Urdu Tv Serial Meri Anaya - Cast & Crew

Afshan Qureshi is a Pakistani film star. She started her journey to stardom about three decades ago, which makes her one of the eldest members of the Pakistani film industry. The actress is also the mother of Faisal Qureshi, who’s a very famous and loved actor of Pakistan.

Shamim Hilaly is a veteran Pakistani actress who has worked in the television as well Pakistani film industry. She is known for her performance in “Maigh Malhaar” a drama series in the 1990s. She has not just been a part of the movie in Beyond the Last Mountain a Pakistani English language film. Her other works include “Ek Nazar Meri Taraf,” “Saiqa,” “Morr Us Gali Ka,” “Dil e Muzter” and much more. She was born in Mumbai, India. When she was a baby, her parents moved to Lahore due to Indo-Pak separation. She did her schooling in Lahore. She is a graduate in English Literature. She was always interested in theater and would be a part of performing arts in school and college. Initially, she worked as a teacher in school but due to her passion and interest in acting she shifted her career in theater. She was a part of a theater group and her and gave her first performance in a stage play with the theater group. In 1964, she was invited to a live TV Show named “University Magazine.” The theme of the show was to interact with college students and to know about their experience. During this time she was noticed by a PTV director and offered her to be a part of a television series. Initially, Shamim hesitated but later said yes for the role. She was first seen in the drama series ‘’Alif Noon’’ in which she played the role of a young student which was very much appreciated by the audience.

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Rashid Farooqui is a very talented actor hailing from Karachi, Pakistan. He was born on 5th May 1975. Rashid did his schooling from Government High School, Karachi. He had a keen interest in theater drama right from his childhood days. Therefore, he joined the National Academy of Performing Arts to pursue a career and to choose what he loves to do. He then started his occupation as an actor for theater dramas and television series. He officially kicked off with a short drama and tragedy film called “Shahrukh Khan Ki Maut”. He was Ustad Manzoor in the film. In a short span of time, the short film was a super hit. He then appeared in “Too Late the Reformer.” He went on to do various television shows like ‘Moorat’, ‘Manzil’, ‘Man-o-Salwa’ and ‘Makan’. Many of them enjoyed to watch him on screen in most of his character roles.

With Pakistani TV Actor, things have happened in the reverse order – he made his debut in films and then migrated from films to TV serials, which surely goes against the normal trend. But keeping in tune with his penchant for adventure sports like scuba diving, flying and hunting, Asad is a self confessed “adventurer” and bold enough in whatever he does or comes across. Although not one to have originally thought about an acting career, nor having taken any initial formal training for it, he grabbed the opportunity, prompted by his impulsive nature, when the opportunity came his way, back in 1989. 

As mentioned, Asad Malik started his acting stint as a film actor in 1989, though none of the movies in which he featured could be referred to in any glowing terms, starting off with a horror movie entitled “Pamela”. As his film career really did not take off in any way that would have given him any encouragement, he turned his attention to drama, which still is considered the best art form in Pakistan to show case one’s acting talents. After a brief period of internship, Asad caught the eyes of discerning theater goers with his acting in the 1993 drama serial “Dasht”, shot in the backdrop of Balochistan with a woman centric theme, in the year 1993. 

That was a turning point in his career, and from then onwards Asad demonstrated his inherent talent as an actor to the theatre world at large. Side by side, with his name spreading as an actor, he took up modelling opportunities that came his way, side by side with his acting. He then went on to act in quite a few plays of that period, for the then sole TV channel - PTV. Some of these plays like the family drama “Janey Anjaney”, tale of brothers and sisters, “Aansoo” and the slightly controversial “Niqab” most of them penned by the legendary writer Haseena Moin and aired in early 2000 on PTV made Asad a front runner on Pakistani TV. 

Completing a series of fairly successful drama serials for PTV, Asad had also gone over to the private satellite channels when the opportunity came, featuring in “Dil Moti Ke Mole” for ATV, followed by two more for the same channel titled “Adhoori Film Ki Puri Kahani” and the other one called “Angoori”. “Larkiyan Mohallay Ki” followed with Hum TV as well as “Kaisi Yeh Deewangi”, also for Hum TV. His sole appearance for Geo TV at that time was “Buri Aurat”. His appearances ranged from social, romantic, family as well as slightly adult themes. With his success on the TV screen, Asad Malik had confided in several forums that he harbours no intentions to try his luck once again in films, and is quite confident about his future, describing himself as more of a self made man, rather than someone who has followed someone else’s footsteps or guidance in the growth of his career.