Dilawar Malik

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Dilawar Malik is a Pakistani television actor and director. He is best known for directing acclaimed project for PTV such as Boota from Toba Tek Singh and Landa Bazar . [1] [2]

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Career

Malik began his career in late 1990s when he directed several television series for PTV including Boota from Toba Tek Singh , written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar. He then directed Landa Bazar in 2002 which was also written by Qamar, became an overnight success. [2] [3] The television series he directed mostly are deeply culturally routed and in most of the times set in the Walled City of Lahore. [1] [2] He also directed series for satellite television network including Wafa Kaisi Kahan Ka Ishq (2011), Nadamat (2012) and Laal Ishq (2017) which is the sequel of Landa Bazar. [4] [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 Muhammad Ali (12 May 2020). "Boota from 'Toba Tek Singh' is my personal favourite directorial work: Dilawar Malik". Daily Times.
  2. 1 2 3 "Director Dilawar Malik of 'Landa Bazaar' fame working on his next project". Minute Mirror. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "15 years after its premiere, iconic TV drama Landa Bazaar now has a sequel". DAWN Images. 26 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Laal Ishq: A journey of love". The Nation. 9 November 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "I'm lucky I have worked with Khalilur Rehman. His dialogues are the best: Imran Ashraf". Daily Times. 15 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Junaid Khan and Hiba Bukhari are ready to entertain with their upcoming drama Inteha-e-Ishq". Images. 5 August 2021.


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