Ahad Raza Mir is a Canadian-Pakistani actor. He is the son of Asif Raza Mir, a veteran actor and producer of Pakistani film and television industry. He is best known for his lead role in the Shakespearean play Hamlet.
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Ahad Raza Mir was born on Wednesday, 29 September 1993 (age 30 years; as in 2023) in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. His zodiac sign is Libra. Ahad grew up in Canada and is a Canadian citizen and also holds a UK residence visa. Although his father was also a film director, he did not want Asif Raza Mir to become an actor. While studying for BBA, Ahad Raza Mir realized that he wanted to become an actor and decided to quit his studies. Later, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting, directing and playwriting from the University of Calgary, Canada. After graduation, he attended the Performing Arts High School in New York.
Childhood photo of Ahad Raza Mir (right) with his mother and brother
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (Approx): 75 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: brown
Body Measurements (Approximate): Chest: 35, Waist: 32, Biceps: 14
Family
parents and siblings
Ahad Raza Mir’s father, Asif Raza Mir, is a Pakistani actor and producer and her mother, Samra Raza Mir, is a musician who was part of Pakistan’s first all-female band, Symphony. He has a younger brother, Adnan Raza Mir, who is a Pakistani actor.
Ahad Raza Mir with his mother
Ahad Raza Mir with his father
Ahad Raza Mir (far right) with his family
wife and children
Ahad Raza Mir married Pakistani actress Sajal Ali on March 14, 2020. The couple held a lavish traditional wedding ceremony in Abu Dabi. Pre-wedding ceremonies like Dholki and Mayon began a week before their wedding in Karachi, Pakistan. They held a traditional Nikah ceremony in Abu Dabi with only close family members present. After marriage, Ahad Raza Mir shared this news with his fans on his Instagram account in which he wrote,
Here is the new beginning. Today we are pleased to announce that with the blessing of our families we are officially engaged. Our special day will be even more special with the love and prayers of our family, friends and fans. – Ahad and Sajal.
Ahad Raza Mir’s wedding photo
Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Ali on their wedding day
Sajal Ali and Ahad Raza Mir were rumored to be separating in January 2022 after just a year of marriage. The rumors started doing the rounds when Ahad was not seen attending the wedding festivities of Sajal Ali’s sister, Saboor Ali, instead, he attended another wedding in Dubai with his parents. But Sajal shut down the rumors by posting a romantic picture of herself with her husband on her Instagram story but the couple separated after two years of marriage and got divorced in 2022.
other relatives
Raza Mir
Raza Mir Ahad was the grandfather of Raza Mir. Raza Mir was a Pakistani cinematographer, producer and director who was the cinematographer of Pakistan’s first film Teri Yaad (1948).
Grandparents of Ahad Raza Mir
relationships
After Ahad’s divorce, there were speculations about her dating co-star Ramsha Khan. The basis of these rumors was that around the same time Ramsha Khan had also broken up with her boyfriend. Ramsha Khan’s ex-boyfriend, Bilal Abbas Khan, a Pakistani actor, unfollowed both Ramsha Khan and Ahad Raza Mir soon after they started working on the show Hum Tum (2022).
Ramsha Khan and Ahad Raza Mir in a scene from the show Hum Tum (2022)
When Ramsha Khan was asked about their dating rumours, she denied all the rumors and said that they are just friends and also added, Ahad was one of her favorite actors and she admires his work.
Religion
Ahad Raza Mir follows the religion of Islam.
Signature
Ahad Raza Mir’s autograph
livelihood
actor
Theater
Before making his debut in Lollywood, Ahad Raza Mir started his acting career on stage and acted in several theater plays across Canada. He has trained as a theater artist for 6 years. He has played several dramatic roles including Tony in West Side Story (2014), Caliban in The Tempest (2014), and Moses in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (2015). While doing theater in Canada, he has worked with the Shakespeare Company on several William Shakespeare plays including Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. In 2019, he became the first South Asian to play the lead role in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and won an award for his performance in the play.
