Pakistani actor, model, host, VJ and writer
Ayaz Samoo is a Pakistani actor, model, host, VJ and writer. In , he won the AFA for Best Actor in a negative role for the film Moor.[1] He is referred as "The Shape-Shifter" because he switches voices, accents, looks and expressions as he glides through the various genres of the performing arts.[2] Currently hosting "The Night Show With Ayaz Samoo" on ARY Zindagi.[3] He is best known by his character name Sajid Billa on ARY Musik.[4]
Early life and career
He was born in a Sindhi family. His debut in the industry was in with a music video for Geo TV. After that he appeared in several television shows and tele films on various Pakistani television channels including Geo TV, The Musik and Indus Music. He was then selected to represent Pakistan by performing for the second season of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in This was where he was referred to as the 'Youngest Champion' on the show.[5] From his initial successes in the show, he was asked to participate in another stand-up comedy show 'Super Karara' in Pakistan and he won the title of 'Karara King' in He further on gave successful performances on Indian shows like "Funjabi Chakde" (Star One), "Comedy Champions" (Sahara One), "Comedy Club" (Sony Sab) and Laugh India Laugh (Life Ok).[6] He then participated on another Indian show "Comedy Ka King Kaun" on Sab TV (India) in where he competed against 11 of the best Pakistani and Indian stand-ups and Ayaz Samoo won the title of 'Comedy ka king'.[7][8] Ayaz made his film debut with Jami's spy-thriller O21[9] followed by Moor.[10][11] In he won AFABest Actor in a Negative Role award for film Moor.[1] He will appear in Aabis Raza's upcoming romantic comedyMaan Jao Naa opposite to Adeel Chaudhry, Hajra Yamin, Asma Abbas, Ghana Ali and Asif Raza Mir.[12][13]
Filmography
Television (serials, telefilms and shows)
Stand-up comedy shows
Awards and nominations
References
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- ^"Ayaz Samoo in the SAB Channel's new show 'Comedy Ka King Kaun' - Photogallery". . Retrieved 7 July
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