Gohar Rasheed

Gohar Rasheed (; born 2 May 1984) is a Pakistani actor. He is best known for his work in the movie Seedlings, for which he was nominated for best actor in a supporting role at the 2012 New York Film Festival and the 1st ARY Film Awards, and nominated for best actor at the 13th Lux Style Awards. He is also cast in the film, The Legend of Maula Jatt, which released in October 2022. Early life and education Rasheed was born in Lahore, Punjab on 2 May 1984. The famous Islamic scholar Ghulam Ahmed Perwez was his maternal grandfather. Rasheed attended Government College University, Lahore and went on to receive his undergraduate degree with majors in theater, film, television and minors in journalism from Beaconhouse National University. Rasheed began his career in theater, which started his career as a successful actor. Before entering cinema, his parents wanted him to join a family business of stock exchange, but Rasheed chose to graduate in entertainment media from BNU, Lahore, and moved to Karachi to pursue studies in media production. He subsequently got a job as a line producer at Hum TV, but he quit after three years there to do theater. Career Acting Rasheed made his theater debut in Bombay Dreams directed and produced by well known theater personality Shah Sharabeel in 2008, where he played an Indian character of Vikram. He then got his first major role in theater version of musical play Moulin Rouge, where he played the role of The Duke of Monroth, his performance in this play received an overwhelming response. He then acted in a 2013 political play by Anwar Maqsood and Dawar Mehmood The Sawa 14 August as a General Zia-ul-Haq. He plays Iftekhar in comical play Half Plate by Anwar and Dawar in 2014.