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Ali Zafar is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Sound Pakistanais born on 18 may 1980 at Lahore (Pakistan)

Ali Zafar

Ali Zafar
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Birth name Ali Mohammad Zafar
Nationality Pakistan
Birth 18 may 1980 (43 years) at Lahore (Pakistan)

Ali Mohammad Zafar better known as Ali Zafar (born 18 May 1980), is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, music producer, painter, actor and model. He started his career as a music composer. Ali gained popularity by his single Channo from his debut album Huqa Pani which sold over five million copies worldwide. Channo turned out to be a huge success topping many music charts.

Zafar made his acting career in 2010 with the Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden for which he was nominated for Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. In 2011, Zafar appeared in the films Luv Ka The End and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan which lead to won him Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Male. He worked successfully in Bollywood films London, Paris, New York (2012), Chashme Baddoor (2013) and Total Siyapaa (2014).

Zafar has also won three Lux Style Awards, three Indus Music Awards and three MTV Style Awards. In 2012, he was awarded by Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards in India. Zafar was also voted as the "Sexiest Asian Man on the Planet" based on a worldwide poll by the British newspaper Eastern Eye in 2013.

Biography

Zafar married his long-time fiancee Ayesha Fazli who is also distant relative of Indian actor Aamir Khan on 28 July 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. On 6 March 2010, his first child was born. He named the baby boy Azaan Zafar. On 23 February 2015, Alyza Zafar, his second child was born in Lahore. The baby girl was named Alyza Zafar, suggested by Azaan Zafar.

Best films

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
(Playback Singer)

Usually with

Aditya Chopra
Aditya Chopra
(4 films)
Gauri Shinde
Gauri Shinde
(1 films)
John Abraham
John Abraham
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ali Zafar (14 films)

