Waseem Abbas is a Pakistani actor, director and screenwriter. He is famous for his work in the Pakistani television and film industry.
Wiki/Biography
Waseem Abbas was born on Monday, September 9, 1957, in Lahore, Pakistan (age 66 years 2023). His zodiac sign is Virgo.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
family
parents and siblings
His father’s name was Inayat Hussain Bhatti. He is an actor, singer, filmmaker and religious scholar.
Inayat Hussain Bhatti
His mother’s name is Motama Shahida Bano. He has three sisters and an older brother named Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, a producer and former actor .
wife and children
He was married twice. He had two sons and two daughters from his first marriage. His son (from his first marriage) Ali Abbas is a television actor.
Ali Abbas
He divorced his first wife and later married famous actress Saba Hamid.
Saba Hamid
He has a stepdaughter Meesha Shafi, a Pakistani-born Canadian singer and actor, and a stepson named Faris Shafi, a Pakistani singer and actor.
Faris Shafi and Misha Shafi
other relatives
His uncle Kaifee is a popular actor and director. His father-in-law, Hameed Akhtar, is a newspaper columnist, author, journalist and general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association of Pakistan Literary Circle. Popular actor and singer Aagha Ali and actor and writer Ali Sikander are his nephews.
Aagha Ali and Ali Sikander
Profession
television
actor
Waseem Abbas made his debut as an actor in 1979 with the PTV TV series “Ek Haqeeqat Ek Fasana”. He is popular for his role as Yasir in the TV series “Samundar” (1983) aired on PTV.
Stills of Waseem Abbas in the TV series “Samundar”
In 1986, he played the role of Zubair in the PTV program “Hazaron Raaste”. In 1997, he appeared in the Pakistani comedy sitcom Home Front, playing the role of Azam. The show aired on PTV World (now PTV News).
Stills of Waseem Abbas in the TV series “Family Front”
He had a supporting role in the comedy series Lahori Gate (2007) starring Naseem Vicky. The show airs on PTV Home. In 2014, he appeared in the television show “Ladoon Mein Palli” aired on Geo TV, along with his real-life son Ali Abbas. His performance as Raees in the TV series “Mere Humsafar” (2021) aired on ARY Digital received huge appreciation from the audience.
Wasim Abbas (left) in a still from the TV show “Mere Humsafar”
He has acted in several TV series including PTV’s “Ashiyana” (1997), ARY Digital’s “Mera Saaein (Season 2)” (2012), Hum TV’s “Zindagi Gulzar Hai” (2013), “Deewana ” (2016) “Kashf” (2020) on Hum TV and “Zakham” (2022) on Geo Entertainment.
Director and screenwriter
Waseem Abbas made his directorial debut with PTV’s TV show Family Front (1997). In 1998, he directed the TV series “Sweet Home” at PTV World. He served as director of the TV series “Mr. & Misses’ (2006), airing on PTV Home. In 2007, he wrote the script for the TV series “Lahori Gate”, which was broadcast on PTV Home.
Poster of the TV series “Lahori Gate”
In 2018, he served as the screenwriter of the TV series “Do Biwiyan Ek Bechara”. He has worked as a writer and directed more TV shows like “Double Sawari” (2005), “Choki # 420” (2008) and “Natak Mandi” (2010).
Movie
Urdu
Waseem Abbas made his debut in the Pakistani Urdu film industry with the film Manzil (1981), in which he played the role of Vicky.
Wasim Abbas (right) in a still from the movie “Manzil”
In 1983, he played the role of Aamir in the film Badaltay Rishtay.
Stills of Waseem Abbas in the movie “Badaltay Rishtay”
He also appeared in several other Urdu films, including Zara Si Baat (1982), Tina (1983), Naseebon Wali (1984) and Rambo (1986) Year).
punjabi
Waseem Abbas first made his mark in the Pakistani Punjabi film industry with Shah Behram (1985), a film directed by his uncle Kaifee. He plays the supporting role of Haider in the film. In 1987, he played the role of Zoaib in the movie “Jugnu”.
Stills from Waseem Abbas’ movie “Jugnu”
In 1990, he appeared in the film Sarmaya with Sultan Rahi, in which he played the role of Mona. In 2017, he played the role of Jawad Khagga in the movie Punjab Nahi Jaungi. The film is also made in Urdu. Some of his other Punjabi films include “Haq Mehar” (1985), “Jatt Majhay Da” (1988), “Ishq Rog” (1989), “Action” (1991) and “Mera Inteqam” (1992).
prize
- In 2016, he received the Pride of Performance Award.
Note: He also has many awards to his name.
Facts / Trivia
- In an interview, he revealed that his father did not want him to become an actor but wanted Wasim Abbas to complete his studies. In the same interview, he revealed that he interrupted his studies for nearly 6 months to convince his father to allow him to enter the entertainment industry. He said,
So when I joined the film industry, he was a bit against it and wanted me to continue my studies. But I was stubborn and even interrupted my studies for six months. “
- He was very naughty when he was little. During the interview, he shared an interesting story from his childhood and revealed that when he was in tenth grade, he once locked a buffalo in the classroom, causing the class to be cancelled.
- Abbas revealed in an interview that when he was in eighth grade, his father decided to enroll him in a military academy, but he was so passionate about becoming an actor that he resorted to burning his hands in order to avoid taking the entrance exam.
- He began his career in the entertainment industry as a crew member for theater productions, doing small jobs such as setting up stages and raising theater curtains.
- In an interview, he talked about how he got his first role in his first stage play and was assigned the job of an assistant. He revealed that Anwar Ali, who was supposed to play the lead role, was absent on the first day of the stage play, so Wasim Abbas took over the role.
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