Sohail Ahmed
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Sohail Ahmed | |
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| Born | Sohail Ahmed 1 May 1963 |
| Residence | Lahore |
| Other names | Azizi |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, director and writer |
| Known for | Comedy Satire |
| Television | Hasb e Haal comedy show 2009 - Present |
| Pride of Performance Award Recipient | |
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| Date | 23 March 2011[1] |
| Country | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Presented by | Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan |
Sohail Ahmed (born 1 May 1963[2]), best known as Azizi (Urdu: عزیزی), is a Pakistani comedian and stage and TV actor. He is notable for comedy stage and TV dramas based in Lahore.[3] He also appears in a popular Dunya TV show Hasb-e-Haal.
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Career[edit]
He improvises dialogue during stage plays. In January 2009, Sohail plays the character Azizi in the show Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News, where he does humorous commentary on current affairs and other topics.[4] Most of the TV shows that he has acted in have been on Pakistan Television Corporation.[3] Sohail Ahmed prefers to use unplanned dialogue during comedy shows.[5]
Stage dramas[edit]
- Shartiya Mithay[6]
- Kaali Chaadar
- Feeqa In America
- Kot'tha
- Ek Tera Sanam Khana
- Roti Khol Do
Sovay Laal Stage Drama
List of television shows[edit]
- Hasb-e-Haal comedy show on Dunya News in 2016[3]
- Ullu Baraye Farokhthi drama on Hum TV in 2013
Films[edit]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2011[1]
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2013[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sohail Ahmed's 2011 Pride of Performance Award on The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 22 March 2011, Retrieved 26 September 2017
- ^ Pamment, Claire. Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd (illustrated ed.). Springer, 2017. p. 207. ISBN 1137566310. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Profile of TV comedian Sohail Ahmed on tv.com.pk website, Retrieved 26 September 2017
- ^ Anne Geniets (February 2011). Trust in international news media in partially free media environments (PDF) (Report). Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. p. 67. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ Profile of Sohail Ahmed on urduwire.com website, Retrieved 26 September 2017
- ^ Profile of TV Comedian Sohail Ahmed on pak101.com website, Retrieved 26 September 2017
- ^ Sohail Ahmed's Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award listed on The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 August 2012, Retrieved 26 September 2017
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- 1963 births
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- People from Gujranwala
- Pakistani male television actors
- Pakistani male stage actors
- Pakistani stand-up comedians
- Pakistani libertarians
- Pakistani Sunni Muslims
- Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
- Recipients of the Pride of Performance
- Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz
- Male actors from Lahore
- 21st-century Pakistani male actors
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