Zulqarnain Haider (actor)

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

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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]

Dramas and films

Awards and recognition

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
1985 Nigar Award Best TV actorWon [8]

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  2. ↑ "سینئر اداکار ذوالقرنین حیدر کی فنی مصروفیات میں اضافہ". Roznama Pakistan. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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  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.
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