opened her eyes in this infinite world on 29th of August in NYC. His father was a pharmacist whose name is Abdul Sheikh. She spent most of her infancy time in Riyadh and Karachi. Aamina Sheikh completed her primary schooling from the popular Mama Parsi School. She completed her secondary education through American International School of Riyadh. After she came back to Pakistan from Riyadh, she did her “A” levels from Karachi in St Joseph’s the Lyceum and Convent.

Aamina sheikh is one of the famous and beautiful Pakistani actress and model. She worked for many multimedia companies. When she came back to Pakistan; she started her career with Pakistan’s premier channel, GEO television. Here she produced children talk show named as Bache Man Ke Sache. It was 2007 when Aamina appeared on screen for the very first time in Sharjil and Khalid Ahmed’s telefilm and also worked on a main role in Gurmuch Singh ki Waseeyat in the same year. After that she did lot of work in different films and dramas, the three top telefilms of Aamina Sheikh are Aasmaan Chu Lay, Pachees Qadam Pe Maut and Barish Me Dewar. Aamina sheikh also did modeling for top brands like Maria B. She also did some ramps for the some popular fashion designers. She also did modeling for many editorial magazines. In 2010 she did worked in a drama serial Daam.

In 2005 she got married with Mohib Mirza, who is the seasonal actor and comedian; they meet in sets of geo entertainment for the first time. In 2009 she got the first award in Lux style and also nominated as the model of the year. She did a lot of work in many other fields other than TV, like her contributions towards in awareness about breast cancer in women and also launched many smart phones app to raised fund for the women who have breast cancer and also involve many designers as well for the project.

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Hannan Siddique is a Pakistani-American hairstylist who is internationally renowned for his talent. Hannan completed his Associate’s Degree in Printing and Graphic Arts in 2007. He then graduated in Cosmetology from the Aveda Institute in New York.

Hamza Ali Abbasi was born on 16th July 1997 in Multan, Pakistan and he’s an actor, model and a film director from 2006. He has studied Bachelors in International Relations in JCC Kansas City, KS, USA and in 2006, he completed his studies in the United States and pursued his career as a professional stage actor in Pakistan by appearing in “Bombay Dreams”, “Phantom of the Opera” and “Home is Where Your Clothes Are”. He completed his Masters in International Relations from QUA, Pakistan. Prior to beginning his career as an actor, He completed CSS and was allocated in the Police Service of Pakistan. His mother is Begum Naseem and his sister is Dr. Fazeela Abbasi, a well-known dermatologist in Pakistan. He joined Twitter on 22nd August 2014 and he has over 1,783,600 fans on Facebook. This Charming, humble, handsome and single actor has an amazing talent in acting and he has proven his capabilities in film making too. During his interview with Sunday Plus, he has revealed that his favorite film actress is Ayesha Khan. And also he reviled about his first crush and it was when he was in 4th grade. And Hamza also said that he had a girly voice before having tonsils. His first drama serial was “Pyarey Afzal” and he did the role of Afzal. Hamza started his career in 2006 with theatre play and the role of Azam in “Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley” was the turning point of this career as an actor. In filmography he made his debut in a short film names “Glorious Resolve” (2011) and he performed in films such as “Mud House” and “The Golden Doll” (2011), “Main Hoon Shahid Afridi”, “Waar” (2013), “Jawani Phir Nahi Ani” (2013), “Kambakht” (2015) and upcoming movie “Maula Jatt 2” (2017). In “Warr” he played the role of a police officer and it was a Pakistani blockbuster. In ARY film awards, he has won the best star debut male and best supporting actor male awards for his appearance in “Main Hoon Shahid Afridi” and “Waar”. He pursued his directorial career with feature films such as “Mud House” and the “Golden Doll” which were based on the ordinary life of simple people. Few of his theatre plays were “Dally in the Dark” (2006), “Home is Where Your Clothes Are”, “Bombay Dreams”, “The Addams Family” (2007- Directed by Shah Shahrahbeel), “Phantom of the Opera” (2008), “Tom, Dick and Harry” (2009), “Moulin Rouge” (2010) and “Bombay Dreams” (2011- Directed by Ghazala Siddiqui).

Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, a well-known Pakistani fashion designer, is famous throughout the world. In the fashion sector, he is a genius and a hard worker. Hassan attended Beaconhouse School System for his early education (Pakistan). He graduated from the Pakistan School of Fashion Design as a salutatorian (class of 2000). Yasin is a member of France's La Chambre Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne. He is well-known for his apparel line, and the successful prime-time chat shows Tonite with HSY on Hum Sitaray. Hassan conquered all obstacles and began working as a fashion choreographer in 1994.

Humayun Saeed has been known famously across Pakistan and its film industry for his great acting skills and also as a producer of films. This talented and famous personality was born on the 27th day of July in the year 1971 in Karachi, Pakistan. Humayun is one of the five siblings that he has. Humayun studied in college for the degree of Bachelors in Commerce after which he started working at a factory for garments which was named H. Nizam Din (Pvt) Ltd for the post of a Production Manager for four years from 1991 to 1995. He entered the film industry through the movie Inteha in the year 1996. His debut TV play was Ye Jahan. Since then he has appeared in 64 television dramas and movies. When he decided to get into the film industry, his parents rebuked him and became disappointed with his decision.