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Actor

Dear Zindagi, 2h31
Directed by Gauri Shinde
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Alia Bhatt, Shahrukh Khan, Ali Zafar, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Ira Dubey
Roles Rumi
Rating73% 3.698913.698913.698913.698913.69891
Kaira rêve de devenir chef-opérateur cinéma. Mais sa rencontre avec Jug la pousse à changer sa vision du monde. Dear Zindagi. J'aime ma vie, tel qu'elle est.
Total Siyapaa, 1h48
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Yami Gautam, Ali Zafar, Anupam Kher, Kiron Kher, Sara Khan, Sara Khan
Roles Aman
Rating50% 2.5018652.5018652.5018652.5018652.501865
Settled in London, Aman, a Pakistani musician, hopes to marry Asha, an Indian woman also settled in London with her family. He visits her parents' house to seek their permission to marry her. However, his plans to impress the Punjabi family start failing when they discover that he is a Pakistani. During the course of events happens "total chaos" .
Kill Dil
Kill Dil (2014)
, 2h2
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra, Ali Zafar, Kader Khan, Govinda, Rani Mukherjee
Roles Tutu
Rating45% 2.2556352.2556352.2556352.2556352.255635
Tutu (Ali Zafar) and Dev (Ranveer Singh) are two orphans who were raised by a local gangster Bhaiyaji (Govinda) to be assassins. Their life takes a turn when they meet Disha (Parineeti Chopra) at a club and Dev falls in love with her. Dev's indifference towards work starts irritating Bhaiyaji, but Tutu defends Dev. When Dev is unable to kill one of their targets, he decides to change his life. This enrages Bhaiyaji and he threatens to kill Dev. Tutu intervenes and suggests Dev to look out for a job but should accompany him every time Bhaiyaji calls them to give killing contracts.
Chashme Baddoor
Directed by David Dhawan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Ali Zafar, Rishi Kapoor, Siddharth, Taapsee Pannu, Divyendu Sharma, Juhi Chawla
Roles Sid
Rating53% 2.699342.699342.699342.699342.69934
Seema (Taapsee Pannu) is a young girl who lives in Mumbai with her father (Anupam Kher). He, being an active military officer, wants Seema to marry a similar man. He had arranged Seema's marriage to such people five times in a row, with Seema evading all five arrangements. Her father had now arranged her marriage for the sixth time, which Seema evades again and escapes to Goa to live with her uncle, her father's younger brother (Anupam Kher), in a double role. Siddharth Kashyap (Ali Zafar), Jai (Siddharth) and Omi (Divyendu Sharma) are three friends who live in a rented apartment. Miss Josephine (Lilette Dubey) is their landlady. All the three are frequent visitors to a café owned by Joseph Furtado (Rishi Kapoor). The three owe huge amounts of money to Joseph and Josephine. One day, Omi spots Seema taking a walk with her dog Aryabhatta. Attracted to her, he calls his friend Jai. Both of them try to impress her. One after the other, they break into Seema's house. Omi tries to impress Seema with his poetry. Meanwhile, Seema mistakes him for a dog trainer and takes him straight into her bedroom. Omi assumes Seema is interested him and starts browsing her bedroom while Seema prepares her dog [name of Dog is "Aryabhata" given in movie by writer] Unable to handle the dog, Omi runs back home, where he tells everyone a completely different story. Omi tells his friends that they had sex and were deeply in love. Jealous, Jai tries his luck. Jai breaks in, telling them he is a reputed film-maker. Upon realization, Seema calls her grandmother and makes her beat up Jai until he finally makes his run. Back home, Jai tells a similar story. Jai tells the other two that they two were deeply in love and were now dating. Siddharth, meanwhile, isn't interested in Seema.
London, Paris, New York, 1h40
Genres Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Aditi Rao Hydari, Ali Zafar, Dalip Tahil, Mantra
Roles Nikhil Chopra
Rating56% 2.8007352.8007352.8007352.8007352.800735
The movie starts with Nikhil Chopra being interviewed by a reporter in New York asking him about his newly directed movie and why he chose a serious subject and he replies saying that he was asked by someone to be true to yourself and this movie shows the biggest truth about him. He then receives a message and rushes outside to catch a cab.
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, 2h25
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Ali Zafar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tara D'Souza, Ali Zafar, Parikshit Sahni, Kanwaljit Singh
Roles Luv Agnihotri
Rating59% 2.950532.950532.950532.950532.95053
When Luv (Ali Zafar) has a bad break-up with his girlfriend Piyali (Tara D’Souza), he insists his younger brother Kush (Imran Khan) to find him a bride. Kush travels all over India to find a bride, who is suitable for his brother. However, he and his friends are initially unsuccessful. Then enters Dimple (Katrina Kaif), an outgoing & loud youngster who Kush knew through friends. Kush decides Dimple is the perfect bride, and after meeting each other, Dimple and Luv agree to the marriage. Dimple's brother wants them to get married at a place at Agra, from where the Taj Mahal is visible.
Luv Ka The End
Directed by Punit Malhotra
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Shraddha Kapooor, Taaha Shah, Sreejita De, Riya Bamniyal, Jannat Zubair Rahmani, Shenaz Treasury
Roles Freddy Kapoor
Rating49% 2.4555352.4555352.4555352.4555352.455535
Rhea Dialdas (Shraddha Kapoor) has just done her JC (Junior College) and she already fancies herself marrying her charming, rich boyfriend Luv Nanda (Taaha Shah). who in turn, fancies winning this contest called BBC (Billionaire Boys Club), which is a rage amongst billionaire boys. It is seen that the boys upload videos of themselves with girls, while making out and stuff, on the website, and the more you do so more you get the points. Luv Nanda was going to become the highest scorer that year. This was shown to Rhea by the brother of a friend of Rhea.
Tere Bin Laden, 1h34
Genres Comedy
Actors Piyush Mishra, Ali Zafar, Sugandha Garg, Rahul Singh, Barry John, Chinmay Mandlekar
Roles Ali
Rating71% 3.597543.597543.597543.597543.59754
Ali Hassan (Ali Zafar) is a reporter with Danka TV, a downmarket local TV channel in Karachi, Pakistan. He is keen to migrate to the US for a better life and wants to work for an American news channel. He gets a chance to fly to the US, but ruins it on board while filming his own audition. He recites the words "Hijack" and "Bomb" too many times; thus scaring his fellow passengers and flight crew. As soon as he reaches the USA, he is deported. Furthermore, because of this incident his visa application is rejected six times in seven years. While covering a local event for his channel, he comes across an Osama Bin Laden look-alike, Noora (Pradhuman Singh), and hits upon an idea to make a fake Osama tape. He manages to convince his assistant Gul (Nikhil Ratnaparkhi) about the merits of his plan. With help from his travel agent's assistant Zoya (Sugandha Garg) and a local radio jockey Qureshi (Rahul Singh), he is able to make the tape by tricking Noora into unknowingly posing as Bin Laden. He then sells the tape to the owner of his channel, hoping to raise money for a new false identity, a new passport and a renewed attempt at getting the elusive US visa. However, the gravity of their action strikes them when the US Government takes the tape seriously and gets involved, as do the Pakistani intelligence agencies. Noora, too, comes to know about the trick played upon him and goes into hiding in his house.