Ahad Raza Mir in Hamlet
Television
In 2010, at the young age of 17, Ahad made his acting debut in the Pakistani show, Khamosiyaan, in which he played a small role of the son of lead actors Sania Saeed and Faisal Rehman. He has played several roles including Salaar in Saamy (2017), Dr. Asfandyar “Asfi” Ali in Yaqeen Ka Safar (2017) and Adam Sultan in Hum Tum (2022). He became famous in 2017 after his role in Hum TV’s show Yakin Ka Safar, for which he won several awards. In Yaqeen Ka Safar, Ahad was paired with Sajal Ali and they became a favorite on-screen couple in Pakistan.
Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Ali in a scene from Yakin Ka Safar (2017)
After gaining popularity as a couple, Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Ali appeared together in several shows including Dhoop Ki Deewar (2021) and Aangan (2017).
movies
In 2018, Ahad Mir Raza made his film debut with Parwaaz Hey Junoon (2018), a Pakistani aerial combat-war romantic film, co-starring Hamza Ali Abbasi and Hania Aamir.
Ahad Raza Mir on the sets of Air Force film Parwaaz Hai Junoon (2018)
web series
Ahad Raza Mir made his OTT debut with the Pakistani drama web series, Dhoop Ki Deewar (2021) on ZEE5. He also plays Arjun Batra in Resident Evil (2022), an American action horror television series on Netflix, and Rajeev in World on Fire (2023), a British war drama television series on BBC One.
Sample
Ahad Raza Mir has appeared in advertisements for many brands such as Mountain Dew, Xiaomi Pakistan, Republic by Umar Farooq and Coca-Cola Pakistan.
Ahad Raza Mir in a Coca-Cola advertisement
award
- In 2019, he won the Betty Mitchell Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Play” for his lead role in Hamlet.
- In 2016, he won the Calgary Theater Critics Award for Best Actor for the musical “Naughty But Nice”.
- In 2018, he won the Best Television Actor award for the Pakistani drama Yaqeen Ka Safar (2017) at the Lux Style Awards.
- In 2018, they won the Onscreen Couple Popular Award for the Pakistani drama Yaqeen Ka Safar (2017) at the Hum Awards.
- In 2018, he won the Best Television Sensation Male award for the Pakistani drama Yaqeen Ka Safar (2017) at the Hum Awards.
Favorite
- Play: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- Food: Dal Rice, Chicken Tikka
Facts/General Knowledge
- Ahad is often compared to his father Asif Raza Mir, and in an interview he talked about how different it was for his father, saying,
I believe it has become more challenging now to leave an impression on the audience. At that time there was only one channel and few artistes. People used to wait for that one TV play the whole week. Now there are so many channels and actors that they get overwhelmed with it all and it becomes difficult for the viewers to make their choice. There is tough competition for actors these days; You have to act, sing, dance and look good – all at the same time to be considered. If you don’t have anything that sets you apart from others, you can be replaced in a second.
- Ahad has a huge fan following on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. He has more than 25 lakh followers on Instagram and more than 440 thousand followers on Facebook.
- According to Ahad, when he was asked in an interview that if he had not been an actor, he would have been a chef.
- Ahad loves playing guitar and started playing guitar at the age of 13.
- In 2018, he appeared as a featured artist in season 11 of the Pakistani television program and international music franchise, Coke Studio, in which he performed a rendition of a famous Pakistani song Ko Ko Korina.
Ahad Raza Mir in Coke Studio
This song was not liked much by the audience and everyone criticized it and it became the most disliked video on Coke Studio’s channel. Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari also criticized the song, calling it “a massacre of an old classic”.
- In 2021, Ahad Raza Mir was appointed as the brand ambassador of Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2020, Dubai.
Ahad Raza Mir at Expo 2020, Dubai
- Ahad Raza Mir holds a Golden Visa, granted to him by the United Arab Emirates government.
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