# Nabeel Qureshi (director)

Nabeel Qureshi (Urdu: نبیل قریشی; born January 16, 1985) is a Pakistani film director, screenwriter, and singer. He has won two Lux Style Awards for Best Film Director for his films Na Maloom Afraad (2014) and Actor in Law (2016).

## Early life

Qureshi was born in Sukkur, Sindh in 1985 and moved to Karachi in 2004. He began his professional career as a promotional content director at Aaj News for a year. Subsequently, he gained a background in theatre at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) in Karachi.

## Career

Qureshi began his television career in the mid-2000s directing ads, films, and cooking shows.
In 2012, Qureshi directed the music video for Mohsin Abbas Haider's debut song, Beparwah Dhola.
In 2014, Qureshi made his feature film directorial debut with Na Maloom Afraad, which he co-wrote with his college friend Fizza Ali Meerza. Meerza produced the film along with Mehdi Ali through Filmwala Pictures. The comedy thriller starred Fahad Mustafa, Mohsin Abbas Haider, and Urwa Hocane, and was released domestically by Hum Films on October 6, 2014. The film grossed ₨12.2 crore by March 2015, on a budget of ₨ 9 crore. At the 14th Lux Style Awards, Na Maloom Afraad won the award for Best Film, and Nabeel Qureshi won the Lux Style Award for Best Director and Best Original Soundtrack for the song Billi in Na Maloom Afraad, which he shared with Meerza.
Qureshi's follow-up film, Actor in Law, was announced in January 2015, started shooting in January 2016, and was released on September 9, 2016. It collected Rs. 30 crore at the box office.
In 2017, Qureshi again teamed up with Fizza Ali Meerza for Na Maloom Afraad 2. Shooting began in March 2017 in Karachi and later in Cape Town, South Africa. The film was released on September 2, 2017 both domestically in Pakistan and internationally, grossing Rs. 20 crore at the box office.
The following year, Qureshi directed and co-wrote the social-comedy drama film Load Wedding, starring Fahad Mustafa and Mehwish Hayat, which was released during Eid al-Adha in 2018.
Qureshi currently directs Geo TV's weekly comedy news show Banana News Network.

## Criticism

Qureshi has stated that certain parts of Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad were inspired by other films, explaining that he recreates favorite movie scenes in his own films.

## Filmography
### Films

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 2014 | Na Maloom Afraad | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Actor in Law | Yes | Yes | Special Appearance in title song "Actor in Law" |
| 2017 | Na Maloom Afraad 2 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2018 | Load Wedding | Yes | Yes | |
| 2021 | Khel Khel Mein | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad | Yes | Yes | Special appearance in song "Loota Rey" |
| 2023 | Teri Meri Kahaniyaan | Yes | No | directed the part "Jin Mahal" |
| 2024 | Na Baligh Afraad | Yes | Yes | |
| TBA | Fatman † | Yes | Yes | Filming |

### Frequent actor collaborations

| Actors | Total |
| Fahad Mustafa | 5 |
| Mehwish Hayat | 3 |
| Jawed Sheikh | 4 |
| Mohsin Abbas Haider | 3 |
| Hania Amir | 2 |
| Urwa Hocane | 2 |
| Samina Ahmed | 2 |
| Nayyar Ejaz | 4 |
| Saleem Mairaj | 4 |
| Irfan Motiwala | 4 |
| Ashhad Siddiqui | 3 |
| Noor ul Hassan | 2 |
| Marina Khan | 2 |

## Television
### TV

* Banana News Network (Comedy TV show)

### As ads/music video director

* Beparwah Dhola (2012), song by Mohsin Abbas Haider

## Discography
### Singles

* Khamosh Dono (2011)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2015 | 14th Lux Style Awards | Best Film Director | Na Maloom Afraad | Won |
| 2015 | 14th Lux Style Awards | Best Original Soundtrack | Na Maloom Afraad | Won |
| 2017 | 16th Lux Style Awards | Best Film Director | Actor in Law | Won |
| 2018 | 17th Lux Style Awards | Best Film Director | Na Maloom Afraad 2 | Nominated |
| 2019 | 18th Lux Style Awards | Best Film Director | Load Wedding | Nominated |
| 2022 | 21st Lux Style Awards | Best Film | Khel Khel Mein | Won |