Shahbaz Shigri

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Shahbaz Shigri
شہباز شگری
Born
Shahbaz Hamid Shigri

(1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Occupations
  • Model
  • actor
  • director
Years active2010–present
Spouse
Aisha Linnea Akhtar
(m. 2012;div. 2018)

Shahbaz Hamid Shigri (born 24 February 1988) [1] is a Pakistani model, actor, director and producer. He has appeared in various films and is best known for playing the lead role of Hasan in Slackistan (2010) and a supporting role in Asim Raza's Parey Hut Love (2019).

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He was nominated for the Best Music Video Director award at the 14th Lux Style Awards for directing the video for Adil Omar's "Exploding Heart". [2]

Personal life

Shigri started dating his Slackistan co-star, Aisha Linnea Akhtar, in May 2009, during the film's post-production phase. They married in March 2012, but divorced in June 2018. [3] [4]

In 2019, Shigri started dating singer Aima Baig. [5] The couple got engaged in July 2021. [6] In September 2022, Baig confirmed they had broken up on Instagram. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Slackistan Hasan [8]
2011Sole SearchShort film
2012 Gol Chakkar Director only [9]
2013 Anima State Cinematographer
2017 Verna Assistant director only [10]
2019 Parey Hut Love Hasan [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Qurbatain FaarisTelevision debut [12]

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