Nayyar Ejaz

Nayyar Ejaz
نیر اعجاز
Born	Nayyar Ejaz (1969-06-10) 10 June 1969 (age 55) Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984 – present
Known for	Portraying Kali Das (villain) in Laag and Salman in Dhuwan
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Relatives	Ustad Salamat Ali (elder brother)

Nayyar Ejaz (or Nayyar Ijaz) (Urdu: نیر اعجاز) is a Pakistani film actor.^[1][2]

Nayyar has been working in television industry since the mid-1980s.^[3]

He is famous for his supporting roles, mainly as villain, portraying Kali Das in the television serial Laag, Shaikh Jumbail in Dasht and Salman in Dhuwan.^[4][5]

Early life

He was born into a Punjabi Muslim family hailing from Dharampura, Lahore and has 11 siblings. His father worked for Radio Pakistan and was posted in Quetta, where Nayyar was born. He initially wanted to be a cricketer, and even played at first-class level, before debuting as an actor in Asghar Nadeem Syed’s first play, Zindagi Jis Ke Naam, in 1984.^[6]

His elder brother is musician Ustad Salamat Ali.^[7]

Career

Nayyar got recognition for his acting in the early 1990s with Pakistan Television Corporation in many drama serials.^{[citation needed]}

He has worked in different films, now he is being seen on different channels in some serials.^{[citation needed]}

His famous works include PTV dramas Dhuwan and Laag. His negative role, as the son of Sardar Nadir Jumbail (played by Noor Muhammad Lashari) in the 1993 drama Dasht, is still praised by fans.^[8]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1984	Zindagi Jis Ke Naam		PTV Home
1990	Madar	Gul Mast
1992	Din	Dewan	PTV
1993	Dasht	Shaikh Jumbail	NTM
1993	Baarish Kay baad	Qadir Bakhsh	PTV Home
1994	Dhuwan	Salman
1997	Janjal Pura	Guru
1998	Laag	Major Kali Das
1999	Haqeeqat	Lala
2000	Aan	Mehfooz
2001	The Castle: Aik Umeed	Munawar Mama
2006	Gharoor	Basa Chaudhary	PTV Home
2007	Sarkar Sahab	Mir Alam	ARY TV
2008	Khuda Gawah		ATV
	Tareekiyan
2009	Deewangi
	Tanveer Fatima (B.A)	Qadir	Geo TV
2010	Dil Dubai Sehra
	Kanpur Say Katas Tak		Indus Vision
2011	Love, Life aur Lahore	Gulzar Parandi	ATV
	Akbari Asghari		Hum TV
2012	Samjhauta Express	Bhatadia	PTV Home
2015	S.H.E		Geo TV
2016	Laaj	Sikandar	Hum TV
2017	Nazr-e-Bad	Prisoner
	Piyari Bittu	Bittu's father	Express Entertainment
2018	Chat Pata Chowk		BOL Entertainment
2019	Jinn Ki Aye Gi Baraat	Ghulfam (Jinn)
	Hania	Vohra Sahab	ARY Digital
	Cheekh	Amir
	Barfi Laddu	Iqbal Halwai
2021	Khwaab Nagar Ki Shehzadi	Jamil Khan
2022	Team Muhafiz	Rawaka	Geo Entertainment Geo News
2022	Dushman	Ranjha	PTV Home
2022–23	Aik Thi Laila	Hafeez	Express Entertainment
2023	Tumhare Husn Ke Naam	Shahid Malik	Green Entertainment

Films

Year	Title	Role	Ref,
1997	Chand Girhan
1999	Mujhe Jeene Do
2001	Moosa Khan	Thakur
2003	Laaj
2004	Salakhain
2008	Zill-e-Shah	Murad Shah	[9]
2011	Bhai Log	Lacho Khat
2012	Saltanat	Shaffi	[10]
2014	The System
	Na Maloom Afraad	Samuel (cameo)	[11]
2015	Moor	Talat	[12]
	Wrong No.	MD Gullu Butt
2016	Sawaal 700 Crore Dollar Ka		[13][14]
	Salute		[15]
	Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai		[16]
	Janaan		[17]
	Actor in Law	Lawyer	[18]
	Team	Chaudhay Saab (Suspect)
	Rahm		[19]
	Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal	Molvi Nasser	[20]
2017	Mehrunisa V Lub U	Marzi	[21]
	Na Maloom Afraad 2	Sheikh Sultan	[22]
	Geo Sar Utha Kay
2018	Maan Jao Na		[23]
	Teefa in Trouble	Sheikh Sahab	[24]
2019	Wrong No. 2		[25]
	Baaji	Chand Kamal	[26]
2022	Ishrat Made in China		[27]
	Ghabrana Nahi Hai
	Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad		[28]
	The Legend of Maula Jatt		[26]
	Zarrar		[29]
2024	Taxali Gate	Abdul Hameed / Meeda	[30]

Telefilms

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2010	Khurchan		ARY Digital
	Zainabay	Chacha Feeko	Hum TV

References

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External links

• Nayyar Ejaz at IMDb
• Profile: Nayyar Ejaz