Shamoon Abbasi
Shamoon Abbasi (; born 4 April 1973) is an Italian-born former actor, director and screenwriter, better known for portraying villain roles. Abbasi has won the Bronze award for "Best Telefilm" at the 2011 Hum TV Telefilm Festival Awards, in recognition of "Daag Hai Mere Naam Pe". Family. His father Zuhair Abbasi was a novelist and drama writer, and so is his aunt - Zubair Abbasi's (not Zuhair Abbasi's, as previously mentioned) sister -, Seema Ghazal. Syed Ali Raza Usama, a director better known for the movie "Main Hoon Shahid Afridi" and the most expensive drama ever made in  Pakistan, "Bashar Momin", is Seema's son, thus Shamoon's cousin. His sister Anoushay Abbasi is an actress, while his erstwhile wife, Javeria Abbasi, is a TV personality as well, and their daughter, Anzela Abbasi, is a rising TV actress too. Being married to Anoushay, Ainan Arif, the son of late Pakistan international cricketer Taslim Arif and actress Rubina Arif who had the role of "Micheal Magnet" in the 2013 movie "Main Hoon Shahid Afridi", is his brother-in-law. Career. Shamoon Abbasi started his acting career from Yasir Akhtar's popular telefilm 'Titlee' of Tapal Cinema in 1996. later , Mr.Abbasi joined Yasir Akhtar's Pegasus Productions as an assistant director and assisted Mr.Akhtar for his telefilms Shehzadi, Zeher and Chand. Later, Abbasi has directed adventure shows such as the Indonesian game show "Morven Gold Aventure Bali", "Sunsilk 21st Century Woman of Pakistan", "Rescue 15" (a show based on a police department), and reality shows including "Saaye", which is based on paranormal activities. He was selected by the viewers in the program "Express Acting Challenge", an acting contest in Pakistan where he was a finalist. He is also a strategist for corporate company-based documentaries and in-house  videos. He later featured Humayun Saeed in his action series "Karoron Ka Admi" and in 2013 he appeared in the serial "Nanhi". Under the name Masshu, Abbasi became notable in 1999 for his serial "Kashish", performing as a comic sweet character. In 2011, he starred in two Pakistani films, "Bhai Log" and "Waar", produced by Mindworks and directed by Bilal Lashari. Being the one who introduced web-series in Pakistan with his 2007 release "#6dapak", which also won international awards, in 2019 he will direct and play the lead role in another web-series, "'The legend of JAWED IQBAL", about  the famous serial-killer. While another 2019 web-series, "Mind Games", where he's one of the lead actors, might make it to Netflix, his 2019 movies release will be "Durj", a suspense-thriller on cannibalism based on true events, he directed and acted it, and which will be screen at Cannes. Another 2019 movie release is "Chaudhry The Martyr", an action-biopic based on the life of Chaudhry Aslam Khan, a famous policeman assassinated by the Taliban, and he'll play the role of his friend.