Asim Raza is a talented Pakistani director and a producer who has directed and produced a number of Television commercials, Music Videos, Telefilms and Feature Films. He has his own production house named ‘The vision factory’ This article contains all the information about him including Asim Raza biography and Asim Raza films. Did you know that he is son in law of former resident of Pakistan Pervaiz Musharaf?
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Name: | Asim Raza |
| In Urdu: | عاصم رضا |
| Famous As: | Director |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Residence: | Karachi |
| Education: | Masters in Architectural Engineering |
| Institute: | Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London |
| Religion: | Islam |
| Profession: | Director and Producer |
| Years Active: | 1994-present |
| Debut Movie: | Ho Mann Jahan |
| Website: | https://www.instagram.com/asimrazatvf/ |
| Awards : | Best Music Video Director |
| Born | |
| Date: | 21st August 1966 |
| Place: | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Family | |
| Spouse: | Ayla Raza |
| Children: | Maryam Raza and Zainab Raza |
| Siblings : | Not known |
| Relatives: | Pervez Musharaf (Father in law) |
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Asim Raza biography
Asim is a versatile and accomplished Pakistani television and film director and a producer who is in the industry for a long time and has contributed a lot with his talent. He has directed and produced many Music videos, television commercials, and a few Pakistani films till now. He is considered to be one of the most successful directors of Pakistan with whom every artist loves to work with. Before making his waves into the production and direction side he has worked as an architecture too.
Asim date of birth
He was born on 21st August 1966 in Karachi where he spent all her life. He also lived abroad for his education but currently, he resides in Karachi with his family.
Education of Asim
He is a well-educated man who did his schooling from the schools of Karachi. Later he took admission to Architectural Engineering from Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, Karachi from where he completed his bachelor’s in Architectural Engineering. For further studies, he went to Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London from where he did his masters in Architectural Engineering. Before going to London he also practiced Architecture for a couple of years.
Asim Raza family
He belongs to a liberal and non artistic family. A few years ago he got married to Ayla Raza who is the daughter of former president and Army Chief of Pakistan Pervez Musharaff. Ayla is also an architect by profession who is currently working for a non-profit organization in Karachi. The couple is blessed with 2 daughters Maryam Raza and Zainab Raza.
Showbiz Career
- Being an architectural student he has also worked as an architect at the start of his career until he got an offer to work as a director in the 1990s. He has experience working in all the optical forums including Television commercials, Music Videos, Long plays, and films. From 1994 to onwards he has worked in a number of television commercials including Coco cola, Lux, Sprite, Cadbury, Pantene, Sunsilk and many others both as a director and a producer. For directing the music videos there is no one with whom he has not worked yet including Junoon, Junaid Jamshed, Najam Sheraz, Abrar-ul-Haq, Hadiqa Kiani and others.
- After working as a director and producer for almost 3 years he thought of opening his own production company named ‘The vision factory’ under which he made many music videos and directed a number of concerts and a few award functions. One of the music videos which he made for single ‘Sayonee’ of Janoon band is his biggest achievement which ranked at number 1 for almost 2 weeks. on 4th May 1997 he directed the Concert of late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan which proved to be his (Nusrat) last concert as after that he died, however, Asim directed another concert after his death which was a Tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Junoon band. He likewise directed the 2nd Lux Style Awards in 2003.
- In 2013 he directed a short film (Telefilm) ‘Behadd’ starring Fawad Khan, Sajal Ali, Nadia Jamil, Sana Javed and others for which he received the Best Television director award. He made his debut in the film industry in 2016 with a film ‘Ho Mann Jahan’ starring Mahira Khan, Adeel Hussain, Shehryar Munawar and Sonia Jehan. The film proved to be the biggest hit with an earning of 22 crores at the box office worldwide. After a gap of 3 years, he again came with another exciting film ‘Paray hut Live’ starring Maya Ali, Shehryar Munawar, Ahmad Ali butt and Zara Noor Abbas. The film released in Eid ul Adha 2019 and performed very well at the box office.
Asim Raza films
- Ho Mann Jahan
- Paray Hut Love
List of Telefilms
- Behadd
Social Media Handles
His Instagram and Facebook accounts where he updates his fans with the current happening are as follows