Hamza Ali Abbasi is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director. He is known for his role as Afzal in drama serial Pyarey Afzal and Azam in drama serial Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley.[3] Abbasi began his acting career from theatre play Dally in the Dark in 2006 which was Shah Shahrahbeel's production. While in filmography he made his debut in a short film The Glorious Resolve (2010), a direction of Bilal Lashari. In 2013, he appeared in feature films of Pakistani Cinema, Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and Waar for which he received Best Star Debut Male and Best Supporting Actor at 1st ARY Film Awards, respectively. He received praise for playing parallel lead in the romantic comedy Jawani Phir Nahi Ani