Shoaib Mansoor
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Shoaib Mansoor (born August 19) PP
, SI, is an acclaimed Pakistan
i film and television producer
, director
, writer
, lyricist
and composer
.
, Fifty Fifty
, Alpha Bravo Charlie
, Sunehre Din and Gulls & Guys
, all aired on PTV
.
Between 2001 and 2003, Mansoor directed the Supreme Ishq series of songs. Shoaib Mansoor has also been a successful songwriter and music composer.
It was Shoaib who introduced the 80's Pakistani pop sensation Vital Signs to the mainstream.
Besides being Junaid Jamshed
's mentor, he was the backbone to his songs and composed and produced
most of the Vital Signs' albums.
He wrote and composed a number of their hit numbers such as Aitebar. In addition, he directed all Vital Signs videos, producing a music video compilation and movie titled Geetar '93.
In 2007, Shoaib Mansoor debuted as a film director
with his critically acclaimed film
, titled Khuda Ke Liye
released on 20 July 2007 all over Pakistan. It received the Silver Pyramid Award from the Cairo International Film Festival
for 2007.
In 2009, he began directing a big budget film Bol
which had Atif Aslam, Mahira Khan, Humaima Abbassi and Iman Ali playing lead roles. The film was released on 24 June 2011.
. He has also been awarded PTV
Life Time Achievement Award by the then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
on the 43rd anniversary of Pakistan Television in November 2007. Recently in 2007, he received the Silver Pyramid Award from the Cairo International Film Festival
for Khuda Ke Liye
.
Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...
, SI, is an acclaimed Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i film and television producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Career
Shoaib Mansoor or ShoMan (as he calls himself) is one of the most influential and famous figures in the Pakistan showbiz scene. He has written, produced and directed hit TV shows such as AnkahiAnkahi
Ankahi was a popular Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation in 1982. The drama was written by renowned Haseena Moin and superbly directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The play was yet another feather Haseena Moin's as well as PTV's cap...
, Fifty Fifty
Fifty Fifty
Fifty Fifty is a popular Pakistan television series which was aired on the national television PTV during the early 1980s, based loosely on US comedy show Saturday Night Live. The programme was a sketch comedy considered by many critics as one of the best television shows to be produced in Pakistan...
, Alpha Bravo Charlie
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Alpha Bravo Charlie is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor. It was hugely popular and set a record for TRPs in Pakistan. It is a sequel to drama series Sunehre Din with some of the same cast...
, Sunehre Din and Gulls & Guys
Gulls & Guys
Gulls & Guys was a documentary cum travel guide reality show directed by Shoaib Mansoor. The programme was telecasted every Saturday on PTV in 1999. The show was sponsored by John Player Gold Leaf.-The concept:...
, all aired on PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
.
Between 2001 and 2003, Mansoor directed the Supreme Ishq series of songs. Shoaib Mansoor has also been a successful songwriter and music composer.
It was Shoaib who introduced the 80's Pakistani pop sensation Vital Signs to the mainstream.
Besides being Junaid Jamshed
Junaid Jamshed
Junaid Jamshed is a Pakistani recording artist who gained fame as the frontman of the pop group, Vital Signs in 1987 with the hit song, "Dil Dil Pakistan", and remained in demand throughout the 1990s...
's mentor, he was the backbone to his songs and composed and produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
most of the Vital Signs' albums.
He wrote and composed a number of their hit numbers such as Aitebar. In addition, he directed all Vital Signs videos, producing a music video compilation and movie titled Geetar '93.
In 2007, Shoaib Mansoor debuted as a film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
with his critically acclaimed film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, titled Khuda Ke Liye
Khuda Ke Liye
Khuda Kay Liye is a 2007 Pakistani Urdu-language drama film written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor, starring Shaan, Iman Ali, Fawad Afzal Khan and Hameed Sheikh...
released on 20 July 2007 all over Pakistan. It received the Silver Pyramid Award from the Cairo International Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival
The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 1976 and was the first international film festival held in the Arab world...
for 2007.
In 2009, he began directing a big budget film Bol
Bol
Boľ is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia....
which had Atif Aslam, Mahira Khan, Humaima Abbassi and Iman Ali playing lead roles. The film was released on 24 June 2011.
Awards & achievements
In recognition of his outstanding services, Mansoor has been decorated with presidential award of Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz by Government of PakistanGovernment of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system, with an indirectly-elected President as the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The President’s appointment and term are...
. He has also been awarded PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
Life Time Achievement Award by the then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
on the 43rd anniversary of Pakistan Television in November 2007. Recently in 2007, he received the Silver Pyramid Award from the Cairo International Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival
The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 1976 and was the first international film festival held in the Arab world...
for Khuda Ke Liye
Khuda Ke Liye
Khuda Kay Liye is a 2007 Pakistani Urdu-language drama film written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor, starring Shaan, Iman Ali, Fawad Afzal Khan and Hameed Sheikh...
.
Television
- Fifty FiftyFifty FiftyFifty Fifty is a popular Pakistan television series which was aired on the national television PTV during the early 1980s, based loosely on US comedy show Saturday Night Live. The programme was a sketch comedy considered by many critics as one of the best television shows to be produced in Pakistan...
(Sketch comedySketch comedyA sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
) - AnkahiAnkahiAnkahi was a popular Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation in 1982. The drama was written by renowned Haseena Moin and superbly directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The play was yet another feather Haseena Moin's as well as PTV's cap...
(Television Drama seriesDramatic programmingDramatic programming in the UK, or television drama and television drama series in the US, is television program content that is scripted and fictional along the lines of √a traditional drama. This excludes, for example, sports television, television news, reality show and game shows, stand-up...
, 1982,last few episodes) - Music '89Music '89Music '89 was the first ever all pop music stage-show to be aired on Pakistan TV. It was aired in January 1989, on PTV . The show was directed by Shoaib Mansoor and hosted by the famous singer Nazia Hassan and her brother, Zohaib Hassan. It was a revolutionary show that introduced a new breed of...
(Pop Music Show, 1989) - Sunehrey Din (Television mini-series, 1990)
- Dhuwan (Television mini-series, 1993) narrated by Rao Hassan
- Imran Khan (TV DocumentaryDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, 1993) - Geetar '93 (The Vital Signs music video collection, 1993)
- Alpha Bravo CharlieAlpha Bravo CharlieAlpha Bravo Charlie is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor. It was hugely popular and set a record for TRPs in Pakistan. It is a sequel to drama series Sunehre Din with some of the same cast...
(Television mini-series, 1998) - Gulls & GuysGulls & GuysGulls & Guys was a documentary cum travel guide reality show directed by Shoaib Mansoor. The programme was telecasted every Saturday on PTV in 1999. The show was sponsored by John Player Gold Leaf.-The concept:...
(Television Reality show, 1999) - Dhundle Raste (Television mini-series)Dhundle Raste (Television mini-series)Dhundle Raste is Pakistan television mini-series featuring Vital Signs, a popular Pakistani pop music group. It was written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shoaib Mansoor. Due to its novel storyline it became an extremely popular drama in Pakistan.-Cast:...
- Jhernay(Pop Music Show)
- Junoon Abhi Kum Nahin Howa
- PTV Awards Ceremony 1986
- Geetar93(Videos based on pop band Vital Signs, November 1993]]