Khaled Anam

Khaled Anam is a Pakistani actor, producer and singer. He has acted in various dramas, like Kahi Unkahi, Muqaddas, Bhaagti Bareera.[1][2][3] As a singer, he's best known for his rendition of Shah Hussain's kalam Peera Ho during the 1990s.[4] After a decade of working in advertising and communications, Anam pursued a career in the media industry, working in operations and content head with local media houses and successfully launched children’s television shows. He received the Pride of Performance Award in 2018 for his contributions in the media industry and for promoting education through children’s TV shows.

Khalid Anum
OccupationActor, producer, singer
Notable work
Kahi Unkahi, Bhaagti Bareera, Muqaddas


Early life and career

Born and raised in Karachi, the youngest of his siblings, his father, originally from Madras, was in the British Army, while his mother, who used to sing for Radio Pakistan, was a Kashmiri who hailed from Sialkot, and his family being inclined to arts, he himself learned to play the guitar and did theatre early on.[5]

He has been associated with the TV industry since 1982.[6]

Family

Through his wife Tehmina Khaled, "a fashion/entertainment journalist-turned-event planner", his father-in-law was the late TV and film actor Latif Charlie (d. 2011), himself the son of Noor Mohammed Charlie (d. 1983), a legendary film actor[7] who also hailed as "India's first comedy king."[8]

Their sons, Ammar and Komail, are both musicians.[9][10]

Selected filmography

Television
Year Drama Role Original network
90s Ehsaas PTV
1999 Sila PTV World
2012 Kahi Unkahi Parvez Hum TV
2015 Muqaddas Jahanzeb Hum TV
2016 Pakeeza Ahmer Hum TV
2016 Dekho Chaand Aaya Asif Geo Entertainment
2020 Ishqiya Khalid ARY Digital
2020 Uraan Geo Entertainment
2020 Bulbulay (season 2) Sidduiqi (Khoobsurat's father) ARY Digital

Career in Television
  • 30 years Experience working in Children’s Theater Production
  • 10 years Experience in advertising
  • 30 years experience in Writing and Composing Jingles
  • 28 years experience in Producing Children’s specific TV Production
  • 25 years Experience in Hosting different live and pre-recorded television shows
  • Core member of the team responsible for translating and adapting over 100 Episodes of open sesame of CTW into Urdu namely ‘Khul ja Sim Sim’, and was solely responsible for translating and re-recording the songs of all Episodes
  • As an Event Manager have done major events and training videos for multinational companies like Unilever, MCB, ABN AMRO and hosted others
  • Founding member of Grips Theater, and have done all the songs and music for it
  • Performed all over Pakistan, India and UAE
  • Written over 1000 songs for Children
  • Executed more than 350 shows for Children, and raised the issues on environment, morality, supporting rights and reorganization of special children
  • Travel Extensively in all over Pakistan (Interior Sindh, Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan)

TV Channels
  • Indus Chotu - Producer, Writer, Director
  • Bachy Maan k Sachay - Producer, Content Head
  • Hamari Sham - Producer, Content Head, Music Composer
  • Khul ja Sim Sim - Content Head
  • Music challenge - Host
  • The Dumdum Deedee show - Writer, Director

Achievements
  • Given a scholarship by a Goethe Institute Karachi to study Children Theater in Berlin. Also attended Theatre Triffin and the Youth theater festival in Berlin
  • Awarded the Actor of the Year award by the Lions Club
  • Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold award
  • Awarded Goethe Merit Award for contribution to Children Theater in Pakistan
  • Appointed ambassador for Children Literature in Pakistan by the Oxford University Press
  • Appointed ambassador for Grips Theatre Berlin by the Goethe Institute
  • Founding member of GRIPS Theater in Pakistan
  • Three children song and story released on CDs
  • A children book under publication at the OUP
  • Awarded The Presidential Pride of Performance for services rendered in promoting children education and entertainment through media

References
  1. "Children CDs Launch by Khalid Anam". www.fashioncentral.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. "Copyrights feud: Khaled Anam upset with 'Peera Ho' in Moor". www.dawn.com. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "Khalid Anum Biography | Tv.com.pk". www.tv.com.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. Hasan Ansari (30 July 2015), "Khaled Anum wants more from ‘Peera Ho’", The Express Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. Haider Rifaat (1 June 2018), "I want to open an acting academy for street children: Khaled Anam", The Daily Times. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. Buraq Shabbir (4 March 2019), "Has Pakistani television seen a rise over the years?", The News International. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  7. "Twitter: Latif Charlie will be missed" (30 July 2011), Dawn News. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  8. Saeed Khan (1 July 2012), "India’s 1st comedy king", The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  9. "The Anams are here!" (22 June 2014), Dawn News. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  10. Shahzeb Shaikh (20 July 2014), "The Anams: A boy band like no other", Dawn News. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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