Nayyar Ijaz or Nayyar Ijaz is a famous Pakistani film and television actor. He is popular for playing the villain Salman in the Pakistani TV serial Dhuwaan (1994) and Kali Das in Laag (1998).
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Wiki/Biography
Nayyar Ijaz was born on Wednesday, 11 September 1963 (age 59 years; as of 2022) in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. His zodiac sign is Virgo. Later, he moved to Lahore for his studies, where he lived with one of his elder brothers. Initially, Nayyar Ijaz wanted to be a cricketer, and played at the under-19 level. He has also played some first-class matches and grade cricket. While he was studying cricket in Lahore, he had to return to Quetta due to his father’s illness. It was in Quetta that he was discovered as an actor by PTV director Tariq Mairaj at a clothes shop owned by his friend. At that time he was completing his matriculation. Later, after a brief stint with the federal government in Quetta, he did FA, BA and MA in Political Science.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 6′
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Nayyar Ijaz’s family is a resident of Dharampura, Lahore. He belongs to a family of famous musicians. His father, Ustad Sharif Khan (deceased), worked for Radio Pakistan and was transferred to Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan in 1957. His mother, Hamida Begum, died in 2014.
Nayyar Ijaz’s father
Nayyar Ijaz’s mother
Nayyar Ijaz is the second youngest among 12 siblings. Of the 12 siblings, including Ejaz, only 3 are in showbiz. His elder brother Salamat Ali is a famous classical singer and ghazal singer; He is married to Azra Riaz. Salamat Ali and Azra Riaz are a famous husband-wife duo who have sung many popular ghazals and songs together. His brother Riaz (deceased) was a poet, singer, music director and actor who worked in the Pakistani entertainment industry. The names of his two brothers are Mumtaz Hussain and Amanat Ali. Apart from Riyaz, his other 3 siblings, 1 brother and 2 sisters are dead.
Nayyar Ijaz with his elder brother Salamat Ali
Salamat Ali and Azra Riaz
Nayyar Ijaz’s brother Riaz (right) in London
Nayyar Ijaz (far left) with his brother and nephew Faizan Ali
wife and children
On 19 November 2005, he married Rubina Ijaz. The couple had one child, who died several years ago.
Nayyar Ejaz with his wife
religion/religious views
Nayyar Ejaz follows the religion of Islam.
livelihood
Television
When Nayyar Ejaz was in ninth grade, he played the role of a father in a TV serial in which Pakistani actress Azra Aftab played the role of his daughter. Talking about this in an interview, he said,
Once, when I was in ninth grade, I played the role of a father in a TV serial, where Azra Aftab played my daughter! People thought I could get away with playing this role because I looked and sounded much older than my age.”
He completely entered the Pakistani entertainment industry around 1984 or ’85. Ijaz was standing at one of his friend’s clothes shops when his husky voice and charming demeanor attracted Tariq Mairaj. Four days later, Mairaj approached Ejaz to cast him in a play. At first, Ejaz was hesitant to enter showbiz due to his lack of acting skills. However, with a little encouragement he agreed to work in the play. Soon, Ejaz made his acting debut with the TV show Zindagi Jis Ke Naam, Asghar Nadeem Syed’s first drama, in which he played the role of a sleazy profit-hungry producer. He gained recognition from the TV show Dasht (1993), in which he played the role of a stuttering young man named Sheikh who witnesses the murders of his parents.
Nayyar Ijaz as Sheikh in Dasht (1993)
In the beginning of his career, Ejaz did a lot of work for the channel PTV. In 1994, he came into limelight with the TV show Dhuvan, playing the role of Salman, a business tycoon and drug kingpin who has links with narcotics and other criminal activities. The show was telecast on PTV Home.
Nayyar Ejaz as Salman in Dhuwaan (1994)
In 1997, he received critical acclaim for his role as a guru to transgenders in PTV’s Janjal Pura.
Nayyar Ejaz as Guru in the TV show Janjal Pura (1997)
He gained popularity by playing the role of Major Kali Das in the action crime drama serial Laag (1998) on PTV.
