Urdu Awards Hum Style Awards 2021 - Cast & Crew

Football pioneer Karishma Ali represents empowerment, tenacity, and resilience in addition to being a sporting legend. Karishma was born in Chitral, Pakistan, and her path from that scenic valley to becoming a beacon of hope for Pakistan's aspirant female athletes is nothing short of remarkable. Karishma's passion for football started when she and her friends started playing street football. Her entry into professional football, meanwhile, was not without its difficulties. She had to resist prejudices and cultural pressures to follow her passion in a culture where conventional norms frequently prevent women from participating in sports. The support of her family was essential in enabling her to pursue her goals.

Risham Faiz Bhutta or RFB as she popularly refers to herself, is a renowned singer, songwriter, and music producer. She graduated from the National College of Arts (NCA) in the year 2018. She released her first song Kunwaray with Feroz Faisal. This song in the famous Pakistani web series Churails brought her fame. Before this, she was working as an artist. After the release of Kunwaray the love she received from the audience made her release that she wanted to pursue music. She released her debut album named ‘Part One’ in the year 2022. She has been working on the next series of the album ‘Part Two’. It is expected to be released very soon. As a songwriter, she has written many songs in Punjabi and is training herself in the art of music production

Maya Ali is a Pakistani actress, model and a video jockey. Her original name was Maryam Tanveer Ali, born on July 27th 1989 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She currently resides in Karachi, Pakistan. She pursued her Master’s in mass communication course from Queen Mary College. The attractive Pakistani diva appeared in many TV serials and a few movies too which were originated in Pakistan. 

She started out her career as a video Jockey and later went ahead to be a model. She was a video Jockey at SAMAA TV and Dunya TV, which are leading Pakistani news channels. She reached public through video jockeying that helped her in attracting audiences when she became a model. She was first offered a supporting role in the TV serial “Durr-e-Shahwar” that aired on HUM TV. Later she was praised for her role in “Aik Nayee Cinderella” that aired on Geo TV. Her first role as the main lead was in the serial “Aun Zara” that aired on A-plus entertainment. 

She has a huge fan club and an official Facebook fan page with over 2 million likes. 

She has starred in various other TV serials like Khoya Khoya Chand, Meri Zindagi Hain Tu, Ranjish Hi Sahi, and Ladoon Mai Pali that aired on national Pakistani channels. She currently stars in a show called “Shanakht” that airs on HUM TV. 

This Pakistani diva with her elegant ankle length outfits is attracting quite a few fans from India as well and is ruling Indian fashion arena.

Pakistani beauty Resham is a veteran in the Pakistani industry. She was born on 22nd October 1975 in Faisalabad, Pakistan. She started off as a model and got her first break in the film Jeeva. She got popular for her bold personality and talent. Success followed her, and she bagged many movies after Jeeva.

Urwa Hocane is a Pakistani actress, VJ and a model. She is best known for her roles in television serials such as “Meri Ladli” (2012), “Kahi Unkahi” (2012) and “Madiha Maliha” (2012). She is a famous VJ, who has hosted several shows before entering into acting. During her stint as a VJ cum model, she earned a lot of admiration from the viewers all over Pakistan and in those countries, where Pakistani channels are being telecasted. She essayed the role of “Rafia” in “Meri Ladli”, in which she is the protagonist of the show. The series is an emotional family drama cum love triangle, which revolves around the lives and living of females in the Pakistani society. The show was liked by the audiences and it was broadcasted by ARY Digital and ARY Zindagi channels. She was very well perceived due to her appearance in this role, and it earned her a lot of name and fame.

Alizeh Shah is a Pakistani actor who works in television dramas. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 9; 2000. Her first appearance on-screen was at the age of 6, in a commercial alongside ‘Wasim Akram.’ However, she took acting seriously in 2017 and kicked off her professional career. She started with small roles in dramas like ‘Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya,’ ‘Choti Si Zindagi,’ etc.

Bio coming soon...

Shamoon Ismail is a popular Pakistani singer, composer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. He had a keen interest in playing guitar since childhood. Along with the guitar, he learned several other musical instruments including drums. Early in his career, Shamoon Ismail used to release his music on Soundcloud and Bandcamp. It is the platform from where he gathered a following. In the year 2013, he released his first album which became popular ‘Tuntuna’. It was loved and appraised by the Pakistani and Indian masses. He is famous for his style of mixing the Punjabi and blue genre of music. 

