Omer Shahzad
Omer Shahzad is a Pakistani model, actor and singer who started his career in 2011, and has since established himself as one of the country's top models and actors. He has been nominated for several awards with three consecutive Best Model Male nominations at Hum Awards. and four consecutive nomination in Lux Style awards. He marked his screen debut in 2013 with Geo TV's drama series Adhoori Aurat in a negative role and went to work in Choti Choti Khushiyan, Chor Darwazay and hit-drama series Noor Jahan. He also marked his film debut in 2016 film Teri Meri Love Story.
Saying that he would have been a singer if not a model, he's also expected to launch his professional music career soon.
Career
Omer started his career in 2011 with modeling, when Vaneeza Ahmed had auditioned him for Bridal Couture Week, he was one of the few ones who were selected among 200-auditionees, he recalled, "There were 200 boys and girls at the audition and I was one of the eight male models selected. Then I made an appearance in Noor's morning show on Hum TV." He achieved mainstream success when worked with a fashion coordinator for a shoot, Omer said, "It is only after you get published in a fashion publication as a model that they finally recognise you as an entity,". He then worked with Deepak Perwani, Sania Maskatiya, HSY, Zainab Chottani, Fahad Hussayn, and Zaheer Abbas, that earned him widespread acclaim and recognition.He marked his television debut in 2013, with drama series Adhoori Aurat, he stated, "I always wanted to be an actor after watching Faisal Qureshi and Noman Ijaz in TV plays. But you have to start somewhere and modelling happened first for me," he played negative role in that drama series. Omer starred in three further drama series Choti Choti Khushiyan, Chor Darwazay and Noor Jahan before entering into film industry.
He debuted in film industry in 2015 and is to star in upcoming 2016 romantic-comedy film Teri Meri Love Story directed by Jawad Bashir. He plays the role of Ramis, opposite Ushna Shah, Mohib Mirza and Mohsin Abbas Haider. When the movie released he it proved that his screen presence is phenomenal and he proved to be the saving grace of the movie.
In 2017 he starred in a super-hit drama Alif Allah or Insaan as one of the leads where he plays the character of Shaheer, his heroic screen presence added more value to the drama. The drama has been a record-breaker of the year.
Omer Shahzad became the talk of the town when news came out of him starring in one of the most highly anticipated Pakistani movies of 2018 "Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2". This movie already stars great actors like Humayun Saeed and Fahad Mustafa, and Omer was seen playing the role of the main antagonist.
Filmography
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