Fahad Salahuddin ( Sindhi: فھد مصطفي; born 26 June 1983), known professionally as Fahad Mustafa, is a

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actor, producer, and television host who works in Urdu films and television. He is regarded as one of the highest-paid actors in the country and is best known as the host of the game show '' Jeeto Pakistan'', which has aired on ARY Digital since 2014 and is described as the biggest game show in Pakistan. Born in

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, Pakistan, Mustafa is the son of veteran Sindhi actor Salahuddin Tunio. He began his career in the early 2000s and made his acting debut with the television series '' Umrao Jaan Ada''. He rose to fame with popular dramas including '' Main Abdul Qadir Hoon'', '' Ek Tamanna Lahasil Si'', '' Daagh'', '' Kankar'' and '' Dusri Biwi''. His critically acclaimed role in the drama ''Veena'' (2009) earned him a nomination for Best TV Actor at the Lux Style Awards.

Early life

Mustafa was born to a Sindhi family in

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. His father, Salahuddin Tunio, is a well-known Sindhi actor, and he has two brothers and one sister. Although he initially pursued a degree in

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at the Baqai Medical University in Karachi, but he dropped out before completing his studies.

Career

Mustafa was first noticed in ''Sheeshay Ka Mahal''. In 2008, he ventured into television production. His other notable television serials include '' Yeh Zindagi Hai'', ''Haal-e-Dil'', ''Bahu Rani'', ''Ae Dasht-e-Junoon'', ''Masuri'', '' Aashti'', ''Pul Siraat'', '' Mastana Mahi'', '' Main Abdul Qadir Hoon,'' and ''Koi Nahi Apna''. He has been the host of the well-known game show '' Jeeto Pakistan'' since 2014. He hosted the 1st Hum Awards ceremonies in 2013 in Karachi, and the 2nd ARY Film Awards in 2016 in Dubai. In 2017, he hosted the launching ceremony for the Karachi Kings, a

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team franchise. He then also hosted the opening ceremony of the 2017 Pakistan Super League in Dubai. He made his film debut in 2014 in director Nabeel Qureshi's ''

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''. It was declared a box office hit. In 2016, he starred in Anjum Shahzad's '' Mah e Mir'' and Qureshi's '' Actor in Law''. ''Actor in Law'' did very well at the box office, winning Film of the Year Award in the 16th Lux Style Awards, where Mustafa also won the Best Actor Award for his role in the film. He then had a voice role in Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's animated film '' 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam''. In 2018, he starred in Nadeem Baig's '' Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2'' and Qureshi's ''Load Wedding''; both of which released on same day, 22 August 2018. He will also be producing three films; the first Anjum Shehzad's ''Band Toh Ab Bajay Ga'', which will be written by

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; the second one will be written by Ali Imran under ARY Films banner; and a third one for which no details have been announced yet. Mustafa made his comeback to acting in the television industry in 2024 with '' Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum'' opposite

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, marking his comeback to television serials after nine years.

Personal life

In 2006, Mustafa married

writer Sana Fahad. The couple has two children, a daughter born in April 2011, and a son born in January 2016.

Filmography

Films

Television

As host

As producer

(Under banner of Big Bang Entertainment)

Awards and nominations

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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Production awards

References

External links

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Fahad Mustafa at ''The Express Tribune''
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