Syed Faisal Bukhari
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Syed Faisal Bukhari is a Pakistan
i film and television director, producer, and cinematographer.
. He vetured in to directing with help from a friend and directed his first drama Paranda
which aired on PTV
television network in Pakistan
. The drama was not a success in Pakistan and Bukhari left television.
In 2004 he re-entered in to television and began directing a second drama titled Mehndi Walay Haath. The drama aired on Geo TV
in January 2005 and finished running in 2009. The drama was commercially and critically successful and Bukhari was praised for directing an expensive drama. The drama featured Saira Khan
who portrayed a deaf girl, Ahsan Khan
who had portrayed her husband and Kashif Mehmood
as a supporting actor. The drama featured various actors with Saira Khan
being portrayed by different actresses after she left the drama. The drama was set in Punjab and is one of Pakistan
's most expensive dramas of all time.
He wrote and directed the Geo TV
family
drama
Safaid Posh in 2003.
, Javed Sheikh
, Nadeem
, Meera
, Noor
, Saima Noor, Babrak Shah
and newcomer Shamoon Abbasi in lead roles. The film is one of highest-budget films in Pakistan and Bukhari commented that for the film they used "Good camera equipment and made sets" for a professional feel. The film was a commercial and critical success in Pakistan, especially the soundtrack of the film. Bukhari is working on his second film as of October, 2010.
Pakistani actress Mona Laizza has confirmed she is working on Bukhari's Sultanat
opposite Javed Sheikh
and Ahsan Khan
. She also confirmed she would be doing an "item song" for the film and it also features several Indian actors. The film is an action film about the underground world and is another expensive-budgeted film. The film also includes several Pakistani and Indian television actors and actresses. Laizza and Zainam Qayyum would a do item number for the film.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i film and television director, producer, and cinematographer.
Television 1998-
After leaving college, Bukhari began working in televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. He vetured in to directing with help from a friend and directed his first drama Paranda
Paranda
Paranda is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Demographics:* India census, Paranda had a population of 16,987. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Paranda has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average...
which aired on PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
television network in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The drama was not a success in Pakistan and Bukhari left television.
In 2004 he re-entered in to television and began directing a second drama titled Mehndi Walay Haath. The drama aired on Geo TV
Geo TV
Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
in January 2005 and finished running in 2009. The drama was commercially and critically successful and Bukhari was praised for directing an expensive drama. The drama featured Saira Khan
Saira Khan
Saira Khan is a British television personality and was the runner-up on the first UK series of reality TV show The Apprentice in 2005.-Television career:...
who portrayed a deaf girl, Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Mohomed Khan was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as a halfback....
who had portrayed her husband and Kashif Mehmood
Kashif mehmood
Kashif Mehmood is a Pakistani actor who has helped to change the cinema in Pakistan, leading the revival of cinema in Pakistan through his confident and impressive acting in various difficult roles in Pakistan. He has teamed up with director Humayun Saeed to being in many films and dramas in Pakistan...
as a supporting actor. The drama featured various actors with Saira Khan
Saira Khan
Saira Khan is a British television personality and was the runner-up on the first UK series of reality TV show The Apprentice in 2005.-Television career:...
being portrayed by different actresses after she left the drama. The drama was set in Punjab and is one of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's most expensive dramas of all time.
He wrote and directed the Geo TV
Geo TV
Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
family
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Safaid Posh in 2003.
Film directing
After the success of Mehndi Walay Haath, Bukhari began working on his second film titled "Bhai Log". The film was released in September, 2010 with Moammar RanaMoammar Rana
Moammar Rana is an actor from Pakistan's Lahore-based film industry called "Lollywood". Moammar also worked in the blockbuster TV dramas such as Dil, Diya, Dehleez. Moammar is son of former Pakistani cricketer Shafqat Rana....
, Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films.-Career:Sheikh's first movie as actor was the Lollywood film Dhamaka, released on 14 December 1974. He since acted in over 100 Urdu films from the 1970s through to the early...
, Nadeem
Nadeem
Nadeem is a masculine given name. It has the meaning "friend", "close companion", or "confidant"...
, Meera
Meera
Meerabai was an aristocratic Hindu mystical singer and devotee of Lord Krishna from Rajasthan and one of the most significant figures of the Sant tradition of the Vaishnava bhakti movement...
, Noor
Noor
-In fiction:*Noor , the play by Akbar Ahmed*Noor, an album by the metal band Adorned Brood*Noor , Arabic title for the Turkish soap opera Gümüş-Places:*Noor, Iran, a city in northern Iran and capital of the Noor county...
, Saima Noor, Babrak Shah
Babrak Shah
Babrik Shah is a Pakistani film actor. He was introduced by Ajab Gul in film Kyun Tum Se Itna Pyar Hai. Later that year he also appeared in Reema Khan's Koi Tujh Sa Kahan. He achieved popularity after his role as the villain Basanta Singh in the famous 2010 drama serial Dastaan.-Film...
and newcomer Shamoon Abbasi in lead roles. The film is one of highest-budget films in Pakistan and Bukhari commented that for the film they used "Good camera equipment and made sets" for a professional feel. The film was a commercial and critical success in Pakistan, especially the soundtrack of the film. Bukhari is working on his second film as of October, 2010.
Pakistani actress Mona Laizza has confirmed she is working on Bukhari's Sultanat
Sultanat
Sultanat is a 1986 Bollywood film written and directed by Mukul S. Anand. The film which stars Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi, Karan Kapoor and was Juhi Chawla's debut movie....
opposite Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films.-Career:Sheikh's first movie as actor was the Lollywood film Dhamaka, released on 14 December 1974. He since acted in over 100 Urdu films from the 1970s through to the early...
and Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Mohomed Khan was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as a halfback....
. She also confirmed she would be doing an "item song" for the film and it also features several Indian actors. The film is an action film about the underground world and is another expensive-budgeted film. The film also includes several Pakistani and Indian television actors and actresses. Laizza and Zainam Qayyum would a do item number for the film.
Filmography
- No Paisa No Problem(2000)
- Bhai LogBhai LogBhai Log is a Pakistani Urdu film, directed by Syed Faisal Bukhari, who has previously directed TV serials, and produced by Ch. Ijaz Kamran, dialogues and screenplay By M. Pervaiz Kaleem. The cast includes Moammar Rana, Saima Noor, Nadeem Baig, Javed Sheikh, Noor, baber Ali, bebbrek, Aslam Sheikh,...
(2011) - Sultanat (2011-12)
- Bhai Log 2 (2012)
- Chammak Challo (2012)