12 Facts About Irfan Khoosat

Irfan Khoosat was born on 9 June 1952 and is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and comedian.

Irfan Khoosat is famous for his comic role as Hawaldar Karamdad in the TV series Andhera Ujala in which he portrayed a simpleton and a blabbermouth character of a low-ranked policeman.

Irfan Khoosat's father Sultan Khoosat, who died when Irfan was nine, was a painter, a former employee of Radio Pakistan and himself an actor and comedian.

Irfan Khoosat's maternal grandfather Mughal Basheer was an actor, appearing in the 1962 Urdu-language film Chiragh Jalta Raha.

Irfan Khoosat has been married three times and has nine children, including notable film and TV director and actor Sarmad Khoosat and Kanwal Khoosat, who's a director, screenwriter and actress.

Irfan Khoosat got his first breakthrough as a child artist with Radio Pakistan, when he replaced an actor for the show Ultay Pultay.

Irfan Khoosat began his acting career with the Punjabi-language movie Kochwan in 1969 and even if he's better known for his work on television he would eventually appear in more than 100 films, with 66 in Punjabi, 39 in Urdu and a single movie in Pashto, Banke Lalya which released in 2013.

Irfan Khoosat has directed the 1985 Punjabi-language film Direct Hawaldar, acting in it, based on his famous role from Andhera Ujala.

Irfan Khoosat has directed a television serial, Karam Daad Aur Jaffer Hussain, a spin-off of Andhera Ujala.

Irfan Khoosat has directed plays as well, including Tokray Thallay, which was staged at Lahore's Alhamra Arts Council in 2010.

Irfan Khoosat has produced numerous television serials, including Aao Kahani Buntay Hain, directed by his daughter Kanwal, but concentrating mainly on comedy dramas such as Do Aur Do Chaar and Shashlik Xtra Hott, both written and directed by his son Sarmad.

Irfan Khoosat won a Nigar Award for his comic role in the 1985 film Hum Se Hai Zamana.