Asim Raza

Asim Raza, whose full name is Asim Raza Khan, is a director, entrepreneur, and producer, who works for big as well as small screen. He hails from Pakistan. Asim took birth in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan on August 21, 1966. He studied at National College of Arts Lahore, Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, and Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. After graduating from Bartlett School of Architecture, Asim worked at Arshad Shahid Abdulla (PVT) LTD, a reputed company, as an architect. However, soon he realized that filmmaking is his true calling and quit his job to devote all his time to his passion.

Asim started with directing and producing commercials for brands that we use daily like Head and Shoulders, Coca-Cola, Garnier, Sunsilk, and much more. He also regisseure The Big Idea, a show which focussed on marketing and advertising. During this time, he worked with musicians Hadiqa Kiani Hadiqa Kiani was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Had >> Read More... , Najam Sheraz Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Junoon, Abrar-ul-Haq, and others.

After gaining experience for three years, he established The Vision Factory, a production company, and under it created a video for a music band Junoon named Sayonee. It became an enormous rage among the listeners. Asim decided to attend several workshops, seminars, and short courses to sharpen his skills. He was the regisseur of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's last concert, Junoon's A Tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Lux Style Awards' second edition, and a Kathak documentary named Raqsan which brought the country's dancer Fasih Ur Rehman accolades.

In 2008, Asim became the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture's board member of the studies for the communication design department. However, it was his work in the award-winning telefilm Behadd, which had Umera Ahmed   Umera Ahmad was born on 10 December 1976 in Sia >> Read More... as its writer and starred Sajal Ali                 Among the emerging young talents i >> Read More... , Fawad Khan, and Nadia Jamil Nadia Jamil is a Pakistani actress, who started he >> Read More... , that got him the recognition he deserved.

Three years later after the release of Behadd, he got to auteur his first commercial movie named Ho Mann Jahaan, which was a huge success at the box-office. Azim has also written the lyrics of Ho Mann Jahaan's three songs. He won the Best Music Video Director and Best Telefilm Director Award in 2004 and 2013 respectively.

He is married to ex-army chief and ex-president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharaf's daughter named Ayla Raza. Ayla is an architect too, but currently, she is working as All Pakistan Music Conference's director and promotes and popularised traditional performing arts among the youth. They are doting parents to two daughters named Zainab Raza Bio coming soon... >> Read More... and Maryam Raza.