Bilal Ashraf

Bilal Ashraf
Born (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma mater Franklin Marshall College
Occupation Actor, model, visual director
Years active 2014–present

Bilal Ashraf is a Pakistani film actor, model and visual effects director. After studying visual effects from the Franklin Marshall College, he started his career as a visual effects director and then pursued his career in acting after making a brief appearance in the 2014 acclaimed thriller O21. Ashraf then starred as an army officer in another acclaimed war drama Yalgaar (2017).[1][2]

Education

Ashraf received his early education from St. Michaels Convent School in Karachi. He studied visual effects direction at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania, United States. He then went on to do a double major in finance and arts. Later he went to Escape Studios in London to learn animation. He claims to have 10 years of experience behind the camera.[3]

Career

Ashraf made a cameo appearance in the 2014 film O21. In 2016, Ashraf made his lead acting debut in Janaan alongside Armeena Khan. He has recently appeared in the film Yalghaar which had a decent opening at the box office.[4] He is also expected to star in the upcoming action film Waar 2.

Ashraf was working as a hedge consultant in New York. He later quit his job in New York and moved to London, where he studied animation and visual effects.[5]

Personal life

Ashraf's inspiration and reason to move back to Pakistan and become an actor stems from his late sister, who was a film director, and had a vision to bring Pakistani cinema to an international calibre.[5]

He has named Pink Floyd as his all-time favourite band, has chosen Scent of a Woman as the movie which pushed him to become an actor while he also described sculpting and painting as his "hidden talents."[6]

Filmography

dagger Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year Films Role Director(s) Notes
2014 O21 Ahmad Jami
Summer Nicks		 Cameo appearance
2016 Janaan Asfandyar Azfar Jafri
2017 Yalghaar Captain Bilal Hassan Rana
Rangreza Ali Amir Mohiuddin
TBA Jhol dagger TBA Shahid Shafaat Filming
Waar 2 dagger Hassan Rana
Superstar dagger Mohammed Ehteshamuddin [7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Mag the weekly Fashion Magazine - Your Source for Fashion Trends, Beauty Tips, Pop Culture News, and Celebrity Style". www.magtheweekly.com.
  2. ↑ NewsBytes. "Bilal Ashraf and Gohar Rasheed sign another film together".
  3. ↑ Sultan, Sana (Jan 11–17, 2014). "INTERVIEW >> Bilal Ashraf Next heartthrob of Pakistan". magtheweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Yalghaar rules box-office". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  5. 1 2 THE SIDDYSAYS BLOG (2016-09-11), Interview: Armeena Khan, Bilal Ashraf and Ali Rehman Khan, retrieved 2018-08-23
  6. ↑ "Movie stars, Bilal Ashraf and Syra Shahroz’s insane Chemistry fogs up in the camera lens", GOOD TIMES Magazine. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Ahmed Sarym (21 August 2018). "Mahira Khan, Bilal Ashraf to star in Momina Duraid's next film". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Mahira Khan and Bilal Ashraf pair up for Superstar, director Ehteshamuddin confirms". The News. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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