Shaan (Actor)
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| Birth name | Armaan Shahid |
| Born | May 1, 1972 (age 34) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Shaan (Urdu: شان), real name Armaan Shahid (Urdu: ارمان شاہد), is one of the most popular film stars in Pakistan. He is the son of actress Neelo and the film director Riaz Shahid.
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[edit] The Bulandi Years
Shaan debuted in 1990 with Javed Fazil's Bulandi where he starred opposite Reema, the current reigning diva of the Lahore film industry. Bulandi was received well upon its theatrical release and resulted in Shaan being deluged by a number of offers with the top directors of the time. However, none of the post-Bulandi flicks worked in a major way, therefore he decided to temporarily quit the movie industry.
[edit] The Comeback
Shaan made a sensational comeback in 1996 with Syed Noor's Ghoongat where he played the scheming psychotic villain destroying the matrimonial harmony of the lead couple. After a few months, the much delayed Sangam was released and the timing couldn't have been better -- the film was a huge success at the theaters all across Pakistan, giving Shaan a permanent foothold in the Lahore film industry popularly called Lollywood.
[edit] Guns and Roses -- Ik Junoon
Really keen on making a difference to the film making culture in Pakistan , Shaan launched his ambitious project called Guns and Roses -- Ik Junoon (Urdu for Guns and Roses -- An obsession), a project which given the time it took for completion ironically did turn into an obsession for its makers. The film went on the floors in early 1996 and was produced by the art entrepreneur Tanvir Fatima Rehman. Boasting of radically offbeat music and some refreshing avant-garde set designing the film promised to change the face of Pakistani cinema forever. Expectations were sky high, but the delayed release in 1999 along with some production glitches resulted in a dampened response from the theaters across the nation, though the film did manage to get a decent run in the more urbane Karachi. Guns and Roses -- Ik Junoon starred Faisal Rehman, Shaan, Meera and Resham. The music was scored by the seasoned Lahore-based composer M Arshad while the veteran cinematographer Azhar Burki handled the camerawork.
[edit] Mujhe Chand Chahiye
This was the last film made by the Shaan-Tanvir Fatima Rehman duo. The combination worked really well because both shared an excellent sense of aesthetics. And that basically was the highlight of Mujhey Chand Chahiye - epic dance sequences, larger than life palatial sets and of course the beautiful music. The story had to be modified in the post-Guns and Roses Ik Junoon scenario, while Atiqa Odho and Javed Sheikh enacted their characters really well. The film starred Shaan, Atiqa Odho and Javed Sheikh and was released in March 2000. It turned out to be a major money maker at the Box Office and established Shaan's credentials as a commercially viable director.
[edit] The Later Films
Moosa Khan is better known for its soundtrack, composed by Jawad Ahmed while Daku was more of a mass-oriented commercial film.
[edit] Upcoming Projects
Shaan is all geared to blaze the theater screens with Shoaib Mansoor's upcoming project Khuda Ke Liye (In the name of God/For God's sake). The film has been extensively shot on various locations in the United States and the UK. It is expected to be released in the theaters sometimes this year. A festival run is also scheduled. Khuda Ke Liye stars Iman Ali, Shaan Hameed Sheikh & Fawad, of the band, Entity Paradigm. Ajnabee Shehr Mein is another project which is blipping on the radar screens of all major Pakistani movie buffs, where Shaan will be seen alongside greats like Samina Peerzada and the teen heart-throb Ali Zafar. Saqib Malik directs while the film is being independently produced by Khalid Sadaf.
