Babar Javed ( ur, ) is a Pakistani television and film producer and director. He has produced and directed universally acclaimed series such as ''

Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan ''Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani television drama series, directed by Babar Javed and produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Humayun Saeed, based on Umera Ahmad's novel of the same name. The series is about Saba, a woman torn ...

'', ''

Qaid-e-Tanhai ''Qaid-e-Tanhai'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani drama serial that aired on Hum TV from 22 October 2010 to 18 March 2011. It was written by Umera Ahmad and directed by Babar Javed. The drama serial was produced by A & B Productions. Plot Qaid-e-Ta ...

'', ''

Mera Saaein ''Mera Saaein'' () is a Pakistani political drama aired on ARY Digital. It was directed by Babar Javed, produced by A & B Entertainment and written by Samira Fazal. The serial features Nauman Ijaz, Savera Nadeem, Aamina Sheikh, Beenish Choha ...

'', ''

Main Abdul Qadir Hoon Main Abdul Qadir Hoon ( ur, ) (English: I am Abdul Qadir) is a Pakistani drama serial that aired on Hum TV every Saturday starting from 18 December 2010 to 21 May 2011. The serial is written by Sarwat Nazir and directed by Babar Javed. Fahad ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Bashar Momin ''Bashar Momin'' ( ur, ) is a 2014 Pakistani television series directed by Ali Raza Usama. The serial has been written by Zanjabeel Asim and produced by Asif Raza Mir and Babar Javed under their Banner ''A&B Entertainment''. It stars Faysal ...

'', ''

Adhoora Bandhan ''Adhoora Bandhan'' is a 2017 Pakistani drama serial directed by Shah Hussain, produced by Babar Javed, and written by Huma Hina Nafees. The drama stars Nauman Masood, Faria Sheikh and Erum Akhtar. and was first aired on 9 October 2017 on Geo Ent ...

'', and ''

Mor Mahal ''Mor Mahal'' ( ur, , lit=Peacock Palace) is a 2016 Pakistani historical fiction television fantasy series based on life of Nawab Asif Jehan of Hakim dynasty created and directed by Sarmad Khoosat, produced by Babar Javed and was originally con ...

'', all under his production company

A&B Entertainment A&B Productions is a Pakistani television production company by Asif Raza Mir and Babar Javed which produces Pakistani television serials, and soap operas for private channels in Pakistan. The company has mostly collaborated with Geo TV Geo ...

that he co-founded with actor turned filmmaker

Asif Raza Mir 'Asif Raza Mir'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor and producer. Starting his acting career at the age of 17, he has since worked in a number of popular films, including ''Miss Hongkong'', '' Daaman, Wafaa, Playboy, Badalte Mausam'', and ''Saath ...

. Javed has earned eight

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as a director and producer. In 2016, he received his first ARY Film Award nomination for producing 2015 biopic film ''

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''.

Career

In 2009, Babar co-founded a production company

and actor

and produced projects for

Hum TV Hum TV is a 24-hour Urdu General Entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL). Hum Network Limi ...

ARY Digital ''ARY Digital'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani pay television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob ...

and

Geo TV Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2 ...

. Their debut project ''Diya Jalay'' starring

Samiya Mumtaz Samiya Mumtaz ( ur, ) (born 1970, Karachi), is a Pakistani film and television actress. She has performed in several TV dramas. Family Mumtaz was born to Khawar and Kamil Khan Mumtaz. Her mother is a prominent women's rights activist, while he ...

earned them critical praise and their claim to fame came with 2010 ensemble cast drama serial also starring Mumtaz, ''

'' by

Umera Ahmed Umera Ahmed (Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter. She is best known for her novels and plays ''Shehr-e-Zaat'', ''Pir-e-Kamil'', ''Zindagi Gulzar Hai'', '' Alif'', '' Durr-e-Shehwar'', '' Daam'', '' Man-o-Salwa'', ''Q ...

that earned the duo as producers recognition and positive appraisal. In 2013 the duo merged their production company with

for producing and directing channel's projects only, prior to merger they usually created projects for

and

Geo Entertainment ''Geo Entertainment HD'' or Geo Drama is a Pakistani entertainment television channel owned by Geo Television Network was established in May 2002. Its test transmission started on 14 August 2002 on the PAS 10 digital satellite whereas on 1 Octob ...

Filmography

Following is the selected list of Film and TV series Produced and Directed by Javed: *

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Career

Filmography

Awards and nominations

See also

References

External links