British Pakistani film producer, artist, journalist, columnist and documentary director
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Mazhar Zaidi
Born
Lahore, Pakistan
Education
MS in Journalism
Occupation(s)
filmmaker, animation, artist, Communications Specialist, Digital content, Producer, director, columnist and journalist
Years active
1992–present
Notable work
Zinda BhaagJeewan HathiGardaab
Spouse
Meenu Gaur
Mazhar Zaidi (Urdu: مظہر زیدی) is a British Pakistani film producer, artist, journalist, columnist and documentary director. He has produced several issue based documentaries and campaigns. He has developed, managed and delivered large international projects on CVE and produced digital campaigns on rights based issues for leading international non-governmental organisations including UKAid, IRC, CWS, creative Associates and Asia Foundation. He is best known for producing the 2013 Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag, which earned him international recognition and accolades and became the country's first entry to Academy Awards after a gap of over 50 years. The film also won many international awards. One of his films Gardaab which was set in extremist violence prone neighbourhoods of Karachi, screened at London Indian Film Festival in June 2017 and Jeewan Hathi was screened at Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in August 2017. He along with his partners Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi also recently curated an art exhibition titled Art SabKa focussing on contemporary art inspired by Pakistani Cinema.
MazharZaidi (Urdu: مظہر زیدی) is a British Pakistani film producer, artist, journalist, columnist and documentary director. He has produced several issue...
Massey, written by Harune Massey, Saleemullah Nasir and produced by MazharZaidi under the production banner of Matteela Films. The film features Fawad...
drama film co-directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, and produced by MazharZaidi. The film focuses on the issue of illegal migration. The film had a premiere...
and Farjad Nabi and written by Fasih Bari Khan. Shailja Kejriwal and MazharZaidi have produced the film. The Film has Samiya Mumtaz, Hina Dilpazeer, Naseeruddin...
Mardon Wali Baat is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Farjad Nabi and MazharZaidi starring Resham, Raheel, Guriya and Munna. Yeh hui na mardon wali baat...
University of London Occupation(s) Film Director, screenwriter and film scholar Years active 2007-present Notable work Zinda Bhaag Spouse MazharZaidi...
Farjad co-directed Zinda Bhaag with Meenu Gaur, Under Meenu's husband MazharZaidi's film production Matteela Films which earned him a critical acclaimed...
trophies including Best Actress Jury for Amna Ilyas and Best Film Jury for MazharZaidi. Hamza Ali Abbasi and Aeysha Khan became the first AFAs acting winner...
Munawar – Waar Naureen Ali Sidiki – Mujhe Khuda Pe Yaqeen Hai (Hum TV) MazharZaidi – Zinda Bhaag Malal – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Bolay – Uair Jaswal Har Zulm –...
Abbasi was born into a Saraiki family of civil servants to Major (Retd) Mazhar Ali Abbasi, an army officer, and Begum Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry, a former judge...
Muhammad Qasir Mir Gul Khan Naseer Habib Jalib Hafeez Jullundhri Hafiz Mazhar ud din Haji Laq laq Hakim Ahmad Shuja Hakim Nasir Harris Khalique Haider...
Begum (Farwa's Mother) Yasir Mazhar as Rashid (Farwa's Brother) Sabiha Hashmi as Junaid's mother Faryal Mehmood Shehryar Zaidi as Junaid's father "' Farwa...
View Production Shafquat Chaudhry Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Six Sigma Entertainment Humayun Saeed and Shahzad Nasib Zinda Bhaag Matteela Films MazharZaidi...
October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014. "Cinema in Pakistan: the way ahead". MazharZaidi-Producer of Zinda Bhaag. Dawn News. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014...
Reference 2014 (1st) Zinda Bhaag Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi Matteela Films MazharZaidi 2016 (2nd) Jawani Phir Nahi Ani Nadeem Beyg Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal...
2021. The series stars Ahmed Ali Akbar in the title role alongside Yumna Zaidi, Ushna Shah, Nauman Ijaz, Mashal Khan, Urwa Hocane and Saboor Aly in prominent...
Kashmiri Janbaz Mirza Kamran Shahid Khushwant Singh, novelist and journalist Mazhar Ali Khan, Socialist journalist Hamid Mir Hassan Nisar, columnist and anchor...
Khan and written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar. It starred Zahid Ahmed, Yumna Zaidi and Sana Javed. The plot revolves around a dedicated woman who is in love...
Tribune. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022. "Imran Ashraf and Yumna Zaidi come together for Inkaar". The News International. 21 February 2019. "Review:...
Ali Khan Razia Sajjad Zaheer Sajjad Zaheer Anwer Zahidi Ali Jawad Zaidi Mustafa Zaidi Ibrahim Zauq Kanwal Ziai Urdu-language literature List of Urdu-language...
Ramsha Khan as Anoushay Aruba Mirza as Kitty Arez Ahmed as Abu Bakr Raza Zaidi as Glucose Rehan Sheikh as Havildar Maula Baksh Jawed Sheikh as Professor...
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