Khayyam Sarhadi

Khayyam Sarhadi is a well-known Urdu film and television actor who worked on over 200 stage plays and about 300 television shows. Khayyam Sarhadi was born to Zia Sarhadi Zia Sarhadi was an Urdu writer born in Peshawar, P >> Read More... , Pakistani screenwriter and director, and Zahira Ghazvani, also a writer, on the 12th June 1948 in Bombay, India. He moved to Pakistan in 1956. He is the grandson of the British Indian musician Rafiq Ghaznavi Bio coming soon... >> Read More... and his niece Zhalay Sarhadi Born on 11th June, 1981, in Karachi, Pakistani act >> Read More... is also an actress. Hailing from a film family, Khayyam Sarhadi wanted to make acting his profession even though his father wanted him to become a doctor. After much persuasion, he got approval from his family to make a living out of acting.

Khayyam Sarhadi moved to the United States when he was fourteen and completed his school education there. He graduated with his Master’s degree in Cinematography from the UK and lived in Germany, Greece, where he started his journey as an actor with theatre plays. He also holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and Fine Arts. Upon returning to Pakistan, Khayyam Sarhadi continued to work on theatre dramas, and so far, he has done more than 200 stage shows. Later, he worked in Radio for some time before moving to become a television actor. As an actor, Khayyam Sarhadi began his career with Pakistan Television Corporation. Even without knowing neither Punjabi nor Urdu, he left the makers stunned with his mime acting, which landed him his first television drama. Since then, there has been no looking backward.

He has given some classic shows like Waris, Laazawal, Sooraj Kay Saath Saath, Angar Wadi, Makan, Manzil, Dastaan, Parsa, Dil-e-Abad, Anokha Ladla, Kaisi Ye Qayamat Kaisi Ye Qayamat is a visage of the dilemmatic wom >> Read More... , Waqt Ne Kiya Kya HaseenSitam, etc. With more than 30 years of career, Khayyam Sarhadi has done about 300 plus TV dramas. Khayyam Sarhadi debuted in movies with the 1981 film Qurbani. In the film Jinnah, he acted in the role of Abdul Rab Nishtar. His other movies are Dakoo, Bobby, Bol, and The Blood of Jinnah. Khayyam Sarhadi received the Pride of Excellence Award from the then President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1991. In honor of his creation, he won the Nigar Award and PTV National Award. While shooting for a film in Lahore on 3rd February 2011, Khayyam Sarhadi left the world due to a cardiac arrest. He was survived by his wife, Saiqa, and his four daughters.