Ayaz Naik, also known as Ayaz (Urdu;ایاز; born 1966) is a former Pakistani actor. He has acted in both Urdu and Punjabi films and also appeared in dramas '' Dastak'', ''Sangchoor'', ''Junoon'' and ''

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''.

Early life and education

Ayaz was born in

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and he studied CSS to be a government officer from

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Career

Ayaz started his acting career in 1980 and was fourteen years old when he did his first lead role in the film ''

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'' directed by

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, starring with famous actress

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and

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. The film did well at the box office and as a golden jubilee hit further boasted Ayaz's career. In the 1980s Ayaz appeared in films ''Yeh Zamana Aur Hai'', as well as ''Ek Doojay Kay Liye'', starring alongside

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in both, and ''Naam Mera Badnam'' in which he starred with

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and

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. In 1984 Ayaz starred in film ''Ishq Nachaway Gali Gali'' with Durdana Rahman. The film was a hit and he won a

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for Best Actor for his role. Then Ayaz made his debut in a lead role in drama '' Dastak'' written by

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and directed by

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on PTV with Shazia Akhtar.

Personal life

Ayaz married the model and actress Shazia Akhtar, who is also his cousin, with whom he has starred in drama ''Dastak''. They married in the 1990s but divorced after a few years. Ayaz's father, Naeem Naik, was a civil servant in

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but later he also did acting and he acted in drama ''Qurbatein Aur Fasley''; his mother Zareena was also an actress. He is the cousin of Pakistani-British singer Yasir Akhtar and also of television director and producer

Mehreen Jabbar Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رين جبار ) (born on 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.p ...

. Ayaz's paternal uncle Ejaz Naik was a senior bureaucrat in the foreign ministry.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and recognition

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naik, Ayaz 1966 births Living people 20th-century Pakistani male actors Pakistani male film actors 21st-century Pakistani male actors Nigar Award winners Male actors in Punjabi cinema Pakistani male television actors Male actors from Lahore Male actors in Urdu cinema