Sohail Ahmed

Sohail Ahmed
Born Sohail Akram Butt
1 May 1960
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Other names Azizi
Citizenship Pakistani
Occupation Actor, producer, director and writer
Known for Comedy
Television Hasb e Haal comedy show in 2016
Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date 23 March 2011[1]
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan

Sohail Ahmed (Urdu: سہیل احمد) (born Sohail Akram Batt), best known as Azizi (Urdu: عزیزی), is a Pakistani comedian and stage and TV actor. He is notable for comedy stage and TV dramas based in Lahore.[2]

Career

He improvises dialogue during stage plays. In 2016, Sohail plays the character Azizi in the show Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News, where he does humorous commentary on current affairs and other topics.[3] Most of the TV shows that he has acted in have been on Pakistan Television Corporation.[2] Sohail Ahmed prefers to use unplanned dialogue during comedy shows.[4]

Stage dramas

List of television shows

See also

References

  1. http://tribune.com.pk/story/136304/truly-triumphant/, Sohail Ahmed's 2011 Pride of Performance Award on The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 22 March 2011, Retrieved 11 Jan 2017
  2. 1 2 3 http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Sohail-Ahmed/306/biography, Profile of TV comedian Sohail Ahmed on tv.com.pk website, Retrieved 12 Sep 2016
  3. 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.
  4. http://urduwire.com/people/Sohail-Ahmed-Azizi_315.aspx, Profile of Sohail Ahmed on urduwire.com website, Retrieved 12 Sep 2016
  5. http://www.pak101.com/c/celebrities/bio/318/Comedians/Sohail_Ahmed, Profile of TV Comedian Sohail Ahmed on pak101.com website, Retrieved 2 Nov 2016


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