Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Fahad Mustafa

Fahad Mustafa has come a long way in the last 10 years… initially he was known as famous character actor Salahuddin Tanio’s son but now, he has his own identity. After the stupendous success of Fahad’s debut flick Na Maloom Afraad, he is riding high on the road to stardom, not that he wasn’t on it before the movie’s release. In fact, as a game show host, an actor par excellence and as a prominent drama producer, Fahad Mustafa had done it all before turning his attention to the silver screen.

We list down ten things you didn’t know about Fahad Mustafa of his life. Take a look!

1. Fahad Mustafa was born on 26th of June which makes his zodiac sign a Cancer. His birth name is Fahad Salahuddin Tunio.

2. Fahad Mustafa was B. Pharmacy student and left in third year and pursue acting career.

3. His father actors Salahuddin Tunio worked as a government officer – he was Deputy Director Anti-Narcotics and later a lecturer – acting was only his hobby.

4. His favorite actresses are Sanam Saeed, Sanam Baloch, Iman Ali & Sania Saeed.

5. Fahad introduced his production company at the young age of 26. He produced the hit drama ‘Kalaq’. The drama aired on PTV and starred Sanam Baloch as the lead actor.

6. Salahuddin Tunio (Fahad Mustafa’s father) & Altaf Sheikh (Sanam Baloch’s father) are close good friend and thats how Fahad introduced Sanam in the showbiz World.

7. Fahad made his acting debut from the TV serial ‘Sheeshay Ka Mahal’. The only reason Fahad liked his role was because he was paid a lot of money (according to him) for every episode he did, Rs. 2000/-. He mentioned he bought a car from the money he made.

8. Sheeshay Ka Mehal’s producer Noor Apa was not interested on casting Fahad Mustafa in this drama. His job in that drama was to nod his head by listen the dialogues of other characters. He did twenty episode of that serial without saying single word. After many episodes Fahad Mustafa got confidence to ask producer for dialogues. She replied Fahad do not need any dialogues as he is doing superbly without speaking dialogues.

9. He never won any award for his acting as he nominated two times for Main Abdul Qadir Hoon, Mastana Mahi, Daagh & Kankar.

10. Atif Hussain’s 'Veena' which takes him to the new heights of fame. In a role of a transgender, the actor impressed all and sundry with his impeccable performance. The rest follows a series of successful plays at his credit including 'Main Abdul Qadir Hoon', 'Kankar', 'Koi Nahin Apna', 'Daagh' and 'Dusri Biwi'