Shaan is fiercely patriotic and values being Pakistani more than everything else.
Status: Married to Amina Shaan
Born: Lahore, Pakistan
Birthday: April 27th, 1971
Who is he?
This resident hunk of the Pakistani showbiz industry barely needs an introduction. Shaan kicked off his acting career in the early nineties and has since continued casting a spell on us, particularly as the romantic musician of the critically acclaimed Khuda Ke Liye. Now, five years on, Shaan is once again out to set the silver-screens on fire with his upcoming film Waar. Mind you, this is not all Shaan is about... he is also an active director, writer, painter and philanthropist! As if his acting prowess isn’t enough to make us go gaga!
Why we love him
His alpha male looks, broody persona and twinkling eyes make him our desi version of Christian Bale and we just can’t get past that smouldering gaze that keeps us glued to our television sets. But Shaan happens to be a humble, true-at-heart, family man! Is there anything that this charmer cannot do?
Despite his dreamy face on billboards across the nation and numerous awards and titles like ‘Pakistan’s biggest superstar’ under his belt, Shaan remains true to himself. He is fiercely patriotic and values being Pakistani more than everything else, so much so that he turned down Aamir Khan’s offer to play the villain in Ghajini; he was afraid the character may lead to misrepresentations of Pakistan in the world media. Let’s just say we can’t stop dreaming of his charm!
What you didn’t know about him
Shaan once dreamt of becoming a lawyer as he felt he had a knack for convincing people and he surely has us convinced of his outstanding talent and uber-classy persona!
The actor’s debut role was alongside Reema Khan in 1990’s Bulandi at the tender age of 17!
Perhaps the most loveable of his many endorsements is his work as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF’s ‘One Pack=One Vaccine’ project to eliminate tetanus from Pakistan! Swooning yet? We most definitely are!
Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, May 12th, 2013.
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@Awan:
Bro, you have totally misinterpreted my comments, I am pure Punjabi Rajoot, how can I insult my native language? Infect I was commenting about Punjabi Movies particularly coming out in recent past. If you haven’t watched any of the following you may have came across promos, teaser and banners for many of them like Veshi Rajpoot, Ishtehari Gujjar, Badmash Puttar, Gujjar 302, Araen Da Kharak, Dada Badmash, Raju Rocket, Wehshi Jatt, Foja Amritsaria, Ziddi Rajput, Wehshi Haseena, Jatt da wair, Kalu Shahpuria, Ghundi Runn and many more. Why our movie makers projecting the negative side of Punjabi culture? Have you ever witnessed the vulgarism being promoted in these movies in real life? Can you imagine watching these movies along with your family specifically kids? There is nothing horrible about Punjabi language & culture but the way it is being projected.
hottieeee
@ Awan I dont know wats wrong wit Pakistani ppl , Punjabi is one of the most beautiful,dashing nd macho languages in Subcontinent. I luv Punjabi even more tan my mother tongue. In fact in India Punjabi is considered cool nd its popularity is sky rocketing thanks to bollywood.
In fact accordng to most Indians includng me Urdu is very beautiful language but its bit girly doesnt hav tat manly feelng nd confidence of Punjabi language. Any-day Punjabi Rocks Praji.
i grew up from age 9 to 25 watching him to be hottie...
@Awan: PUNJABI is the best language Pra ji
so, after reading THIS, it would be safe to say....Pakistan has run out of hotties!
@Najeebullah: Yeah Other than Imran Khan all others are nothing and ugly in Pakistan!!!!. Shaan has rendered many Contributions to Pakistani cinema and kindly stop this condescending attitude.
Waste of huge talent! Its horrible to see him in punjabi movies!
Joke of the week :)