Director

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, 2h25
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Ali Zafar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tara D'Souza, Ali Zafar, Parikshit Sahni, Kanwaljit Singh
Rating59% 2.950532.950532.950532.950532.95053
When Luv (Ali Zafar) has a bad break-up with his girlfriend Piyali (Tara D’Souza), he insists his younger brother Kush (Imran Khan) to find him a bride. Kush travels all over India to find a bride, who is suitable for his brother. However, he and his friends are initially unsuccessful. Then enters Dimple (Katrina Kaif), an outgoing & loud youngster who Kush knew through friends. Kush decides Dimple is the perfect bride, and after meeting each other, Dimple and Luv agree to the marriage. Dimple's brother wants them to get married at a place at Agra, from where the Taj Mahal is visible.
New York
New York (2009)
, 2h33
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Kabir Khan, Ali Zafar
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about music and musicians, Films about terrorism, Musical films, Bollywood, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Irrfan Khan, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Katrina Kaif, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Samrat Chakrabarti
Rating67% 3.3983453.3983453.3983453.3983453.398345
New York begins in the United States in 2008, with the arrest by the FBI of Omar Aijaz (Neil Nitin Mukesh) after guns were found in the trunk of a taxi cab he owned. Omar, a young Muslim man originally from Delhi, is then taken into custody and interrogated by FBI Agent Roshan (Irrfan Khan) (also a Muslim man originally from South Asia who has been living in the United States for twenty years). Omar then discovers that he was set up by the FBI in order to force him to spy on a former college friend, Samir Shaikh (John Abraham), whom he hasn't seen in seven years and who the FBI believes is a terrorist. In the process, Omar discovers that Sam has married Maya (Katrina Kaif) (a mutual friend whom Omar had a crush on in university) and finds out that Samir and Maya have a young son, Danyal (Aidan Wagner).

Scriptwriter

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, 2h25
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Ali Zafar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tara D'Souza, Ali Zafar, Parikshit Sahni, Kanwaljit Singh
Rating59% 2.950532.950532.950532.950532.95053
When Luv (Ali Zafar) has a bad break-up with his girlfriend Piyali (Tara D’Souza), he insists his younger brother Kush (Imran Khan) to find him a bride. Kush travels all over India to find a bride, who is suitable for his brother. However, he and his friends are initially unsuccessful. Then enters Dimple (Katrina Kaif), an outgoing & loud youngster who Kush knew through friends. Kush decides Dimple is the perfect bride, and after meeting each other, Dimple and Luv agree to the marriage. Dimple's brother wants them to get married at a place at Agra, from where the Taj Mahal is visible.

Sound

Dear Zindagi, 2h31
Directed by Gauri Shinde
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Alia Bhatt, Shahrukh Khan, Ali Zafar, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Ira Dubey
Roles Playback Singer
Rating73% 3.698913.698913.698913.698913.69891
Kaira rêve de devenir chef-opérateur cinéma. Mais sa rencontre avec Jug la pousse à changer sa vision du monde. Dear Zindagi. J'aime ma vie, tel qu'elle est.
Karachi Se Lahore
Directed by Wajahat Rauf
Origin Pakistan
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ayesha Omer, Shehzad Sheikh, Yasir Hussain, Javed Sheikh, Eshita Syed, Maria Wasti
Roles Playback Singer
Rating62% 3.1494753.1494753.1494753.1494753.149475
Zaeem (Shehzad Sheikh) the protagonist has been mistreated his entire life by his parents, teachers, bosses and his girlfriend. But when he learns that his longtime girlfriend Ayesha (Eshita Syed) is marrying her cousin in Lahore, he decides to stand up for himself for the first time in his life and go to Lahore to stop the wedding. On this roller coaster of a road trip from Karachi to Lahore, everything that can go wrong does and the party of 5 aboard find themselves in conflict with themselves.