10 Urdu Hollywood Artists Who Have Inspired Us

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1. Meesha Shafi

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. Meesha’s career started with modeling, when at the age of 17, she entered the world of modeling. She appeared in several of music videos and did many ramp walk shows in her modeling days. In 2009 she became the brand ambassador of L’oreal Paris...

Date of Birth: 01-12-1981

Age: 42

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Female

Language: Urdu

Skills: Singer, Supporting Actress

Meesha Shafi Biography

Date of Birth: 01-12-1981

Age: 42

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Female

Language: Urdu

Skills: Singer, Supporting Actress

2. Mahnoor Baloch

Mahnooris a very well known Pakistani actor. She is a blazing mix of actor, model and a film director. She is a Canadian nationalist but was born in the USA. Mahnoor was born on June 14th, 1970. Her strength is always her versatility towards her work. She can dwell in any environment, and she had no complaints about it. She was married at a very tender age of 15 to Hamid Siddique in the year 1986. Recently they are staying in Karachi, Pakistan. Mahnoor and Hamid have one daughter named Laila Hamid. At the age of 23, Mahnoor made her debut from a TV series called Marvi. Sultana Siddiqui directed Marvi. She worked on this TV series for some years.She even worked as a model for many prevalent brands at that time. Before enac...

Date of Birth: 14-07-1970

Age: 53

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Urdu

Skills: Movie Actress

Mahnoor Baloch Biography

Date of Birth: 14-07-1970

Age: 53

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Urdu

Skills: Movie Actress

3. Dilshad Vadsaria

Dilshad Vadsaria was born on 14th September 1985. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She has an Indian and a Portuguese descent as well. She is a television actress. Her family moved to the United States of America, when she was six. She spent her living all over the country, in different states, in different cities. She graduated from the University of Delaware. Her first ever proper acting role was in Vanished. She played the role of Agent Nanji. She acted in the movie, Rapture. Her most successful role to date has been in Greek. She landed the role in 2007. This was her first regular part. She portrayed Rebecca Logan and was nominated as Best Comedy Performance at NAMIC Vision Awards. In 2009, ...

Date of Birth: 14-09-1985

Age: 38

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: English

Skills: TV-Actress, Movie Actress

Dilshad Vadsaria Biography

Date of Birth: 14-09-1985

Age: 38

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: English

Skills: TV-Actress, Movie Actress

4. Syma Chowdhry

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Date of Birth: 16-11-1980

Age: 43

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Female

Language: Urdu

Skills: Host, Model, Producer, Actress, Reporter

Syma Chowdhry Biography

Date of Birth: 16-11-1980

Age: 43

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Female

Language: Urdu

Skills: Host, Model, Producer, Actress, Reporter

5. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a well-known Pakistani singer, musician, Qawwali, devotional music of the Sufis. Khan was born in Faisalabad in the year 1948 in a Punjabi Muslim family. His family has migrated to Pakistan in 1947 post partition of India from their city Jalandhar, East Punjab, British India present Punjab, India. His father, Fateh Ali Khan, was a vocalist, instrumentalist, musician and also a qawwal. The tradition of qawwali has been followed through successive generations of Khan since six centuries. Khan was the youngest among the 5 children to his parents and the only son. Khan was married to Naheed, daughter of his uncle Salamat Ali Khan; they daughter named ...

Date of Birth: 13-10-1948

Date of Death: 16-08-1997

Age: 75

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Urdu

Skills: Singer, Vocalist

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Biography

Date of Birth: 13-10-1948

Date of Death: 16-08-1997

Age: 75

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Urdu

Skills: Singer, Vocalist

6. Faran Tahir

Faran Tahir was born on 16 February 1963 In Los Angeles, California, USA, to Naeem Tahir and his wife. Naeem Tahir is a Public Speaker, Researcher, Scholar, Dramatist, and Trainer and also acted in the film Khuda Kay Liye along with Naseeruddin Shah. Moreover, Naeem is the Director General of the Pakistan National Council Of The Arts. His younger brother Ali and his wife Wajeeah, both are very famous PTV personalities. Faran graduated with BA in Theatre from University Of California, Berkeley and also got a degree for Advanced Theatre Trainer at Harvard University from American Repertory Theatre. He did his debut in Disney’s live-acting version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (1994). Tahir go...

Date of Birth: 16-02-1963

Age: 61

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Urdu

Skills: Movie Actor

Faran Tahir Biography

Date of Birth: 16-02-1963

Age: 61

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Urdu

Skills: Movie Actor

7. Atif Aslam

Named Muhammad Atif Aslam when he was born, he is famously known as Atif Aslam. He started off his career as a pop singer in Pakistan and has made his way into Bollywood as a playback singer. He has also made cameo appearances in Indian films along with starring in Pakistani film Bol in 2011. Born in Wazirabad, Pakistan Atif moved to Rawalpindi where he pursued his studies. He moved back to Lahore and attended Punjab College from where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree. Asif was an avid cricket fan and hoped to play cricket for the Pakistani national team but when that didn’t pan out he began singing. He formed a band, Jal, and recorded his first song “Aadat” spending his own money. The song became an ins...

Date of Birth: 12-03-1983

Age: 41

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Urdu

Skills: Singer

Atif Aslam Biography

Date of Birth: 12-03-1983

Age: 41

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Urdu