Babar Ali ( ur, ; born 30 June 1972) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He started his career at age sixteen. Babar Ali is known for playing ‘Bali’ in the drama serial
Landa Bazaar
Landa bazaar is a bazaar (marketplace) in Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of ...
directed by
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar ( ur, ) is a Pakistani writer, director, Urdu poet, lyricist and occasional actor known for writing such dramas as ''Pyarey Afzal'' (2013), ''Sadqay Tumhare'' (2014) and most recently the top-rated '' Meray Paas Tum H ...
.
Career
Babar Ali's first film appearance was in
Jeeva (1995 film)
''Jeeva'' (Urdu: ) is a 1995 Urdu Pakistani film directed by Syed Noor. The film introduced Babar Ali and Resham into Lollywood. Nadeem played the title role alongside Resham and Babar Ali. Playback singer Anwar Rafi is in this film. Folk s ...
, directed by
Syed Noor
Syed Noor (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, ) (born Syed Ghulam Mohyuddin Noor) is a Pakistani film director based in Lahore.
In 1970 Syed Noor joined the Pakistani film industry as an assistant to director S. Suleman. Noor assisted S. Suleman ...
. He went on to appear in other films such as ''Munda Bigra Jaye'' (1995),
''Chor Machaye Shor'' (1996), ''
Khoey Ho Tum Kahan'' (2001), ''
Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
''Yeh Dil Aap ka Huwa'' ( ur, , , This heart is yours) is a 2002 Lollywood Urdu film starring Sana, Moammar Rana and Saleem Sheikh among others. It was directed by Jawed Sheikh and ran successfully in theaters across Pakistan. The film's soundtr ...
'' (2002) and ''
Larki Punjaban
Larki Punjaban (Urdu: , (''lit'' Punjabi Girl) is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film directed by Syed Noor and starring Babar Ali, Saima, and Shamyl Khan. '' (2003). He starred as Bali, the lead character in the 2002 PTV television drama series
''Landa Bazar''.
[
In 2017, Babar revived his character of Bali (Iqbal) in ''Laal Ishq'', which was a sequel to the original 2002 drama series.]
Filmography
Television
As an actor
TV show host
*''Morning with Babar Ali'' (Apna Channel
APNA Channel ( ur, ), is a Urdu language, Urdu language satellite television channel broadcasting from Pakistan.http://hamariweb.com/pakistan-tv-channels/apna_tv_live.aspx, Profile of 'Apna Channel' TV on hamariweb.com website, Retrieved 16 De ...
)[
]
Awards
* Nigar Award
The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards a ...
for Best Male Singer in film Mehndi Waley Hath
''Mehndi Waley Hath'' (2000) is a Punjabi Pakistani film directed by Syed Noor starring Saima, Moammar Rana and Babar Ali.
Mehndi Waley Hath was Syed Noor's unofficial follow up to Choorian (1998 film) after its tremendous success at the bo ...
(2000).
See also
* Gulistan Shah Abdul Latif School Karachi
Gulistan Shah Abdul Latif School is one of the largest private English medium school system in Pakistan which operates three branches in Karachi.
Notable alumni
* Aamir Bhatti, Wicket-keeper of the Vatican cricket team.
* Babar Ali, Pakista ...
* List of Lollywood actors
Lists of Pakistani actors are split by gender.
* List of Pakistani actresses
* List of Pakistani male actors
This is an alphabetical list of notable Pakistani male film and television actors:
A
* Aagha Ali
* Abdullah Ejaz
* Abdullah Kad ...
References
External links
*
Profile of Babar Ali on YouTube
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Living people
Nigar Award winners
Pakistani male film actors
Pakistani male television actors
People from Karachi
Punjabi people
1972 births