1. Zaheen Tahira
Zaheen Tahira is one of the most senior and veteran actors in the Pakistan television history. She belongs to an elite class of theatre actors and has played the lead role in more than 700 plays over a span of three decades. She started her career in the late 1970s and had been active in the industry until present. She had also appeared in the phenomenal Pakistani serial “Khuda Ki Basti” by Shaukat Siddiqui, which had broken TRP (Television Rating Point) records through its enigmatic performances and a starry cast.
...2. Jamshed Ansari
Jamshed Ansari, son of the famous business tycoon Zamir Hasan Ansari was a renowned TV & film actor in the Pakistani Film Industry. He was born on 31 December 1942 in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. In 1948, Jamshed moved to Pakistan with his family. Films were not only the medium of entertainment but also the medium of learning & constructing minds. So keeping this in mind, Jamshed wanted to become an actor from childhood. When he was eighteen years old, he moved to London to complete his television production courses. He worked in various theatrical shows & with the BBC Production House also. In 1968, Jamshed returned to Pakistan to launch his acting career. He started his journey in 1968 with Jharokhey, a Lahore theatrical drama.
...3. Qazi Wajid
Qazi Wajid, a famous veteran Pakistani actor was born on 26 May 1930 in Lahore in Punjab of Pakistan. His popularity is totally apt because as a personality he has been part of Pakistani show business industry for 48 years. Qazi’s career began when he worked in Radio Pakistan in job profile of radio presenter and after working there for long 25 years he retired and started working as an actor.
His performances were highly appreciated and in 1988 he received the prestigious Pride of Performance Award. He has acted in several highly popular dramas, such as Hawwa Ki Beti and Khuda Ki Basti. He is active in the industry since 1956 and had become a star personality in the industry with the aura around him. He is very popular in serials and also as a global artist working often in USA.
His major and most famous project is Khuda Ki Basti which was based on the Shaukat Siddiqui’s novel with same title. It made TRP records in Pakistan, Sotayli about a woman who becomes a stepmother, when she marries her best friend’s husband, Shezorim and it telecasted on PTV which starred Neelofar Abbasi and Shakil, Pal Do Pal a family drama, Shama based on family issues between husband wife, Hawaain based on journey of an ambitious lady etc.
The various shows he had also worked in are Bechain, Kinara Mil Gaya Hota, Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat Hai a romantic story of lovers, Tanhaiyaan based on a sad love story, Mirza Ghalib Bunder Road Par (a hit serial on PTV telecasted in year 2000), Bebak based on lawyer, Khala Khairan based on a lady of same name who is hired to help a family to drive some tenants out of their house, Woh Rishtey Woh Naatay based on family and relations, Tumhain Kuch Yaad Hai Jana, Operation Dwarka 1965 based on real operation done by Pakistan navy for attacking Dwarka in 1965, Parchaiyan that aired on ARY Digital and also as Mera Saaya in India on Zee Zindagi based on life of Sauleha who gets pregnant in age of 50 and faces criticism from his family and society. He is an inspiration to youth and upcoming new talent.
...4. Babar Ali
Babar Ali is a television and film actor who was born on June 30 , 1975, in Karachi, Pakistan. He initiated his acting career at the tender age of sixteen. He was one of the first performers in Lollywood to have long hair and a distinctive speaking manner. Babar Ali debuted as an actor in "Labbaik,"the historical costume drama aired on "PTV."He played a young Muslim Arab general named "Mohammad Bin Qasim."He then starred as Humayun, the son of Mughal Emperor Babar, in the historical drama "Babar."
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