Nayyar Ijaz as Major Kali Das in Laag (1998)
Other PTV shows in which he appeared include Madar (1990) as Gul Mast, Baarish Baad (1993) as Qadir Baksh, Haqeeqat (1999) as Lala, Aan (2000) as Mehfooz, and The Castle: Aik Umeed (2001). Munawwar as uncle. In 2007, he appeared in the show Sarkar Saheb, in which he played the role of the antagonist Mir Alam, on ARY TV.
Nayyar Ijaz as Mir Alam in Sarkar Saheb (2007)
Other ARY TV shows in which he appeared include Haniya (2019) as Vohra Sahab, Barfi Laddu (2019) as Iqbal Halwai, and Khwab Nagar Ki Shehzadi (2021) as Jameel Khan.
film
In 1995, he started his film career with the Pakistani film Sharatiya Mithai. Subsequently, he appeared in various Pakistani films such as Chand Girhaan (1997), Moosa Khan (2001), Zil-e-Shah (2008), and Sultanat (2012). In 2014, he played the role of an evil and corrupt politician in the Urdu-language action drama film The System.
Nayyar Ijaz as a corrupt politician in The System (2014)
He played an anti-feminist lawyer in the 2016 Pakistani social-comedy film Actor in Law. He appeared as a terrorist preacher named Molvi Nasir in the historical war film Saaya E Khuda E Zuljalal (2016). In the 2017 action comedy film Na Maloom Afraad 2, he played the role of Sheikh Sultan Al-Baklawa, a rival.
Nayyar Ijaz as Sheikh Sultan Al-Bakalawa in Na Maloom Afraad 2 (2017)
In 2017, he appeared in the romantic social-comedy film Mehrunisa We Love You, in which he played Don Marzi, a transgender.
Nayyar Ijaz (right) as Marzi in Mehrunisa We Lube You (2017)
He played the role of Sheikh Sahab in the 2018 romantic action comedy film Teefa in Trouble.
In 2019, he played the role of Chand Kamal, a secret talent manager-cum-journalist, in the romantic drama film Baaghi. This role earned him the Best Supporting Actor award at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (2019) in Mississauga, Canada. ,
Nayyar Ejaz as Chand Kamal in Baaghi (2019)
He played the role of Jagu Nat in the 2022 Pakistani Punjabi-language action drama film The Legend of Maula Jatt.
Nayyar Ijaz (centre) as Jagu Nat in The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022)
Her other Pakistani films include O21 (2014), Janaan (2016), Jeeyo Sar Utha Ke (2017), and Gharbana Nahi Hai (2022).
Facts/General Knowledge
- He draws inspiration from the work of American actor Robert De Niro.
- He once revealed that he was paid only Rs 300 for his first film.
- In an interview, Nayyar Ijaz and Salamat Ali credited their powerful speech and melodious voice to their mother.
- In 2016, Nayyar Ejaz ruled the theaters with his various villainous characters, for which he was dubbed ‘Villain of the Year’.
- In an interview, he revealed that once he was slapped in public because of one of his villain roles. Ejaz played a role in which the character was shaving his face and singing a song, when a thought comes to his mind that his wife is having an affair with his friend. In anger, the character cuts his wife’s face with a blade. Ejaz told that after that film, one day he was sitting at Islamabad airport when a woman came to him and asked him to stand up. As soon as he stood up, she slapped him hard on the face. Shocked and confused, Ejaz asked her the reason behind the insult. She said that for 30 years she used to talk to her husband when he shaved his face, but because of Ejaz’s vicious character in the film, she started fearing that her husband might cut her face with a blade.
- Nayyar Ejaz in an interview claimed that Shah Rukh Khan’s popular dialogue “Kakka-Kiran” was inspired by his character from the TV show Dasht (1993) in which he played the role of a stammering young man named Shaikh.
- For his versatile roles, the don icon honored Nayyar Ijaz with the title of “The Man with a Thousand Faces” in 2021.
- In the same year, he took a dig at the government for its high electricity bills. In a video message, the actor criticized the incompetence of the PTI government, saying,
I just got an electricity bill of Rs 40,000 for one meter… and Rs 26,000 for the other, I and my brother live together. After all, how are we spending so much electricity at home? Are we living in WAPDA House? Shame on such change [change],
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