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Kamran Qureshi [1] (born on 3rd October, 1975) is an award winning London based film and television Director & Producer.

Early Life

Kamran was born in Lahore, Punjab, to a moderate family. His mother, Shagufta Yousuf (1953-2008),^[7] was a producer, and his father, Yousuf Qureshi (1949-1998), was involved in the chemicals business.^[8]  

Kamran belongs to an Arab tribe Qureshi, which was from Mecca. His forefathers migrated to British India. His grandfather was in Indian Railway, who married to an indian lady in Dehli and at the time of partition in 1947, he was posted in beautiful city, Lahore, now in Pakistan.

Kamran spent his childhood in Karachi. He loved to read story books, novels & literary books in his childhood and always spent all his pocket money to buy books.

He always played active role in school activities, acted in school dramas and was a member of school’s music band.

Early Career (1993 -1999)

In 1992, he did computer courses (dBase, Lotus 123, and WordPerfect) and got job in Digital video effects company, Hivision. He purchased his 1st professional video camera in 1993 and started making private movies and renting it out.

In 1994, He started his own Digital Video Effects company. His first professional TV job was in 1994, when he was hired to put digital video effects for the drama series, Padaash in PTV, Pakistan Television, and Pepsi Top of the Pops in NTM, Network Television Marketing. Being a DFS engineer, he was also indulged in editing and did several projects as linear editor and segment director.

Mr. Rimmal Khan was his mentor in direction, whom he worked with in different projects. Kamran then went on and worked freelance for Indus TV Network, the first satellite channel, owned by Mr. Ghazanfer Ali, on talkshows, magazine shows, dramas.

In 1999, he purchased his broadcast (DVCAM) camera and started making his own productions.

2000-2010

Kamran became a renowned name in doing shows for his treatment and techniques. He did a three days branded TV transmission on the eve of John Player's Gold Leaf Voyage of Discovery 2000 yacht's arrival at Karachi Port. He did several musical shows, concerts, talk shows, educational shows, etc.

His first very famous show was Ariel Mothers (aka Ariel Maa), hosted by Sania Saeed, which brought him fame and recognition internationally. The program won a Best Talkshow Private Production Award from National Television. The show was based on Mothers and with his team, he visited almost whole country to meet all types of mothers and recorded their stories. Since then, his major part of work was on women and their issues.

He shot documentaries on all armed forces in 2002 at the time of escalation. Then he moved to dramas in 2003 and his first telefilm Murad (aka Eunuch's Motherhood) based on Eunuchs, won Best Telefilm Award in Indus Telefilm Festival the same year. He then made 12 more TV Movies in a series and named it, "Maa Aur Mamta" (aka Mother & Motherhood) which won him seven awards in one day in First Indus Drama Awards.

Directed Branded Shows

Year	Title	Genre
2000	Alan Soothers Boombastic	Music Charts
2000	John Player's Gold Leaf Voyage of Discovery	TV Transmission
2000	John Player's Gold Leaf Thrill Seekers	Sports
2000	John Player's Gold Leaf Cheer-up	Comedy
2000	Zee Lollywood Show	Film based Show
2001	Ariel Mothers aka Ariel MAA	Talk Show
2002	John Player's Gold Leaf Food Street Show	Music Concert
2008	Nestle Nido Young Starts aka Nido Ye Taarey Hamarey	Educational Talk Show
2009	Nestle' Nesvita Woman of Strength	Talk Show

Other Directed Projects:

