Sohail Ahmed

For the Pakistani cricketer, see Sohail Ahmed (cricketer).

Sohail Ahmed
Born	Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Residence	Lahore
Other names	Azizi
Citizenship	Pakistani
Occupation	Actor, comedian, producer, director and writer
Known for	Comedy
Home town	Gujranwala
Television	Hasb e Haal
Religion	Islam

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date	14-08-2010
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Asif Ali Zardari

Sohail Ahmed (Urdu: سہیل احمد‎) (born Sohail Akram Butt), best known as Azizi (Urdu: عزیزی‎), is a Pakistani comedian and stage and TV artist. He was born in Gujranwala, but currently resides in Lahore. He is notable comedian who started his career in Punjabi stage shows based in Lahore but went on to become most reputable artist in Pakistan.

Career

He started in Punjabi stage shows but now often stars in TV drama serials and comedy shows. He is an outspoken opponent of vulgarity and obscenity in stage dramas.^[1] His most popular show is Hasb-e-Haal where he plays the character Azizi on Dunya News, where he does humorous commentary on current affairs and other topics.^[2]

Stage Shows

Aik Jhoot Aur Sahi (ایک جھوٹ اور سہی )
Andaz Apna Apna (انداز اپنا اپنا )
Baba Cable
Bajay Walon Ki Baraat 2
Bara Maza Aye Ga ( بڑا مزہ آۓ گا )
Baran Masalay (باراں مصالحے )
Chabian (چابیاں )
Darbar Lagao 2 (دربار لگاؤ )
Deewanay Mastanay (دیوانے مستانے)
Fiqa in Amrika (فیقا ان امریکا )
Fiqa in London (فیقا ان لندن )
Garam Garam (گرم گرم )
Hazar Janab (حاضر جناب )
High Speed
Hot Pot
Ishq Hua Chori Chori (عشق ہوا چوری چوری )
Ik Tera Sanam Khana (اک تیرا صنم خانہ )
Jab Daaq Nazar Aya (جب داغ نظر آیا )
Kali Chaadar (کالی چادر )
Ketchup (کیچپ )
Kotha (کوٹھہ )
Kuch Na Kaho (کچھ نہ کہو )
Kuriyan Munday Chalbaaz (کڑیاں منڈے چالباز )
Love Spot
Mahiya Ve Rataan Chananian (ماہیا وے راتان چاننیاں )
Mitha Biryani (میٹھی بریانی )
Nawab Zada (نواب زادہ )
Nizam Sakka
No Tension
Omrao Jaan Ada (امراؤ جان ادا )
Roti Khol Dayo (روٹی کھول دیو )
Sawa Sair
Shartiya Mithay (شرطیہ میٹھے )
Shabaash Begum (شاباش بیگم )
Shekar (شکار )
Soovay Laal (سووے لال )
Sohni Lagdi (سوہنی لگ دی )
Tettlee (تتلی )
Topi Drama (ٹوپی ڈرامہ )
Wailay Masroof (ویلے مصروف )

Television Dramas

Double Sawari - PTV
Fishar
Hasb-e-Haal (حسب حال ) - Dunya News
Mujay Apna Naam o Nishan Milay - Geo TV
Ullu Baraaye Farokht Nahi (الو براۓ فروخت نہیں ) - Hum TV

Awards

He was awarded the Pride of Performance for his comedic excellence in 2010 by then president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari.

References

↑ To dance or not to dance - Daily Times
↑ Anne Geniets (February 2011). Trust in international news media in partially free media environments (PDF) (Report). Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. p. 67. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

Pride of Performance for Arts

1958–1959	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958)

1960–1969	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ustad Allahbaksh (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Ustad Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Laila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969)

1970–1979	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Abul Qasim Mohammad Moslehuddin (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Pervez (1978) Iqbal Bano (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Ghulam Farid Sabri (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Anna Molka Ahmed (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathane Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979)

1980-1989	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Faqir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Nasir Jehan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Shaukat Hussain (Tabla Nawaz) (1984) Begum Khursheed Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Mohammad Ali (1984) Syed Anwar Hussain, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) G.A. Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Agha Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989)

1990-1999	Saleem Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (1990) Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) Nadeem Baig (1990) Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Ismail Shahid (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Naheed Siddiqui (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Ustad Allah Rakha (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Begum Khursheed Shahid (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1995) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996)

2000-2009	Nazia Hassan (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (2003) Moneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Yusuf Khan (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Allah Bukhsh (2008) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Late Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009)

2010-Present	Masarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Habib (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (Late) (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (Late) (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Saira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Noman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Javed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgeer (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014)

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