Mustafa Afridi | |
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Born | Dera Ismail Khan, KPK |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Language | Pashto (mother tongue language) and Urdu |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Education | National Academy of Performing Arts |
Notable works | Aseerzadi, Sang-e-Mar Mar, Aangan, Ehd-e-Wafa |
Mustafa Afridi ( Urdu: مصطفیٰ آفریدی) is a screenwriter and occasional actor from Pakistan, known for his television plays in Urdu television industry such as Aseerzadi, Sang-e-Mar Mar and Ehd-e-Wafa. [1] [2] [3] He is the recipient of a Hum Award and two Lux Style Awards of Best Television Writer. [4] [5]
Afridi joined the industry as writer after getting education from National Academy of Arts. His first project as a writer was an episode named Mukti in PTV's Partition Stories. [1] He aspired to become an actor but his teachers found him more suited for writing. [1]
He also played the role of Azhar in Hum TV's pre-partition period play Aangan, for which he wrote the screenplay also. [6] [7]
† | Denotes Series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Partition Stories | PTV Home | Episode "Mukti" | [1] |
2009 | Dil-e-Nadan | GEO Entertainment | [1] | |
2010 | Chaand Pe Dastak | Hum TV | Ramadan special | |
2011 | Khandaan-e-Shuglia | ARY Digital | ||
2011 | Phir Chand Pe Dastak | Hum TV | Ramadan special | |
2013 | Aseerzadi | [8] | ||
2014 | Firaaq | [9] | ||
2016–2017 | Sang-e-Mar Mar |
[10] [11] | ||
2017 | Yeh Raha Dil | [12] | ||
Mohabbat.PK | Miniseries | |||
2018 | Laila | Short film | [13] | |
2018–2019 | Aangan | Hum TV | based on Khadija Mastoor's novel Aangan |
[14] [15] |
2019 | Superstar | feature film, wrote dialogues only | [16] | |
2019–2020 | Ehd-e-Wafa | Hum TV | [17] [18] | |
2022 | Sang-e-Mah | |||
2024 | Zard Patton Ka Bunn | |||
TBA | Firon † | [19] |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Hum Awards | Best Television Writer | Aseerzadi | Nominated | |
2017 | Sang-e-Mar Mar | Won | [20] | ||
2018 | Lux Style Awards | Won | [21] | ||
2020 | Pakistan International Screen Awards | Ehd-e-Wafa | Nominated | [22] | |
2020 | Lux Style Awards | Nominated | [23] | ||
2023 | Sang-e-Mah | Won | [24] |
Mustafa Afridi | |
---|---|
Born | Dera Ismail Khan, KPK |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Language | Pashto (mother tongue language) and Urdu |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Education | National Academy of Performing Arts |
Notable works | Aseerzadi, Sang-e-Mar Mar, Aangan, Ehd-e-Wafa |
Mustafa Afridi ( Urdu: مصطفیٰ آفریدی) is a screenwriter and occasional actor from Pakistan, known for his television plays in Urdu television industry such as Aseerzadi, Sang-e-Mar Mar and Ehd-e-Wafa. [1] [2] [3] He is the recipient of a Hum Award and two Lux Style Awards of Best Television Writer. [4] [5]
Afridi joined the industry as writer after getting education from National Academy of Arts. His first project as a writer was an episode named Mukti in PTV's Partition Stories. [1] He aspired to become an actor but his teachers found him more suited for writing. [1]
He also played the role of Azhar in Hum TV's pre-partition period play Aangan, for which he wrote the screenplay also. [6] [7]
† | Denotes Series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Partition Stories | PTV Home | Episode "Mukti" | [1] |
2009 | Dil-e-Nadan | GEO Entertainment | [1] | |
2010 | Chaand Pe Dastak | Hum TV | Ramadan special | |
2011 | Khandaan-e-Shuglia | ARY Digital | ||
2011 | Phir Chand Pe Dastak | Hum TV | Ramadan special | |
2013 | Aseerzadi | [8] | ||
2014 | Firaaq | [9] | ||
2016–2017 | Sang-e-Mar Mar |
[10] [11] | ||
2017 | Yeh Raha Dil | [12] | ||
Mohabbat.PK | Miniseries | |||
2018 | Laila | Short film | [13] | |
2018–2019 | Aangan | Hum TV | based on Khadija Mastoor's novel Aangan |
[14] [15] |
2019 | Superstar | feature film, wrote dialogues only | [16] | |
2019–2020 | Ehd-e-Wafa | Hum TV | [17] [18] | |
2022 | Sang-e-Mah | |||
2024 | Zard Patton Ka Bunn | |||
TBA | Firon † | [19] |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Hum Awards | Best Television Writer | Aseerzadi | Nominated | |
2017 | Sang-e-Mar Mar | Won | [20] | ||
2018 | Lux Style Awards | Won | [21] | ||
2020 | Pakistan International Screen Awards | Ehd-e-Wafa | Nominated | [22] | |
2020 | Lux Style Awards | Nominated | [23] | ||
2023 | Sang-e-Mah | Won | [24] |