Year	Title	Category
1998	Drama Hee Drama	Magazine Show
1999	No. 9	Mystery
2000	Alan Soothers Boombastic	Music Charts
2000	Zee Basant Festival	Magazine Show
2000	John Player's Gold Leaf Thrill Seekers	Sports
2000	John Player's Gold Leaf Cheer-up	Comedy
2000	John Player's Gold Leaf Voyage of Discovery	TV Tranmission
2002	John Player's Gold Leaf Food Street Show	Concert
2000	Heart Talks	Film based Show
2000	Zee Lollywood Show	Film based Show
2001	Ariel Mothers aka Ariel MAA	Talk Show
2002	Flying Tigers	Documentary
2002	Sons of Soil	Documentary
2002	Power of the Sea	Documentary
2002	Special Drink aka Special Qahwa in Mystery Theatre Series	Mystery
2003	Murad aka Eunuch's Motherhood [2]	TV Movie
2004	Born Forbidden aka Mehr-un-Nisa	TV Movie
2004	Lost Half aka Mannat	TV Movie
2004	Impeccable aka Masoom	TV Movie
2004	A Rented Child aka Mazloom	TV Movie
2004	Lap of Actress aka Muskaan	TV Movie
2004	An Insane Laugh aka Mehak	TV Movie
2004	Sentenced for Love aka Mujrim	TV Movie
2004	Sold Unborn aka Mahram	TV Movie
2004	Mary's Sacrifice aka Marium	TV Movie
2004	Unwanted Daughter aka Madawa	TV Movie
2004	Mother of Desert aka Muhafiz	TV Movie
2004	Way to Hope aka Mahinder Singh	TV Movie
2004	Moorat aka Eunuch's Wedding [3]	TV Serial
2005	Riyasat aka Kingdom of Hearts [4]	TV Serial
2006	Manzil aka Her Lost Destination	TV Serial
2006	Makan aka Home a Heaven	TV Serial
2007	Sarkar Sahab aka Evicted Lord	TV Serial
2007	Those 70 days	Documentary
2008	Nestle Nido Young Starts aka Nido Ye Tarey Hamary	Educational Talk Show
2009	Unbounded Love aka Ishq Ki Inteha	TV Serial
2009	Nestle' Nesvita Woman of Strength	Talk Show
2010	Beyond the Silence of the Sea	Documentary
2011	Choti Si Kahani	TV Serial
2011	Pianist Reborn	Short Film
2011	His Promise	Short Film
2012	An Act of Loyalty	Short Film
2013	Waiting	Short Film

Producer

Year	Title	Category
2000	Zee Baant Festival	Magazine Show
2001	Zee Lollywood Show	Film Based Show
2002	John Player Gold Leaf Food Street Show	Music Concert
2004	Mahnoor	TV Movie
2007	Woman's Freedom aka Mujhey Sans Lenay Do	TV Movie
2007	Victim of an Honour Killing aka Noori Kaari Hogai	TV Movie
2007	Verdict of a Pashtun Court aka Zarmina Beqasor Hay	TV Movie
2007	Survival of a Woman aka Namahram	TV Movie
2007	I'm Locked aka Chokhat Kay Paar	TV Movie
2007	Hometown Memories aka Gharonda	TV Movie
2007	Help of a Ghost aka Main Bhi Kisi Ki Beti Hun	TV Movie
2007	Gambled Daughter aka Mein Akeli Hun	TV Movie
2007	Dually Wed aka Aik Aurat Do Nikah	TV Movie
2007	Drama Fever aka Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki [5]	TV Movie
2007	Dowry List aka Abida Gunahgar Hogai	TV Movie
2007	Cactus's Flower	TV Movie
2007	Alive to See Her aka Kuch Na Raha	TV Movie
2009	Unbounded Love aka Ishq Ki Inteha	TV Serial
2012	An Act of Loyalty	Short Film
2013	Waiting	Short Film

Awards & Nominations:

Title	Award & Nomination	Category	Year
Ariel Mothers aka Ariel MAA	PTV	Won Best Talkshow Private Production Award	2002
Murad aka Eunuch's Motherhood	Indus Telefilm Festival	Won Best Telefilm Award	2003
Maa aur Mamta	Indus Drama Awards	Won Best Drama Series Award	2005
Maa aur Mamta	Indus Drama Awards	Won Best Writer Drama Series Award	2005
Masoom aka Impeccable	Indus Drama Awards	Won Best Director Award	2005
Mehak aka An Insane Laugh	Indus Drama Awards	Won Best Actress Award	2005
Mujrim aka Sentenced for Love	Indus Drama Awards	Won Best Actor Award	2005
Murad aka Eunuch's Motherhood	Indus Drama Awards	Special Award for Best Performance	2005
Moorat aka Eunuch's Wedding	Lux Style Award	Nominated for Best Drama Serial, Best Actor, Best Actress	2005
Moorat aka Eunuch's Wedding	Lux Style Award	Nominated for Best Director Drama Serial	2005
Riyasat aka Kingdom of Hearts [6]	Lux Style Awards	Won Best Serial Satellite Award	2006
Makaan aka Home a Heaven	Lux Style Awards	Nominated for Best Director Drama Serial Award	2007
Sarkar Sahab aka Evicted Lord	Lux Style Award	Nominated for Best Director Drama Serial Award	2009
Sarkar Sahab aka Evicted Lord	Lux Style Award	Nominated for Best Drama Serial, Best Actor Awards	2009
Ishq ki Inteha aka Unbounded Love	Lux Style Award	Nominated for Best Director Drama Serial Award	2010

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