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Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui (Urdu: شہریار منور; born 9 August 1988) is a Pakistani actor and producer. He is the recipt of a Lux Style Award and a Hum Award.[1][2]

Sheheryar Munawar
Born
9 August 1988 (age 35)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality
Pakistani
Occupation(s)
Actor, model, producer
Years active
2012–present
Relatives
Sultana Siddiqui (aunt)
Jahangir Siddiqui (uncle)
Ali Jehangir Siddiqui (cousin)
The nephew of Hum Network-founde Sultana Siddiqui, Munawar pursued finance and marketingfrom the Institute of Business Administration. Aspiring to take up a career in acting, he worked as a model for various brands and made his acting debut with the acclaimed television series Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley (2012), winning the Hum Award for Best Television Sensation

Munawar then went on to play the romantic interest of female leads in the romance Kahi Un Kahi (2013), and received praise for portraying a struggling husband in the Geo TV series Aasmanon Pay Likha (2014). He followed it by staring and co-producing the coming-of-age musical film Ho Mann Jahaan (2016) and the romantic comedy film Parey Hut Love (2019). For the former, he won the Lux Style Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the latter earned him two Best Actor nominations at Lux Style, and both the films rank among the highest-grossing Pakistani films.

Early life and backgrcommodore Munawar Alam Siddiqui, was in the Pakistan Air Force before switching to business after retirement, and his mother, Ameena Munawar Siddiqui, is a housewife. His father, Munawar, is also a board member of Hum Network, founded by his aunt Sultana Siddiqui. His sister, Nadia, is a business graduate, while his elder brother, Asfandyar, who died in

In a 2018 interview with Samina Peerzada, he rev

Career
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After graduating from IBA, Munawar worked at a German venture capitalist company in Karachi, and during this time he participated and won an advertisement-making competition for KFC, and then appeared in an advertisement for Omoré.[11][12] Munawar later quit his job to pursue acting and appeared in several advertisements for various brands and products.[13] He soon received offers for acting roles and made his acting debut in 2012 with the Hum TV's drama series Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley, in which he played the character of a deaf and dumb boy. He later played leading and supporting roles in several television series, including the ensemble social drama Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay (2012), a spiritual sequel to the 1986 series Tanhaiyaan, the romantic series Kahi Unkahi (2012), opposite Ayeza Khan and Urwa Hocane, and played the friend of the lead character (played by Fawad Khan), on his aunt Sultana Siddiqui's insistence, in one of the highest-rated television dramas of the country, the romance Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2013).[14] Munawar then gained nationwide success with the Geo TV's critically acclaimed melodrama series Aasmanon Pay Likha (

Three years later, Munawar starred and produced the coming-of-age musical drama Ho Mann Jahaan (2016), a film about three college friends who are passionate about music and face difficulties for their common dream.[17] Co-starring opposite Adeel Hussain and Mahira Khan, he was cast as a struggling musicia Commercially, the film went on to become one the highest-grossing films of 2016.[18][19] At the annual Lux Style Awards, Munawar was awarded the Lux Style Award Best Supporting Actor for his performance and received an additional nomination in the Best Film category.[20][21] Following the success of Ho Mann Jahaan, he starred in the romantic comedy 7 Din Mohabbat In (2018).[22] Directed by Meenu–Farjad, his role was of an introverted man who is romantically involved with three women, played by Mahira Khan, Mira Sethi and Amna Ilyas, at different stages of his life.[23] Amna Zaidi of Siddy Says praisemunwar]

In 2019, Munawar featured alongside Humayun Saeed and Syra Yousuf in the science fiction Project Ghazi, a film about a group of rogue men try to seize a project.[28] The film was a commercial disappointment.[29] Munawar next played the role of one of a self-confessed aspiring actor in Asim Raza's romantic comedy Parey Hut Love (2019).[30] The film, divided in four chapters, tells the story of a commitment phobic guy who falls in love with an already engaged girl (played by Maya Ali).[31] The film received positive reviews from critics, and Munawar earned critical acclaim for his performance.[32][33] The Express Tribune worte that "[Sheheryar] has come a long way and that's evident in this movie — he is not the best but definitely not the worst".[34] Dawn



Filmography
Year Serial Role Director Screenwriter Notes Ref.
2012 Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley Arooj [42]
2013 Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay Zarak Khan [16]
Kahi Unkahi Shahryar
Zindagi Gulzar Hai Osama
2014 Aasmanon Pay Likha Aaliyan
2021 Pehli Si Muhabbat Aslam
Sinf-e-Aahan Major Usama
2023 Aik Thi Laila Qais#arydigital #radd #spotlight