Zulqarnain Haider is a Pakistani comedian actor, TV drama writer, and stage artist. He is known for TV dramas like "Koshish", "Chhayon", "Help Me Durdana", Qismat Ka Likha, and others.
Career
Zulqarnain's artistic career started in the late 1970s. He shared stage with comedians like Umer Sharif. In his fifty years long career, he scripted a number of plays and directed several popular TV dramas. He got his main breakthrough from his own written TV play, "Koshish" in the mid-1980s. Then in the PTV drama "Chhayon" (1988), his pet dialogue, "Alkamoonia mein to aisa nahein hota", became very popular.
Dramas and films
- Help Me Durdana, ARY Digital, 2019
- Qismat Ka Likha, Express TV, 12 September 2019
- Jaltay Khwab, Express TV, 5 November 2018
- Romeo Weds Heer, GEO TV, 21 October 2018
- Khatti Meethi Love Story, Express TV, 17 May 2018
- Baydardi, ARY Digital, 26 March 2018
- Laal Ishq, APlus TV, 14 October 2017
- Baby, Express TV, 27 February 2017
- Jaan Nisar, APlus TV, 21 October 2016
- Funkari, TV One, 15 August 2016
- Do Saal Ki Aurat, HUM TV, 1 October 2014
- Dehleez, ARY Digital, 25 February 2013
- Meri Wife Kay Liye, TV One, 21 September 2011
- Chhayon, PTV, 1988
- Koshish, PTV, 1984
Awards and recognition
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Nigar Award | Best TV actor | Won |
References
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- "سینئر اداکار ذوالقرنین حیدر کی شوبز میں گولڈن جوبلی". Daily 92 News. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- "ذوالقرنین حیدر آئندہ ماہ سٹیج ڈرامہ پیش کرینگے". Nawai Waqt. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- Shirazi, Maria (2019). "Must-watch Eid telefilms: Help Me Durdana". The News International. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- "Zhalay Sarhadi wants her latest character to remind desi women to not be selfless to a fault". Dawn. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- "Zulqarnain Haider: Drama list". Drama Planet. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- "نگار ایوارڈز برائے سال1985". Nigar Weekly (in Urdu). Golden Jubilee Number: 295–296. 2000.
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