Nabeel Qureshi (director)


Nabeel Qureshi is a Pakistani film director, screenwriter, and singer. He has won two Lux Style Awards for Best Film Director for his films Na Maloom Afraad and Actor in Law.
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Early life

Qureshi was born in Sukkur, Sindh in 1985 and moved to Karachi in 2004. He began his professional career as a promotional content director at Aaj News for a year. Subsequently, he gained a background in theatre at the National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi.

Career

Qureshi began his television career in the mid-2000s directing ads, films, and cooking shows.
In 2012, Qureshi directed the music video for Mohsin Abbas Haider's debut song, Beparwah Dhola.
In 2014, Qureshi made his feature film directorial debut with Na Maloom Afraad, which he co-wrote with his college friend Fizza Ali Meerza. Meerza produced the film along with Mehdi Ali through Filmwala Pictures. The comedy thriller starred Fahad Mustafa, Mohsin Abbas Haider, and Urwa Hocane, and was released domestically by Hum Films on 6 October 2014. The film grossed ₨ 12.2 crore by March 2015, on a budget of ₨ 9 crore. At the 14th Lux Style Awards, Na Maloom Afraad won the award for Best Film, and Nabeel Qureshi won the Lux Style Award for Best Director and Best Original Soundtrack for the song Billi in Na Maloom Afraad, which he shared with Meerza.
Qureshi's follow-up film, Actor in Law, was announced in January 2015, started shooting in January 2016, and was released on September 9, 2016. It collected Rs. 30 crore at the box office.
In 2017, Qureshi again teamed up with Fizza Ali Meerza for Na Maloom Afraad 2. Shooting began in March 2017 in Karachi and later in Cape Town, South Africa. The film was released on 2 September 2017 both domestically in Pakistan and internationally, grossing Rs. 20 crore at the box office.
The following year, Qureshi directed and co-wrote the social-comedy drama film Load Wedding, starring Fahad Mustafa and Mehwish Hayat, which was released on Eid al-Adha in 2018.
Qureshi currently directs Geo TV's weekly comedy news show Banana News Network.

Criticism

Qureshi has stated that certain parts of Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad were inspired by other films, explaining that he recreates favorite movie scenes in his own films.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorWriterNotes
2014Na Maloom Afraad
2016Actor in LawSpecial Appearance in title song "Actor in Law"
2017Na Maloom Afraad 2
2018Load Wedding
2021Khel Khel Mein
2022Quaid-e-Azam ZindabadSpecial appearance in song "Loota Rey"
2023Teri Meri Kahaniyaandirected the part "Jin Mahal"
2024Na Baligh Afraad
Fatman Filming

Frequent actor collaborations


Actors
Na Maloom Afraad

Actor in Law

Na Maloom Afraad 2

Load Wedding

Khel Khel Mein

Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad

Teri Meri Kahaniyaan

Total
Fahad Mustafa5
Mehwish Hayat3
Jawed Sheikh4
Mohsin Abbas Haider3
Hania Amir2
Urwa Hocane2
Samina Ahmed2
Nayyar Ejaz4
Saleem Mairaj4
Irfan Motiwala4
Ashhad Siddiqui3
Noor ul Hassan2
Marina Khan2

Television

TV

As ads/music video director

Beparwah Dhola, song by Mohsin Abbas Haider

Discography

Singles

  • ''Khamosh Dono''