Shuja Asad

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Shuja Asad
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Born (1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 (age 29)
EducationLawrence College Murree
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active2019 – present
Spouse
Maheen Saeed
(m. 2019)
[1]

Shuja Asad (born 19 September 1994) is a Pakistani actor and model. [2] [3] He is known for his role in coming-of-age drama College Gate (2023) and revenge saga Khaie (2024). [4]

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Early life and education

Shuja was born in Karachi at Pakistan. [5] He completed his early education from City School then he moved to Murree and there he attended Lawrence College Murree later he returned and studied O-levels at a Private School. [5]

He attended acting workshops and online classes to learn acting. [6]

He went to several production organizations for audition but he would be rejected because of his looks and misaligned teeth later he losed some weight and got braces to aligned his teeth. [7] [8] [9]

Career

Shuja started his career from commercials and advertisements. In 2021, he made his acting debut with a role of Shahryar in webseries Free Fire Academy. [5] In 2022 he acted in drama Pyar Deewangi Hai as Mateen. [10] Later he appeared in Dino Ali's music video Main Aur Tum with Faryal Mehmood. [11]

The following year, he appeared as Ahmer in Bandish 2, as Azmir in drama Fitna, [12] [13] as Bilal in College Gate , [14] and as a cameo role of Imad in Gumn. [11] In an interview with FUCHSIA, he revealed Gumn was his first television project shot in 2021 followed by a role in College Gate, however, due to launch of both of the series broadcasting channel, Green Entertainment they were released in 2023 thus making Pyar Deewangi Hai his first screen appearance as an actor.

In 2024, he appeared in the drama Khaie on Geo Entertainment. [15] [1]

Personal life

He is married to Maheen Saeed. [16]

Filmography

Television serials

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2022 Pyar Deewangi Hai Mateen ARY Digital [17]
2023 Bandish 2 Ahmer [18]
Fitna Azmir Hum TV [19]
College Gate Bilal Green Entertainment [20]
GumnImad [11]
2024KhaieBarlas Khan Geo Entertainment [21] [22]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2021Free Fire AcademyShehryar Youtube

Telefilm

YearTitleRole
2024Achari MohabbatSikandar

Music videos

YearBand/SingerSongReference
2022Dino AliMein Aur Tum [11]

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