Acting
Rasheed made his theatre debut in Bombay Dreams directed and produced by Shah Sharabeel in 2008, where he played an Indian character of Vikram. His first major theatre role was musical Moulin Rouge, playing The Duke of Monroth. He later acted in a 2013 political play by Anwar Maqsood and Dawar Mehmood The Sawa 14 August as a General Zia-ul-Haq. He took the role of Iftekhar in comical play Half Plate by Anwar and Dawar in 2014. [6]
Rasheed also marked his acting career as a supporting character along with Samiya Mumtaz in Daddy , and received wide acclaim in television through drama serial, Shikwa. He played Shaukt in Hum TV's blockbuster serial Digest Writer and appeared in the serials: Goyaa, Khuda Na Karay and Nazdeekiyan. According to Gohar, theatre and films are his domain, and "TV needs to grow up first, because I am not going to end up with roles that have been done hundreds of times." [7] After praise for Digest Writer Gohar signed several 2015 dramas of ARY Digital, Bismil alongside Hareem Farooq [8] and Aitraz (previously entitled Tum Rahay Na Tum) opposite Imran Abbas, Sana Javed and Sania Saeed, [9] and Paiwand . In 2016, he appeared in Mann Mayal as Meekail [10] with Maya Ali, Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayesha Khan. [11]
His film credits include Seedlings and Main Hoon Shahid Afridi , receiving significant praise for his acting in Seedlings. He received his role in ensemble film Main Hoon Shahid Afridi from Humayun Saeed for his performance in Moulin Rouge. [12]
In 2013, Gohar was chosen to play Babar in Zeba Bakhtiar's film O21 alongside Bilal Ashraf and Ayaz Samoo as a trio of antagonists. [13] Gohar starred as corrupt SHO Jibroun, alongside Humayun Saeed, as Shafqat Cheema in Hamza Ali Abbasi's yet-unreleased action-comedy film Kambakht [14] [15] and as Baran in Hassan Waqas Rana's war epic Yalghaar . [16] He features as a dholak player in Aamir Mohiuddin's Rangreza alongside Sana Javed and Bilal Ashraf. [17] He stars as famed Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in the 2023 film Rawalpindi Express . [18]
