Manzar Sehbai

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Manzar Sehbai
Born (1950-03-19) 19 March 1950 (age 73) [1]
NationalityPakistani
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present
Spouse
(m. 2020)
Relatives Sarmad Sehbai (brother)

Manzar Sehbai (born 19 March 1950) is a Pakistani actor who appears in Lollywood films and serials. He has worked in different drama serials and made his film debut in 2011 with Shoaib Mansoor's Bol for which he won Lux Style Awards and SAARC Film Awards. [2] In 2013, he appeared in Zinda Bhaag , Pakistan's entry for Best Foreign Language Film in 2013's Academy Awards.

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He also acted in a pakistani film Mah e Mir by Sarmad Sehbai in 2016 and an indian feature film called Ya Rab in 2012.

Personal life

Sehbai was born in Sialkot. His father was Asar Sehbai, a public prosecutor who was transferred to Lahore when Sehbai was very young. He attended Junior Model School, Lahore and then graduated from Government College Lahore. He went on to obtain Master’s in English from the same college. He is the brother of director and poet Sarmad Sehbai. He went to East Germany for higher education and lived in Germany from 1976 to 2011. [3] He married actress Samina Ahmad in a private Nikah ceremony on 4 April 2020 in Lahore. [4]

Career

Sehbai started his acting career from his college life as part of the renowned Dramatic Society of Government College [3] where he worked together with Usman Peerzada and Salman Shahid in the Urdu-language play 'Darkroom'. He first appeared in telefilm Paani Ke Qaidi and then Keeh Janaan Main Kaun and many more. [5] He made his film debut with 2011 with Shoaib Mansoor's Bol opposite Humaima Malick, Mahira Khan, Atif Aslam and Iman Ali for which he won Lux Style Awards and SAARC Film Awards. [6] In 2013, he appeared in Pakistan's entry to the Academy Awards film Zinda Bhaag opposite Amna Ilyas and Naseeruddin Shah, which was critically and commercially successful.[ citation needed ]

TV dramas

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2011 Bol Hakim Sahib Lux Style Awards
SAARC Film Awards
2013 Zinda Bhaag SadiqCameo Appearance
2014 Ya Rab Dr.MazharIndian film
2016 Mah-e-Meer Dr. Kaleem
2017 Lies We Tell Zulfikar
2021 Khel Khel Mein Karamullah
2022 Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning TBA [7]

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2021 Dhoop Ki Deewar Sarah's grandfather ZEE5

Awards

YearFilmAwardCategoryResult
2012 Bol Lux Style Awards Best Film ActorWon
SAARC Film Awards Best ActorWon
2017 Mah e Mir Lux Style AwardsBest Supporting Actor in a FilmNominated

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