
FAWAD AFZAL KHAN – TV/Film Actor
Fawad Afzal Khan was born in 1981 at Lahore, Punjab,
Pakistan. He spent his early life in Greece, Saudi Arabia
and in United Kingdom and returned to Lahore when he
was 12. He completed his A-levels from Lahore Grammar School. Later he joined National
University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore for his
Bachelors. Where he obtained a degree in Computer
Science. He made his first public appearance in a high school play.
Fawad's performance in the play was so good that Anjum Shahzad (director) got
impressed and encouraged Fawad to perform on TV as well. He learned guitar,
bass, and drums at the age of 20.
Khan started his
modelling career at the age of thirteen. Khan walked on ramp alongwith Mahira Khan
at the India Bridal Fashion Week and the PFDC L'Oréal Paris Bridal Week Day.
Khan has appeared in a number of commercials including, Servis Shoes,
Mobilink,
QMobile,
TUC Biscuit
and Clean &
Clear Shampoo. Khan owns a brand called Silk which is his
collaboration with his wife. The brand was launched on 18 August 2012.
Khan
began his singing career with Pakistani rock band Entity
Paradigm as a lead singer. Khan released his first album Irtiqa in 2003,
which earned wide critical recognition.
Khan
came up with the popular romantic track "Rahguzar" from Irtiqa, produced
by Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan, was a critical
acclaim in Pakistan. The song also received good reviews by Ultimate-guitar,
Express
Tribune and VH1 Pakistan.
Khan
also produced the songs "Waqt",
"Kahan Hai Tu"
and "Hamein Aazma" for the album Irtiqa met with
immense commercial appreciation. The song remained on the top of the charts for
many weeks and became hugely popular. In 2007, Khan left the band, due to other
commitments.
In
year 2010 Fawad's band, Entity Paradigm, reunited and performed Bolo Bolo in Season 3 of the popular
television music series Coke Studio. Later in the year EP
also released their patriotic single "Shor Macha"
Khan commented on the track, "The message is for people to stop
complaining and start acting".
In
2000, Khan made his screen debut at the age of 19 in the serial Jutt and Bond,
aired on Indus Vision. He played the role of Bumbling
spy boy, which also starred his friend and co-band member, Ahmed Ali
Butt.
In
year 2008, Khan appeared in Anjum Shehzad's travel and adventure drama series Satrangi. Khan portrayed the role of
an engineering student who hires a mini-bus and takes his six friend to a trip
around the country.
In
2010, Khan landed the lead role of Hassan, in Haissam
Hussain's Dastaan, based on Razia Butt's
novel "Bano", aired on Hum TV.
He
achieved further critical and commercial success for his role of Ashar Hussain,
a wealthy man who marries with his middle-class girl cousin and gives birth to
new rivalry, in the 2011 TV serial Humsafar
(based on Farhat Ishtiaq's novel of the same name) opposite Mahira Khan,
which received Pakistan's highest rating ever, at 9.75 and proved him biggest
role yet making him a famous actor across the country. His acting was very much
well praised in Humsafar along with hiss chemistry with her co-star Mahira
Khan.
From
2013 onwards he played the role of Rohail in Geo TV
serial Ashk
opposite Neelam Muneer and Mehreen
Raheel and in another serial Zindagi Gulzar Hai aired on Hum TV,
in which he played the role of Zaroon opposite Sanam Saeed.
Khan
made his film debut with a leading role in the 2007 Shoaib
Mansoor's Khuda Kay
Liye, which was the highest-grossing Pakistani film of 2007.
Khan played Sarmad the best singers in Lahore, but
later influenced by an Islamic activist, Sarmad begins to practice the extremist
interpretation of Islam,
grows a beard and goes against music, putting pressure on his free-spirited
family to comply. Those parties interpret certain verses of the Quran and Hadith to call
for a ban on music and pictures. The role was first offered to Ali Zafar
but due to busy schedule, Ali refused.
In
2013, Khan appeared in Abdullah Kadwani's film Armaan, remake of Waheed Murad's
1966 film of the same name. Khan went on
to win Tarang
Housefull Award for Best on screen Couple with Aamina Sheikh
and was nominated for Tarang Housefull Award for Best Actor.
As
of September 2013, Khan has several projects at various stages of production.
Khan has completed shooting of Summer Nicks's
Science fiction Kolachi,
and his first international project, a Bollywood
film Khoobsurat remake of the 1980 film of
the same name opposite Sonam Kapoor,
which is produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Boney Kapoor.
Khan has also signed his second Bollywood film Yash Raj Films Next alongside actress Kareena
Kapoor, and third Pakistani film Sultana
Siddiqui's Next film, that will be shot in Lahore towards
the mid of 2014.
Fawad met Sadaf Fawad in 1997 at the age of 17, and married her at Lahore in 2005. The couple have a son named Ayaan Khan.
His
works include:
Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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2007
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Sarmad
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2013
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Armaan
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Remake of Armaan
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2014
|
Vikram Singh Rathore
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Releasing on 19 September 2014
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2014
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TBA
|
Post-production[19][19]
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2014
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Sultana
Siddiqui's Next
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TBA
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TBA
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Television
|
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Year
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Title
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Role
|
Additional
Notes
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2001
|
Bond
|
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2008
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Dil
Dekay Jaien Gay
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Arsalan
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Satrangi
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Behzaad
|
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Rubber
Band
|
Cameo
|
Special Appearance in String's
song "Zinda Hoon".
|
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2009
|
Jeevan
Ki Rahon Mein
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Adil
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2010
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2011
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Asghar
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Mujtaba
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Ashar Hussain
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2012
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Rohail
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2013
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Zaroon Junaid
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Wali Bakht
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Telefilm
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Additional
Notes
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2009
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Kal
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Zaheer
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Pakistan's Independence Day Special on Geo TV
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2011
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Aaj
Kuch Na Kaho
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Rehan
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2013
|
Jamal aks (Joe)
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