Zulqarnain Haider (actor)

Zulqarnain Haider is a Pakistani Comedian, Actor,Director and TV drama writer, and stage artist. He is known for TV dramas like 'Haqeeqat', "Koshish", "Chhayon", "Help Me Durdana", Qismat Ka Likha, and others.

Career

Zulqarnain's artistic career started in the late 1970s. He shared stage with comedians like Umer Sharif. In his fifty years long career, he scripted a number of plays and directed several popular TV dramas. He got his main breakthrough from his own written TV play, "Koshish" in the mid-1980s. Then in the PTV drama "Chhayon" (1988), his pet dialogue, "Alkamoonia mein to aisa nahein hota", became very popular. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Zulqarnain Haider was born in Karachi in 1959 and received his education from Karachi University. His artistic career began in 1973 with theater in Karachi. Since then, he has also showcased his talent in TV, radio, and films, working with all major TV centers in Pakistan, including Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Peshawar, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, and others. He has performed in theaters across almost all major cities in Pakistan and has shared the stage with renowned actors and comedians like Umer Sharif, Moin Akhtar, Javaid Sheikh, Shafi Mohammad Shah, and others, exhibiting his artistic brilliance. Throughout his fifty-year artistic career, he has written several dramas and directed famous TV dramas.

Dramas and films

• Help Me Durdana , ARY Digital, 2019 ^[5]
• Qismat Ka Likha , Express TV, 12 September 2019 ^[6]
• Jaltay Khwab, Express TV, 5 November 2018
• Romeo Weds Heer, GEO TV, 21 October 2018
• Khatti Meethi Love Story, Express TV, 17 May 2018
• Baydardi, ARY Digital, 26 March 2018
• Laal Ishq, APlus TV, 14 October 2017
• Baby, Express TV, 27 February 2017
• Jaan Nisar, APlus TV, 21 October 2016
• Funkari, TV One, 15 August 2016
• Do Saal Ki Aurat, HUM TV, 1 October 2014
• Dehleez, ARY Digital, 25 February 2013
• Meri Wife Kay Liye, TV One, 21 September 2011 ^[7]
• Chhayon, PTV, 1988^{[ citation needed ]}
• Koshish, PTV, 1984^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
1985	Nigar Award	Best TV actor	Won	[8]

Zulqarnain Haider has been honored with the Nigar Award twice, the Graduate Award twice, the Public Award thrice, the Radio Drama Award five times, and the Pakistan Television Award twice (first for the drama serial "Koshish" and second for the drama "Woh Aaye Ghar Hamare "). Moreover, he has been awarded a Gold Medal from Abbottabad and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Peshawar, and his coronation ceremony was also conducted with great dignity in Multan.

References

1. "ذوالقرنین حیدر". Urdu Point. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. "سینئر اداکار ذوالقرنین حیدر کی فنی مصروفیات میں اضافہ". Roznama Pakistan. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
3. "سینئر اداکار ذوالقرنین حیدر کی شوبز میں گولڈن جوبلی". Daily 92 News. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
4. "ذوالقرنین حیدر آئندہ ماہ سٹیج ڈرامہ پیش کرینگے". Nawai Waqt. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
5. Shirazi, Maria (2019). "Must-watch Eid telefilms: Help Me Durdana". The News International. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
6. "Zhalay Sarhadi wants her latest character to remind desi women to not be selfless to a fault". Dawn. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
7. "Zulqarnain Haider: Drama list". Drama Planet. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
8. "نگار ایوارڈز برائے سال1985". Nigar Weekly (in Urdu). Golden Jubilee Number: 295–296. 2000.