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Ayaz Naik - Wikipedia

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Ayaz Naik
آصف نائیک
Born	(1966-04-12) 12 April 1966 (age 58) Lahore, Pakistan
Education	University of Lahore
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980 – 2016
Spouse	Shazia Akhtar (Divorced)
Parent(s)	Naeem Naik (father) Zareena Naik (mother)
Relatives	Beo Zafar (aunt) Yasir Akhtar (cousin) Rizwana Akhtar (aunt) Mehreen Jabbar (cousin) Kamal Jabber (cousin) Javed Jabbar (uncle) Shabnum Jabbar (aunt) Ejaz Naik (uncle)

Ayaz Naik, also known as Ayaz (Urdu;ایاز; born 1966) is a Pakistani actor.^[1] He has acted in both Urdu and Punjabi films and also appeared in dramas Dastak, Sangchoor, Junoon and Chand Grehan.^[2]

Early life

Ayaz was born in Lahore and he studied CSS to be a government officer from University of Lahore.^[3]

Career

Ayaz started his acting career in 1980 and was fourteen years old when he did his first lead role in the film Nahin Abhi Nahin directed by Nazar-ul-Islam, starring with famous actress Shabnam and Faisal Rehman.^[4]^[5] The film did well at the box office and as a golden jubilee hit further boasted Ayaz's career.^[6]^[7]

In the 1980s Ayaz appeared in films Yeh Zamana Aur Hai, as well as Ek Doojay Kay Liye , starring alongside Babra Sharif in both, and Naam Mera Badnam in which he starred with Shabnam, Muhammad Ali, Kaveeta and Sangeeta.^[8]

In 1984 Ayaz starred in film Ishq Nachaway Gali Gali with Sabiha Khanum. The film was a hit and he won a Nigar Award for Best Actor for his role.^[9]

Then Ayaz made his debut in a lead role in drama Dastak written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shahzad Khalil on PTV with Shazia Akhtar.^[2]

Personal life

Ayaz married the model and actress Shazia Akhtar, who is also his cousin, with whom he has starred in drama Dastak.^[3] They married in the 1990s but divorced after a few years.^[3] Ayaz's father, Naeem Naik, was a civil servant in Islamabad but later he also did acting and he acted in drama Qurbatein Aur Fasley; his mother Zareena was also an actress.^[3] He is the cousin of Pakistani-British singer Yasir Akhtar and also of television director and producer Mehreen Jabbar.^[10] Ayaz's paternal uncle Ejaz Naik was a senior bureaucrat in the foreign ministry.^[11]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1986	Dastak	Rameez	PTV^[2]
1989	Junoon	Rehman	PTV
1991	Sangchoor	Tauqeer	PTV
1994	Sarang	Ahmed	PTV
1995	Chand Grehan	Nasir	PTV^[12]^[13]
1996	Hip Hip Hurrey	Himself	STN^[14]
1998	Haqeeqat	Sharjeel	PTV

Film

Year	Film	Role	Language
1980	Nahin Abhi Nahin	Bobby	Urdu^[15]
1981	Yeh Zamana Aur Hai	Naeem	Urdu
1982	Aaina Aur Zindagi	Jimmy	Urdu
1982	Ek Din Bahu Ka	Rasheed	Urdu
1983	Ek Doojay Kay Liye	Bhai Sahab	Urdu
1984	Naam Mera Badnam	Shehzad	Urdu^[16]
1984	Ishq Nachaway Gali Gali	Afzal	Punjabi
1985	Benazir Qurbani	Askar	Urdu
1985	Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein	Shiraz	Urdu
1987	Saas Meri Saheli	Imran	Urdu
1988	Pyar Tera Mera	Javed	Punjabi

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	Category	Result	Title	Ref.
1984	Nigar Award	Best Actor	Won	Ishq Nachaway Gali Gali	^[17]
1996	STN Awards	Best New Talent	Won	Hip Hip Hurrey	^[14]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "The ballad of Yasir Akhtar". The News International. 1 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Javed Jabbar's family". Pakistani Drama Story & Movie Reviews | Ratings | Celebrities | Entertainment news Portal | Reviewit.pk. 22 September 2021.
^ "Perspective: The cinema of politics". Dawn News. 4 August 2021.
^ "Faisal Rehman's Illustrious Career!". Mag - The Weekly. 10 November 2021.
^ "منفرد موضوع پر بنائی گئی اعلیٰ معیار کی فلم نہیں ابھی نہیں". Jang News. 13 February 2021.
^ "Ayaz Naik". cineplot.com website. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Lost icons, lost cause". Dawn News. 22 May 2021.
^ "Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986)". The Hot Spot Online website. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Social Diary Exclusive The Unstoppable Icon YASIR AKHTAR". Social Dairy. 27 March 2021.
^ "گیارہ برس کے بعد دوبارہ اداکاری شروع کر رہا ہوں: ایاز نائیک". Independent News. 15 December 2023.
^ "Best Pakistani Dramas of All Time". Masala. 26 January 2021.
^ South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings. University of Wisconsin-Madison. p. 58.
^ ^a ^b "Hip Hip Hurrey". Shalimar Television Network. 4 November 2023.
^ "15 Top Romantic Pakistani Movies To Watch". DESIblitz. 28 August 2021.
^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 308. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
^ "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies Reviews. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

External links

Ayaz Naik at IMDb

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