Ahmed Ali Akbar

Ahmed Ali Akbar (Urdu: احمد علی اکبر) is a Pakistani actor who primarily works in Urdu television. He marked his television debut at the age of thirteen in PTV's drama Stop Watch. He guest-starred in the 2013 drama film Siyaah and started his professional acting career in 2014, since then he has appeared in several television series.^[2] Akbar is best known for playing the titular character Parizaad in Hum TV's popular drama Parizaad in 2021 for which he won several awards including Hum Awards for Best Actor - Popular. His other notable works include Yeh Raha Dil (2017) and Ehd- e-Wafa (2019).^[3][4][5]

Ahmed Ali Akbar
Born	(1986-09-28) 28 September 1986 (age 38)[1] Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Early life

Ahmed was born into a Punjabi family in Rawalpindi to tennis coach Muhammad Ali Akbar.^[6] His brother Abid Ali Akbar is a tennis player.^[7]

He played tennis on a national level before pursuing his film career.^[8][9] He also played cricket and football at club level.^[10] At one point, he wanted to pursue professional cricket but abandoned the option because of nepotism.^[11]

Career

Early work as child artist, musician and theater actor

He marked his television career at the age of thirteen on PTV's drama Stop Watch, after which he was singing for a progressive rock band, the Islamabad-based Nafs, for some ten years before returning to acting on some friend's advice, in a play written by Osman Khalid Butt.^[12]

Ali made his stage debut in 2008 and received critical appraisal for his work.^[13]

Film debut and television success

He guest starred in his 2013 debut film Siyaah and started his professional television career in 2014, as a lead actor in the drama Shehr-e-Ajnabi.^[14]

He then grabbed one of the leading roles in Parchi, in 2018, which was well received at the box-office. He also directed the stunts for the film.^[15]

In 2019, he starred in Laal Kabootar, a crime-thriller movie set in Karachi, which is also music video director Kamal Khan's first feature film, sharing the screen with Mansha Pasha and Ali Kazmi, and which was well received by the critics.^[16] The same year he also worked in the hit drama serial Ehd-e-Wafa which was ISPR's presentation and aired on PTV Home and Hum TV^[17]

In 2021, he was the lead role in Parizaad, earning critical acclaim for his acting and winning several awards, including Hum Awards for Best Actor - Popular.^[18]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Additional notes
2013	Siyaah	Faadi	Azfar Jafri	Cameo appearance
2015	Karachi se Lahore	Sam	Wajahat Rauf
2016	Ho Mann Jahan	Himself	Asim Raza	Cameo appearance
	Lahore Se Aagey	Sam	Wajahat Rauf
2018	Parchi	Saqlain	Azfar Jafri	Also the stunt director[15]
2019	Laal Kabootar	Adeel Nawaz	Kamal Khan	[19]
	Heer Maan Ja	Policeman	Azfar Jafri	Special appearance
2023	Gunjal	Shahbaz Bhatti	Shoaib Sultan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1999	Stop Watch	—	PTV
2013	Burka Avenger	Peon (voice)	Geo Tez
2014	Shehr-e-Ajnabi	Haris	A Plus
	Dusri Bivi	Aamir	ARY Digital
2015	Ishq Parast	Hamza
	Guzaarish	Zain
	Nazo	Habeel	Urdu 1
	Paiwand	Hassam	ARY Digital
2016	Mera Yaar Miladay	Fahad
2017	Munkir	Gulraiz	TV One
	Yeh Raha Dil	Zaki Haroon Baig	Hum TV
	Phir Wohi Mohabbat	Waleed
2018	Tajdeed e Wafa	Arsal
2019	Ehd E Wafa	Shahryar "Sherry" Afzal	Hum TV PTV Home
2021	Parizaad	Parizaad	Hum TV
2023	Idiot	Gulzar	Green Entertainment
2024	Nadaan	Haider	Hum TV[20]
2024	Faraar		Green Entertainment[21]

Theatre

Year	Play	Role
2012	The Taming of the Shrew	Tranio[22]
2014	Grease	Danny Zuko[23]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2018	6th Hum Awards	Best On-Screen Couple Popular with (Yumna Zaidi)	Yeh Raha Dil	Nominated	[18]
2020	19th Lux Style Awards	Best Film Actor Viewers' Choice	Laal Kabootar	Won	[24]
	South Asian Film Festival	Best Actor		Won
2022	8th Hum Awards	Best Actor Male – Popular	Parizaad	Won	[25]
		Best On-Screen Couple with (Yumna Zaidi)		Nominated	[25]
		Best Actor Male Jury		Won	[26]
		Best On-Screen Couple Jury with (Yumna Zaidi)		Nominated	[26]
	21st Lux Style Awards	Best TV Actor Critics Choice		Won	[27]
		Best TV Actor Viewers' Choice		Nominated

References

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7. "Abid Akbar - Men's Tennis Coach". University of Idaho Athletics.
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14. "An actor and a gentleman ‹ The Friday Times". The Friday Times. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
15. "Ahmed Ali Akbar; the man behind Parchi's action packed stunts!". HIP. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
16. Khan, Saira (25 November 2018). "'Shooting for Laal Kabootar was one of the best experience I have had' says Ahmed Ali Akbar". HIP. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
17. "Ehd E Wafa". hum.tv. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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19. NewsBytes. "Ahmed Ali Akbar bags Best Actor award at Washington DCSAFF 2019". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
20. "Ahmed Ali Akbar and Ramsha Khan to star in upcoming mega drama on Hum TV – Details". Reviewit.pk. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
21. Desk, Entertainment (9 June 2024). "Alif stars Hamza Ali Abbasi and Sajal Aly rumoured to Reunite for new drama Faraar". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 July 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
22. Syed Abbas Hussain ( 6–12 July 2012), "Tour de force"^{[permanent dead link]}, The Friday Times. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
23. Hasan, Mehreen (2 February 2014). "Musical thriller: It's Grease alright but stops a tad short of lightning - Instep". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
24. "https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/495568-who-won-at-the-mega-lux-style-awrds-2019" (18)
25. "8th Hum Awards Winner List: Parizaad wins big, bagqing 9 awards in various categories". OyeYeah. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
26. "8th Hum Awards Complete Winners List". ReviewIt. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
27. Desk, Entertainment (23 November 2022). "LSA 2022: And the nominees are..." The Express Tribune. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

• Ahmed Ali Akbar at IMDb