Taimoor Salahuddin () better known by his
online alias Mooroo, is a
Pakistani YouTuber, Writer,
Internet personality,
Filmmaker ,
Actor and
musician
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.
Known
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primarily for his
comedic YouTube sketches and
vlogs, he is regarded as one of the pioneers of
vlogging in
Pakistan.
Personal life
Mooroo was born in
Lahore,
Pakistan.
Ethnically he is a
Chinioti. He attended
Aitchison College
Aitchison College ( ur, ایچیسن کالج) is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13 in Lahore, Pakistan. It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-curri ...
for his
O-Levels, and then later, Allied school for A levels
Beaconhouse National University.
In an interview, he said that his sister could not pronounce his name "Taimoor" and used to call him "Moor" or "Mooroo" which he later adopted as his stage name.
Mooroo married Eruj Hadi, who is an
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
in January 2019. At the time of his marriage, there were some speculations on Pakistani social media circles regarding how he married someone of a darker complexion to break a '
stereotype
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', leading him to clarify that he married for love and not to make any social statements.
Discography
Album
Filmography
In 2022, Mooroo appeared in
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 ...
's Ramadan Special series ''
Paristan'' as his debut, where he portrayed the self created character of Amanullah opposite
Mira Sethi.
Awards and nominations
Other awards
References
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Further reading
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External links
Moorooon
YouTube
Moorooon
Instagram
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Living people
People from Lahore
Year of birth missing (living people)
Aitchison College alumni
Beaconhouse National University alumni
Pakistani YouTubers
Vlogs-related YouTube channels
Chinioti people