Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui (born 9 August 1988) is a Pakistani actor, film producer and director. He made his film debut as a lead actor and producer in 2016 with Ho Mann Jahaan. He is notable for his role in Asim Raza's '' Parey Hut Love'', which became Pakistan's highest grossing movie in the year 2019. He has also starred in male-centric serials such as '' Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay'', '' Kahi Un Kahi'', '' Zindagi Gulzar Hai'' and ''

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'' and '' Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley''. For his performances in '' Ho Mann Jahaan'', '' Saat Din Mohabbat In'', and ''Parey Hut Love'', he has won a

Lux Style Award The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry ...

(2017);
Masala Award
(2019); and
Pakistan International Screen Award
(2020), respectively.

Personal life

He was born on 9 August 1988 in

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. His father, air commodore (r) Munawar Alam Siddiqui, was in the

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before switching to business after retirement, his sister Nadia is a business graduate, while his elder brother, Asfandyar, who died in a car accident on 23 December 2012, was an

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. His younger brother, Manoucheher, was wounded in a cafe shooting in 2011. In a 2018 interview with

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, he revealed that he's of Sindhi descent from his paternal side and Brahui maternally, while the influential TV director and producer

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is his aunt. Sheheryar's father, Munawar, is also a

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, founded by Sultana. Another of his uncles is Mazhar ul Haq Siddiqui, "one of Pakistan's senior most civil servants and an eminent educationist", who also served as the

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and is a board member of Hum Network as well. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, an entrepreneur who also served as ambassador of Pakistan to the United States for few months in 2018, is his cousin. Ali's father, Jahangir Siddiqui, is the founder of JS Group.

Education

Sheheryar completed his Bachelors in Finance from

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi; (انسٹيٹيوٹ آف بزنس ايڈمنسٹريشن) is a public university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Academics Admission * * * Admission to IBA KARACHI is based on En ...

Career

Acting

Sheheryar started his career as an actor with his debut in the

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's drama serial '' Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley'' in which he played the character of a deaf and dumb boy. In 2013 he appeared in '' Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay'', '' Kahi Unkahi'' and '' Zindagi Gulzar Hai''. For the next years he'll concentrate on movies. In 2021 he starred in ''

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'', his first TV role since ''

'' in 2014, with

Maya Ali Maryam Tanveer, known by her stage name Maya Ali ( ur, ; born ), is a Pakistani actress. She made her debut with a brief role in telenovela '' Durr-e-Shehwar'' and later received praise for portraying the titular characters in '' Aik Nayee Ci ...

in their second collaboration after the 2019 movie '' Parey Hut Love''.

Direction

In 2021 he became a director with the short film ''Prince Charming'', about post-marriage depression, which was well received.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Awards and nominations

Lux Style Awards

References

External links

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Gup Shup With Sheheryar Munawar - Fuchsia Magazine
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