Imran Ashraf

Imran Ashraf Awan (born 11 September 1989, in Peshawar) is a Pakistani actor and writer.^[1][2][3] Imran started his acting career in 2011. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his appearances in Dil Lagi, Alif Allah Aur Insaan, Raqs e Bismil and Ranjha Ranjha Kardi. Imran Ashraf won Best Actor Lux Style Award for playing mentally challenged popular character Bhola in Ranjha Ranjha Kardi.

Imran Ashraf
Born	11 September 1989 (age 31) Peshawar, Pakistan
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	2011–present
Known for	Ranjha Ranjha Kardi (2019) Raqs e Bismil (2021) Alif Allah Aur Insaan (2017) Tabeer (2018) Kahin Deep Jaley (2019)
Spouse(s)	Kiran Imran   ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	1
Awards	Lux Style Award Best Actor Popular 2020

Early life and educationEdit

Imran Ashraf was born on 11 September 1989 in Peshawar. He got his early education in Abbottabad. His father was a banker and family roots in Sialkot. Imran belongs to a simple and non-artistic family, no one from his family belongs to Showbiz. In 2019, he married Kiran Imran. The couple has a son Roham Ashraf.^[4][5]

CareerEdit

Debut and struggles (2011-2016)Edit

He started his career in 2011 Wafa Kaisi Kahan Ka Ishq in a supporting role. He appeared in several shows in supporting roles but failed to grab attention. He played minor characters in several dramas.

Recognition and critical acclaim (2016-2018)Edit

In 2016 he gained recognition for his performance in Dil Lagi, Gul-e-Rana and Jhoot. He also won the Viewers Choice award for Best Supporting Actor.

Further, in 2017, He gained popularity and critical acclaim for his performance as a transgender in Alif Allah Aur Insaan and won an award at the 6th Hum Awards. In 2018, he wrote drama serial Tabeer and was nominated for the Best writer at 7th Hum Awards.

Breakthrough and stardom (2019)Edit

He rose to fame and went to the peak of his career by playing the role of mentally-challenged Bhola in Ranjha Ranjha Kardi. He became a household name after this drama. After Ranjha Ranjha Kardi, he appeared in Inkaar, Jaal, and Rani Nokrani. Then He performed in romantic drama Kahin Deep Jaley, which is a popular drama and was top drama and used to be on trending on No. 1. It is one of the biggest dramas of 2019. He also walked on-ramp as a showstopper for Emraan Rajput.

Commercial success and accolades (2020-present)Edit

In 2020 he worked in Mushk which is written by Imran himself. He played the protagonist alongside Urwa Hocane and Momal Sheikh. Mushk was well received by critics and became a moderate success.

In December 2020, He won Best Actor - Popular award at Lux Style Awards for playing mentally challenged character in blockbuster Ranjha Ranjha kardi.

In 2021,he again rose to fame by playing the character of Moosa in HUM TV's blockbuster Raqs e Bismil alongside Sarah Khan. His performance as Moosa got huge appreciation by audience and critics.Raqs e bismil is by far one of the most popular serial of 2021.

He will also make his film debut in upcoming feature film Dum Mastam alongside Amar Khan. First look of this film was revealed at HumStyle Awards

Imran is once again paired up with Urwa Hocane in GEO TV upcoming serial Badzaat.

WritingEdit

Ashraf's first drama that has been scripted is Tabeer.^[6] He has also written another script for HUM TV called Mushq which stars Urwa Hocane opposite Ashraf himself in lead role.^[7] Mushk gained a lot of appreciation by audience as well as critics. Imran Ashraf was praised for his excellent writing and characterizations.People also loved Imran Ashraf and Urwa Hocane's onscreen chemistry as Adam and Guddi.

FilmographyEdit

Key

	denotes film / drama that has not released yet
	Is still on television

TelevisionEdit

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Wafa Kaisi Kahan Ka Ishq
2012	Baandi
	Ab Ke Sawan Barsay
2013-2015	Meri Maa	Adnan
2013	Noor e Nazar	Imroze
	Mere Meherbaan	Shehryar
	Woh
2014	Shehr-e-Ajnabi	Sufiyan
	Chingari
2015	Mohabbat Aag Si	Arshad
2015-2016	Gul-e-Rana	Ashar
2015	Abro	Hamid
	Ishq Nachaya	Ramzi
	Faltu Larki	Tabish
	Jhoot	Jamal
2016	Dil Lagi	Dastageer
2016-2017	Bad Gumaan	Jawad
	Shehrnaz	Nofil
	Khuda Mera Bhi Hai	Zaahir
	Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (Season 2)	Various characters	Episode 6, 17, 26, 34
2017	Dil-e-Jaanam	Haris
2017-2018	Alif Allah Aur Insaan	Shammu
	Toh Dil Ka Kia Hua	Tipu
	Main Maa Nahi Banna Chahti	Faris
2018	Tabeer	Yasir	Writer also
	Paimanay
	Lashkara	Sunny
	Dil Mom Ka Diya	Azhar
	Kabhi Band Kabhi Baja	Hassan	Episode 17
2018-2019	Ranjha Ranjha Kardi	Ghulam Mohiuddin; Bhola	[8]
	Siskiyan
2019	Jaal	Zaid
	Inkaar	Rehan Chaudhary	[9]
	Rani Nokrani	Abdullah
	Kahin Deep Jaley	Zeeshan	[10]
2020-2021	Mushq	Adam	Writer also[11]
	Raqs e Bismil	Moosa	[12]

FilmsEdit

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Dum Mastam	Bao	Debut film	[13]

Awards and nominationsEdit

Award	Category/recipient(s)	Result
Viewers Choice Award 2016	Best Actor Supporting Role - Dil Lagi	Won
International Pakistan Prestige Awards 2017	Best Actor Supporting Role - Dil Lagi	Won
Hum Awards 2017	Best Actor Supporting Role - Gul-e-Rana	Nominated
Hum Awards 2018	Best Actor Supporting Role - Alif Allah Aur Insaan	Won
Hum Awards 2019	Best Writer - Tabeer	Nominated
10th Pakistan Achievement Awards 2019	Best Actor Television -Year 2018-19	Won
Lux Style Awards 2020	Best actor - viewers choice Ranjha Ranjha Kardi	Won