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Khoosat, Sarmad |
Birth name
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Date of birth
7 May 1979, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Sarmad Khoosat (May 7th 1979, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan)
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat (born May 7, 1979) is a Pakistani actor, film/TV director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing the TV dramas Humsafar and Shehr-e-Zaat.
He is the son of veteran TV and film actor, producer and comedian Irfan Khoosat, while his sister Kanwal Khoosat is also a director, screenwriter and actress.
Academically, he graduated from Government College University (Lahore) and earned a master's degree in Psychology and a gold medal. He also was a member of the Debating Society of GCU.
He rose to prominence during the late 1990s, when he created the sitcom Shashlik which ran for over three years on PTV, while his first television drama as a director was Piya Naam Ka Diya in 2007, in which he acted opposite filmstar Saima Noor and Erum Akhtar.
Sarmad then served as executive director for a soap serial named Mujhe Apna Naam-o-Nishan Milay, directed by his sister Kanwal Khoosat. Khoosat's TV drama, Kalmoohi that he wrote and directed, began airing on PTV in early 2010, also got good reviews.
In 2011, he gained significant prominence and acclaim with the TV drama Pani Jaisa Piyar that aired on Hum TV. It won him the best director award for it on LUX Style Awards. He directed Jal Pari, which was aired on Geo TV. He went on to direct Humsafar for Hum TV, which became an overnight success. His serial Shehr-e-Zaat was especially popular with women.
He conducted a workshop at the Lahore University of Management Sciences's annual amateur film festival in June 2011.
He has directed episodes for Faseele Jaan Se Aagay and Ashk.
Khoosat directed the remake of the original Pakistani film, Aina, as a telefilm. In 2016, he completed shooting Mein Manto.
In October 2018 he delivered a 24-hour-long live act, No Time To Sleep, enacting the last 24 hours of a death row prisoner's life, a performance which earned him critical appreciation.
He wrote the script for Saqib Malik's upcoming production Ajnabee Sheher Main, while he has two upcoming feature films as director, writing one as well.
Filmography
Director
2019 Zindagi Tamasha (Circus of Life)
2018 Motorcycle Girl
2018 Aakhri Station (TV Mini-Series)
2018 Noor Ul Ain (TV Mini-Series)
2016 Ek Thi Marium (TV Movie)
2016 Mor Mahal (TV Series)
2015 Manto
2013 Main Manto (TV Series)
2013 Aaina (TV Movie)
2011-2012 Humsafar (TV Series) (23 episodes)
2010 Kalmoohi (TV Series)
2007 Piya Naam Ka Diya (TV Mini-Series)
Selected filmography of
Khoosat, Sarmad
2019
Zindagi Tamasha | Circus of Life (2019)
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