[edit] Rumours
There have been rumours about Shaan being a homosexual, although he has always denied these rumours.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] His Films
1990
- Bulandi
- Nageena
1991
- Dil
- Gulfam
- Hussan da Chor
- Ishq
- Ishq Deevana
- Mard
- Nadira
- Nigahen
- Naag Devta
- Pyar hi Pyar
- Pyar karn toon nein darna
- Sailab
1992
- Ashqi
- Be Naam Badshah
- Boxer
- Chahat
- Chhakka Punjabi Gori
- Fateh
- Mehbooba
- Naela
- Shama
- Silsala Pyar da
- Aag
1993
- Anjuman
- Chakori
- Chandi
- Hina
- Ilzam
- Insaniyat
- Jadoo Nagri
- Neelam
- Teesri Duniya
- Aan milo Sajna
1994
- Akhri Mujra
- Jan
- Mohabbat di Agg
- Munda Kashmiri
- Naseeb
1995
- Awargi
- Main ne pyar kiya
- Naam ki Suhagan
1996
- Ghunghat
1997
- Barsat ki raat
- Fareb
- Mohabbat hai kya Cheez
- Sangam
1998
- Do boond Pani
- Doli saja ke rakhna
- Duniya dekhe gi
- Ehsas
- Haseena numbri Aashiq dasnumbri
- Insaaf ho to aisa
- Kabhi haan kabhi naa
- Kahin pyar na ho jaye
- King maker
- Nikah
- Perdesi
- Too meri main tera
- Very good Duniya very bad loag
1999
- Babul da Wehra
- Chohdrani
- Daku Rani
- Dekha jaye ga
- Desan da Raja
- Dil mein chhupa ke rakhna
- Dil to pagal hai
- Guns & Roses
- Ishq zinda rahe ga
- Jannat ki talash
- Jazba
- Koela
- Kursi aur Qanoon
- Sala bigra jaye
- Waris
2000
- Abhi nahin to kabhi nahin
- Angarey
- Bali Jatti
- Barood
- Ghar kab ao ge
- Ghulam
- Ham Khilari pyar ke
- Ishtehar Gujjar
- Jug Mahi
- Jugg wala mela
- Kahan hai Qanoon
- Khuda ke Chor
- Long da lashkara
- Mr. Faradiye
- Mujhe Chand chahiye
- Pehchan
- Sangdil
- Sultana Daku
- Tere pyar mein
- Yaar Badshah
- Yaar Chann warga
- Aag ka Darya
2001
- Allah Badshah
- Badmash Gujjar
- Badmash Puttar
- Baghi
- Daket
- Daldal
- Doulat
- Ghunda Tax
- Gujjar 302
- Hakumat
- Hamayun Gujjar
- Khanzada
- Makha Jatt
- Mehar Badshah
- Mere Mehboob
- Meri pukar
- Moosa Khan
- Mukhra Chann warga
- Musalman
- Sangram
- Shehnshah
- Sher-e-Lahore
- Toofan Mail
- Aaj ki Larki
- Aasoo Billa
2002
- Achhoo Sheedi
- Allah Rakha
- Araen da Kharak
- Babbu Khan
- Badmash te Qanoon
- Baghawat
- Behram Daku
- Border
- Budha Gujjar
- Budha Sher
- Chiragh Bali
- Dada Badmash
- Daku
- Ishtehari
- Jagga Tax
- Jahad
- Kalu Shahpuria
- Lahori Ghunda
- Majhu da wair
- Manila ke Jasoos
- Raju Rocket
- Raqasa
- Sher-e-Azam
- Sher-e-Pakistan
- Shikari Haseena
- Sholay
- Tohfa pyar da
- Toofan
- Veryam
- Wehshi Jatt
2003
- Commando
- Darindah
- Darr
- Dil totey totey hogeya
- Foja Amritsaria
- Halaku
- Jatt da wair
- Kaliya
- Kundan
- Lara Punjab da
- Mehar da Medan
- Meri awaz sunu
- Moula Sher
- Pappu Lahoria
- Pyar hi pyar mein
- Qiamat
- Shagna di Mehndi
- Shararat
- Sher Puttar
- Ultimatum
- Yeh Wada raha
- Yeh waada raha
2004
- Amman ke dushman
- Bhola Sajjan
- Billo Ghantagharia
- Curfew Order
- Dehsht
- Guddu Badshah
- Ham ek hain
- Jabroo
- Jagga Baloch
- Loha
- Medan
- Mulla Muzaffar
- Munna Bhai
- Nagri Daata di
- Sakhi Sultan
- Wehshi Haseena
2005
- Bhola Sunyara
- Daku Haseena
- Khatarnaak
- Kurian Shehar dian
- Musti Khan
- Pappu Shehzada
- Parcham
- Sarkar
- Wada Chodhary
- Ziddi Rajput
2006
- Majajan
[edit] Filmography (as a director)
- Moosa Khan (2001)
- Daku (2003)
| 2006 | Majajan | Punjabi | Saima, Madiha Shah, Saud, Adeeb, Shafqat Cheema | |
| 2005 | Ziddi Rajput | Punjabi | Sana, Saud, Shafqat Cheema | |
| 2005 | Wada Chodhary | Punjabi | Saima, Babur Ali | |
| 2005 | Sarkar | Punjabi | Saima, Shafqat Cheema | |
| 2005 | Parcham | Urdu | Sana, Arbaz Khan, Izhar Qazi | |
| 2005 | Papu Shehzada | Punjabi | Saima, Shafqat Cheema | |
| 2005 | Musti Khan | Urdu | Saima, Resham, Saud | |
| 2005 | Kurian Shehar Dian | Punjabi | Saima, Resham, Saud | |
| 2005 | Khatarnaak | Punjabi | Sana, Saud, Shafqat Cheema | |
| 2005 | Daku Haseena | Punjabi | Sana, Babur Ali | |
| 2005 | Bhola Sunyara | Punjabi | Saima, Saud, Aliya |