Hasnain Lehri is an actor and fashion model from Pakistan. He decided to come into the fashion industry in spite of the fact that his family didn’t agree with his decision and was against it. The first project that Hasnain Lehri did was with a mobile service company. Hasnain Lehri is the only supermodel to have won five LUX Style honors in the history of Pakistan's fashion and entertainment industries. He has won numerous honors both as an actor and a model. Additionally, he has established a record by winning the Lux Style Awards in each of the following years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. In a 2017 poll by Eastern Eye, Lehri was named one of the Top 100 Sexiest Asian Men. 

Abdullah Siddique is a popular Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music producer. Although he belongs to an Urdu-speaking family, he started producing songs in English language at the age of 11. He soon emerged as an independent artist on YouTube. He released a track ‘Fiction’ on an independent platform ‘Forever South’. With the release of his original song, ‘Resistance’ in the year 2018, he broke all his records and was nominated for the best-emerging talent (Music) category at the Lux Style Award. This song was released on Nescafe Basement season 5. In 2019, he released his first debut album ‘Metannoya’. This was followed by the release of three more music albums such as Dead Beats Poets and Heterotopia. 

Yasser Aziz Dar is a famous Pakistani fashion stylist and model. He has been in the fashion industry for many years now and has worked with many reputable brands such as Hussain Rehar, Sana Safinaz, Republic, Maggie, and MHM amongst many others. In the year 2020, he received the award for fashion stylist of the year 2020 at the Kashmir Hum Style Awards. He resonates with his genre of styling as a 70s street chic. One of his significant stylings has been at the shoot ‘Last Tour’ which was shot by Stopstyle by Farhan. He has also styled a shoot for Neha Rajput. 

Bilal Ashraf is a famous Pakistani Actor. He was born on the 10th of October 1979 in Karachi, Pakistan. He is also a visual director and producer. Bilal completed his schooling at St. Michael's Convent School, Karachi. Bilal has a double major in finance and arts. He learned visual effects direction at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, United States, where he worked as a financial hedge consultant. After quitting this job, he went to London to learn animation, where he worked in Escape Studios. He created Radical Films with his late sister, Saida Ashraf. She urged him to pursue acting. His inspiration to become an actor was from the movie Scent of a Woman.

Emmad Irfani is a Pakistani model who has created quite a name for himself in the fashion industry. Emmad took birth in Peshawar. He traveled a lot because his father was in the army. He has lived in Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Pindi, Kharian, etc. At the age of 12, in 1992, it was time for his father to retire from the army. Four years later, in 1996, Emmad’s father got hired in Nasir Siddique Corporation, which is why Emmad had to move to Lahore permanently. 

Imran Ashraf is a writer and actor in the Pakistani television industry. Imran Ashraf was born in Peshawar on September 11, 1989. In Abbottabad, he received his early education. His father was a banker, and his ancestors came from Sialkot. Imran is from a non-artistic, basic household; no one in his family works in show business. He married Kiran Imran in 2019 and has a son named Roham Ashraf. He made his acting debut in the drama serial "Wafa Kaisi Kahan Ka Ishq" in 2011. He participated in various productions as a supporting character but failed to capture the audience's attention. In several dramas, he performed minor roles.

Aima Baig is a singer and screenwriter from Pakistan. She was born in Oman on March 10, 1995, and raised there. She earned her bachelor's degree in film and television from the University of Lahore. She has been enamored with music since she was seven years old. Aima lost her mother at a young age due to illness, so she teamed up with her uncle Mubashir Lucman to create a public service announcement to raise cancer awareness. Shiraz Uppal, the music director of Wajahat Rauf's “Lahore Se Aagey” (2016), recruited Aima Baig as a playback vocalist soon after her appearance with Mubashir Lucman.

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.

Ali Safina is another of those Pakistani actors who migrated to the home country after having acted as the DJ in a radio station in a foreign land. For him it was Glasgow in Scotland, where he started his Disc Jockeying - quite a distance away from his native Multan. His early days were also spent outside Pakistan, in Muscat, where he completed his school studies, and then landed in Glasgow to complete his course in mechanical engineering. His original plans were to pursue higher studies on his return to Pakistan, but soon realized he was more attracted towards show business. 

Khushal Khan is an Indian television actor who predominantly works in the Hindi television industry. He was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Khushal began his career as a model and has done several modeling assignments before venturing into acting. He made his acting debut in the year 2016 with the television show "Adhuri Kahaani Hamari" which aired on &TV. Khushal played the role of Rishabh in the show.