Ahad Raza Mir

Beginnings and stage roles (2010–2016)

Mir started his career in 2010 at age 17, playing a brief role as the son of Sania Saeed and Faisal Rehman in the Hum TV's romantic drama Khamosiyan.^{[citation needed]} Mir started his career on stage, performing, directing and writing in several musicals and plays across Canada. Mir wanted to move to Toronto, but instead decided to go back to Pakistan to work in films and television.^[10]

Yaqeen Ka Safar and rise to prominence (2017–present)

In 2017, Mir started auditioning for Hum TV's production house MD Productions, and was cast as a leading role in Yaqeen Ka Safar where he played Dr. Asfand Yaar, a grief-stricken brother alongside Sajal Aly and Hira Mani. He then had a supporting role in the social drama Sammi opposite Mawra Hocane.^[11][12][13] His performance earned him Lux Style Award for Best Actor, and won three Hum Awards including the Hum Award for Best Actor.^[14][15] Reviewing Yakeen Ka Safar, Sadaf Pervez of Express Tribune noted that Mir "shines" with his performance.^[16]

Coming from an influential film making family, Ahad was accused of nepotism. Responding to such claims Mir stated that he wanted "people to take [him], as an actor, very seriously" and that he is “here to give Pakistan some good cinema and TV”.^[17][18][19]

In 2018, Mir made his film debut with Haseeb Hassan's military-drama Parwaaz Hay Junoon, co-starring Hamza Ali Abbasi and Hania Aamir, which was released on Eid al-Adha.^[20] Mir replaced Osman Khalid Butt in a role of Flight Lieutenant Saad, who opted out due to his other commitments.^[21][22] The same year, Mir reunited with Sajal Aly and Mawra Hocane in Hum TV's Mohammed Ehteshamuddin-directed period drama Aangan where he played a poet, Jameel.^[23] The series was one of the most hyped dramas of 2018 but it has been a huge disappointment which in result was panned by audience.^[24]

In 2019, The Shakespeare Company, in a joint production with Vertigo Theatre in Canada, signed Mir to play Hamlet in their production becoming one of the first South Asian actor to play the role professionally in Canada.^[25] His performance won him the Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama.^{[26][27][28][29][30][31]}

In the same year, he played an army officer Saad Faraz in ISPR based Ehd-e-Wafa opposite Alizeh Shah.^[32][33] He then starred as Amaanullah Khan opposite Sajal Ali in suspense thriller Yeh Dil Mera. For both these performances, he received Lux Style Award for Best TV Actor - Critics nominations.^[34][35] Mir made his web debut co-starring Sajal Ali in Dhoop Ki Deewar as Vishal Malhotra. The series was released on ZEE5.^[36]

After a hiatus of three-years, Mir played a college chemistry student Adam Sultan in the 2022 Ramadan special Hum Tum, opposite Ramsha Khan.^[37] The series and his portrayal was praised across Pakistan.^[38][39][40] His chemistry with Khan was appreciated and they won the Hum Award for Best Onscreen Couple Popular and he received nomination for Hum Award for Best Actor Popular.^[41]

The same year, he made his Netflix debut with the series Resident Evil, as Arjun Batra.^[42] He next appeared in British series World on Fire, as Rajib Pal.^[43] Mir will next appear in Pakistan's first Netflix original Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait Lo,^[44] which is expected to be released in late 2026.

In December 2024, Ahad played the lead role in Hum TV's Meem Se Mohabbat along with Dananeer Mobeen.^[45] Mir portrayed Talha Ahmed, An extremely wealthy CEO and a loving paternal uncle to a traumatised young child whose parents had died in a car accident.^[46]

Music

In Canada, Mir has mostly been involved in musical theatre, being the first South Asian to win a "Best Actor in a Musical" award at the Canadian Critics’ Awards.^[8] He can play a number of musical instruments, including guitar, bass guitar, drums and keyboards.^[47] He has also learned to play the djembe, a West African drum.^[8]

In 2017, he had played the guitar and sung for his drama Yaqeen Ka Safar.^[8]

In 2018, Mir made his Coke Studio debut as a featured artist in its eleventh-season, where he performed the song "Ko Ko Korina" with Momina Mustehsan.^[48] Their rendition of the classic song was widely criticized. Within a few days of the video being released on YouTube, it became the most-disliked video in the music show's history.^[49][50][51]

Production

In 2018, Mir announced that he turned producer for an upcoming movie called Kalasha, about the Kalash people and featuring actor Aijaz Aslam.^[52]

Films

Television

Web series

Theatre

Other appearances