Shahzad Noor is a Pakistani model cum actor who was born on 21st June 1989. He was born into a Pashtun family in Karachi, Pakistan. He had his own printing press before he was spotted by famous stylist Khawar Riaz who pushed him for modeling and eventually he won two ‘Best Model Male’ awards at the 12th Lux Style Awards and14th Lux Style Awards. He also got nominated at HUM Awards for ‘Best Model Male’, thrice where he won two times in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, Shahzad Noor started his acting career with Geo TV’s ‘Tera Mera Rishta’. He had to rectify his Urdu accent for his career. Some of the TV series in which he worked are, ‘Yeh Chahatein YehShiddatein’, ‘Yeh Ishq’, ‘Zaakham’, ‘Khuwabzaadi’, ‘Makafat season 4’. 

Popular Pakistani actor Imran Abbas, famous for his good looks and striking eye color, was born on October 15, 1982 in the city of Lahore. He has dabbled in modeling, written Urdu poetry and presented shows apart from acting and is also an architect, having studied it in the Lahore National College of Arts. Even from a young age, he was considered the actor of the family as they called him “dramabaaz” lovingly.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a renowned singer worldwide. He was born on 9 December 1973 in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

He is famous for his melodious voice and is nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He is very popular in Bollywood and Lollywood and has been active from the last few years. His numerous albums have been released and loved by music lovers. He got his early training from Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who also was his uncle, after that he joined his group at 15 years age. In 1985, he went to UK with group his uncle and sang solo qawwalis at a Birhingam concert.

He debuted in Bollywood from Mann Ki Lagan song from movie Paap. He had performed at various worldwide famous venues like Wembley Arena and Manchester Arena. He collaborated and also contributed in various Hollywood sound tracks in movies like Dead Man Walking and showed his talent. Various other Hollywood tie ups have also been there with him.

He also had been a judge in a music reality show Chote Ustad 2 where he was in panel with Sonu Nigam and Raveena Tandon. Indian audiences loved the show. He was a judge at another reality show Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka from NDTV Imagine.

He also is the first Pakistani Singer to perform at a Noble peace prize ceremony. He has also featured in Coke Studio sessions where he sang Garaj Baras with Ali Azmat and with Abida Parveen on Chaap Tilak. In Bollywood he had sung in lots of movies naming a few in which he got awards from film fraternity are Tere Mast Mast Do Nain from Dabangg and Teri Meri from BodyGuard and Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for `Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji. This year his song Mere Naina Kafir Ho Gaye from Dolly ki Doli was a great hit. His recent song Jaruri Tha became a hit instantly featuring Big Boss fame jodi Kushal Tandon and Gauhar khan.

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.

Umair Jaswal is an actor, singer, songwriter, and music producer in the Pakistani film and TV industry. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Islamabad's Bahria University. He is from Islamabad, Pakistan. He has established his career in various sectors, for which he has received widespread acclaim from the audience. His followers adore him for his melodic voice. Along with his brothers Yasir and Uzair Jaswal, he is also the lead singer of the rock band, Qayaas. Umair Jaswal began his career in 2008 when he joined the rock band Qayaas, and in 2009, he achieved widespread fame with the songs Tanha and Umeed. In 2012, he and his band appeared on season 5 of Coke Studio, where they played the music Charkha Nolakha alongside the popular vocalist Atif Aslam. His band released their debut album in 2011, and his songs Halaak and Inquilab became popular and featured in the film "Waar."

Shahid Afridi, the all-rounder for Pakistan, is one of the most fascinating players. He joined the Pakistan One-Day International team when he was just 16 years old and was unaffected by the rumors about his actual age. He reached his century off of 37 balls in just his second One-Day International, which took place in 1996 against Sri Lanka. He is an all-rounder and is well-known for his aggressive right-handed batting. He uses speed changes in bowling that are much more effective than spinning the ball. His record for acquiring a century is only 37 balls which later was broken by AB de Villiers. Afridi is the current holder of the greatest amount of sixes ever scored in One-Day International cricket. His career strike rate is very certainly the highest of all time.

Zaid Ali is a popular Canadian Pakistani YouTuber who was born on July 2, 1995, in Waterloo, Ontario. After spending his early years in Pakistan, his family returned to Canada for his higher studies. Zaid was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

Adnan Malik is a multi-talented man of Pakistani origin. He is an actor, producer, director, filmmaker, and video jockey. He was born on June 9, 1984, in Islamabad in Pakistan. He went to the International School of Islamabad in Pakistan. He studied filmmaking at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. His mother is also an actress in the Pakistani film industry – Praveen Malik and his father is a doctor. Adnan began his career as a documentary filmmaker, producing works such as Why We Fight, which was recognized as one of the best American documentaries at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, he created the short documentary Bijli, which won Best Short Film at the Kara Film Festival and Delhi Digital Film Festival and was a finalist at the United States Student Academy Awards. His next documentary, Bhuli Hui Hoon Dastaan (The Forgotten Song), was funded by Geo TV and was screened at film festivals worldwide.

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