Adnan Shah Tipu

Adnan Shah "Tipu" is a Pakistani actor known for his supporting, comic and villainy roles. Tipu has worked in Pakistani drama and film industry for almost three decades. ^[2]

Adnan Shah Tipu
عدنان شاہ
Born	Adnan Shah (1970-01-01) 1 January 1970 (age 55) Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Other names	Tipu
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Hajra ​ (m. 2010)​ [1]
Children	4

Early life

Born in Faisalabad, Punjab, Tipu left his home at the age of 16 and before becoming an actor he used to do mimicry of stars and celebrities.^[3]

Career

Tipu started his career in 1999 as a television actor and gained popularity through a sitcom titled "Sub Set Hai" created by Azfar Ali, which was aired on Indus Vision in 2001.^[4]

Tipu has appeared in many television serials in Pakistan such as Makan (2006). He has also acted in 2011 sitcom series Kis Din Mera Viyah Howay Ga. He made his debut as a film actor in 2003 film Khamosh Pani. In 2008, he appeared in drama film Ramchand Pakistani, followed by his Bollywood debut film Kajraare (2010), directed by Pooja Bhatt. Tipu starred in Josh: Independence Through Unity and grabbed the nomination in ARY Film Award for Best Actor.

Tipu played a villainary role in Dukhtar (2014) and also starred in the Indian film Welcome to Karachi (2015).^[5]

In an interview with The Express Tribune, Tipu said regarding the film: "I am impressed by the work, not by the name of an actor. It is true both (Jackky and Arshad) are good actors but even if I end up appearing in the same frame with legendary actors like Marlon Brando, Al Pacino or Dilip Kumar I will not let myself become overawed by their presence but will instead try to do what I do best and give my best performance,".^[6]

In 2016, he appeared in Ashir Azeem's Maalik which was banned in Pakistan after few days of release.^[7]

Filmography

Films

List of film credits for Adnan Shan Tipu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Out of Sync	Squabbling Drive	Short film
2003	Khamosh Pani	Mazhar
2008	Ramchand Pakistani	Sharma
2009	Yarana		Pashto language film
2010	Kajraare	Baabar Altaf Khan	Bollywood debut
2013	Josh: Independence Through Unity	Gulsher
2014	Dukhtar	Ghorzang Khan
2015	Dho Dala: The Sin Washer	Tipu	Short film
	Welcome 2 Karachi	Azhar Baloch	Bollywood film
2016	Maalik	Fariday
2017	Punjab Nahi Jaungi	Shoukat Ali	Cameo appearance
2018	Saat Din Mohabbat In	Sadiq Moti	[8]
	Jackpot		[9]
2019	Chhalawa	Chaudhary Nazakut
2020	Stray Dogs Come Out at Night	Khurram
2021	Hona Tha Pyar	Tameezuddin	Telefilm
2022	Dum Mastam		[10]
	Chaudhry – The Martyr
2023	In Flames	Uncle Nasir
	Dhai Chaal
TBA	Zeher-e-Ishq	TBA
TBA	Once Upon a Time in Karachi	TBA	[11]

Television serials

List of television credits for Adnan Shan Tipu

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2001	Sub Set Hai	Pintoo	Indus Vision	Sitcom
2006	Makan	Jaffer's friend	Geo Entertainment
2008	Ab Set Hai	Pintoo	AAG TV	Sitcom
2010	Zerooos	Addu	Hum TV	Sitcom
2011	Jal Pari		Geo Entertainment
2011–18	Kis Din Mera Viyah Howay Ga	Inspector Saleem	Geo Entertainment	Sitcom
2012	Aitraf	Tanveer	ARY Digital
2013	Ghundi	Mateen	Hum Sitaray
2014	Bay Emaan Mohabbat	Naeem	ARY Digital
2016	Preet Na Kariyo Koi	Mushtaq	Hum TV
2016–17	Noor-e-Zindagi		Geo Entertainment
	Hatheli	Saleem	Hum TV
	Khuda Mera Bhi Hai		ARY Digital
2018	Baby	Saarim	Express Entertainment
	Suno Chanda	Jalal Khan	Hum TV
2019	Suno Chanda 2	Jalal Khan
	Mein Jeena Chahti Hoon		PTV Home
2019–20	Tera Yahan Koi Nahin		Hum TV
2020	Zebaish	Pirzada Qasim
2021	Dil Na Umeed To Nahi	Ikram
	Yaar Na Bichray	Bashir Uddin
	Parizaad	Akbar
2022	Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi	Sheru	ARY Digital
2023	Kabuli Pulao	Qayyum	Green Entertainment
2024	Standup Girl
	Zard Patton Ka Bunn	Molvi Sahib	Hum TV
2025	My Dear Cinderella		Hum TV	[12]

Awards and nominations

List of awards or nominations received by Adnan Shan Tipu

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Adnan Shah	1st Indus Drama Awards for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2014	Adnan Shah	ARY Film Award for Best Actor	Nominated
2019	Tipu Shah	7th Hum Awards for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated