Our Showbiz is crowded with multitalented celebrities who have proven their worth in various fields of entertainment industry. Likewise many of the singers gave a shot at acting and luckily some of them turned out way better actors than expectations.
Ali Haider
Ali Haider is first in my list for the sole reason that he worked in a play โTum se Kehna thaโ (adaptation of โWhile you were Sleepingโ) in the 90โs. Starring Marina Khan and Farhan Ali Agah the play was success. Ali Haider did some other ventures as well including few telefilms for Hum Tv but he there isnโt any major accomplishment to his credit as an actor. Currently he is doing a sitcom โEk aur Ek Dhaiโ on Ary Digital.
Ali Azmat
Ali Azmat recently appeared in โWaarโ. He worked in a Ptv drama during the 90โs when he still had spaghetti hair but my memory fails me after that I have no recollection of anything and couldnโt find anything on net either. If anyone has watched his drama then please do share.
Ali Zafar
My first memory of Ali Zafar is from โCollege Jeansโ and he was a favorite like the rest of the cast. He worked in projects like โLanda Bazaarโ and โKanch k Parโ. He has become a star in India after working in movies โTere Bin Ladinโ, โLondon, Paris New Yorkโ and โChashme Badoorโ.
Ahmed Ali Butt
Ahmed Ali Butt and Fawad Khan had two separate underground bands namely โEntityโ and โParadigmโ. They worked together in the Sitcom โJutt and Bondโ and merged their bands as well. Ahmed Ali Butt later worked in โInspector Khojiโ and โRubber Bandโ airing on Ptv and Ary Digital respectively. He has tried his luck only in sitcoms all of which were huge successes. Being an ardent fan of Ahmed Butt and his sitcoms especially โInspector Khojiโ I keep hoping for a similar project :D
Fawad Khan
Fawad Khan first acting venture like Ahmed Ali Butt was โJutt and Bondโ. He started paying more attention towards his acting career which is said to be a reason behind disbanding of the band earlier, few other members also had other priorities. Anyhow Fawad Khan has given us hit like โDaastanโ, โHumsafarโ, โKhuda k Lyeโ, โAkbari Asghariโ and โKuch Pyar ka Pagalpanโ. His recent projects hadnโt been engaging like the earlier ones but there is always hope for betterment, particularly for FK fans.
Junaid Khan
Like many contemporaries Junaid Khan has also tried his luck in plays like โYahan Pyar nai haiโ, โMata e Jaan hai tuโ, โMaliha Madihaโ, โQaduratโ and โRanj e Aashnaiโ. None of his dramas had been ground shattering and more importantly all of his roles were similar except Qaduratโs
Atif Aslam
Atif Aslam went directly for big screen for his only acting project till now i.e. โBol.
Goher Mumtaz
Goher has appeared in drama serial โTanhaiโ along with Sohai ali Abro. I found in acting somehow monotonous and at times he seemed expressionless and detached from his surroundings. For me he the weakest singer turned actor up till now. He will be appearing in Umera Ahmedโs first sitcom โCookieโ soon.
My favorites are FK and Ahmed Ali Butt, who is yours?
Faiza Cheema