Faisal Qureshi is a Pakistani television personality, actor, director, writer, drama producer and humorist.
He is known for directing or writing
comedy drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...
s,
sitcoms
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new ...
, commercials and
music videos.
Life and career
Faisal Qureshi was born in
Hyderabad, Sindh
Hyderabad ( Sindhi and ur, ; ) is a city and the capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, and the eighth largest in Pakistan.
Founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro of th ...
. His father was principal of Government City College, Hyderabad. Faisal attended early schooling in
Lahore and graduated in graphic designing from
National College of Arts.
He started his career as a
play writer
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
with his brother Imran Qureshi. Faisal wrote and acted in various plays and then became
VJ by hosting a show ''Video Junction'' which was previously hosted by
Hadiqa Kiani in 1995.
He gained popularity by producing the sitcom ''
Teen Bata Teen
''Teen Bata Teen'' (or ''3 Bata 3'') ( ur, تین بٹا تین Lit: ''Three divided by Three'') was a 1995 Pakistani comedy-drama sitcom which was written by Adeel Hashmi and directed by Jawad Bashir. It was the first television sitcom of Paki ...
'' which was aired on
PTV Home in 1995. Faisal then directed many
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
s and
sitcoms
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new ...
including ''Ulta Seedha'' and ''Uski Suno Awaz'' which were aired on
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 ...
. He has also directed
television commercials and
music videos.
Films
*''
Teri Meri Love Story
''Teri Meri Love Story'' (or ''TMLS'' for short) is a 2016 Pakistani romantic-comedy, action film directed by Jawad Bashir. It is also written by Jawad Bashir and co-written by Ahmed Abdul Rehman. It was co-produced and distributed by Summit E ...
'' (2016) as Don Raju
*''
Teefa in Trouble
''Teefa in Trouble'' ( ur, ) is a 2018 Pakistani romantic action comedy film. The film is the directorial debut of Ahsan Rahim, who is known for directing music videos and television commercials with several Pakistani artists under his Tadpol ...
'' (2018) as Tony
*''
The Donkey King'' (2018) as Breaking News
*''Call To Action'' (2020)
*''
Money Back Guarantee'' (2023)
Television
See also
*
List of Pakistani television directors
References
External links
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Living people
Pakistani television directors
Pakistani male comedians
Pakistani male television actors
Punjabi people
Male actors from Karachi
National College of Arts alumni
1973 births