Faysal Quraishi (Urdu: فیصل قریشی; born on 26 October 1973) is a Pakistani actor, producer, and television host.[3]
He is one of Pakistan's highest-paid actors.[4] He is the recipient of more than 20 nationally recognised awards. He first gained recognition for playing the leading role of Boota in the television series Boota from Toba Tek Singh (1999) and has been a part of more than 200 projects.[5]
He hosted a morning show called Muskurati Morning with Faisal Qureshi from 2010 to 2014 on TV One. From 2016 to 2019, he hosted the morning show Salam Zindagi on ARY Zindagi.[6] He was also the host of a game show called Jeet Ka Dum on Hum TV and is currently hosting another game show, Khush Raho Pakistan, on BOL TV. He became a producer in 2017 with the production house Connect Studios, and owns a film production house named Faysal Quraishi Films.[7]
Early life
Quraishi was born to actress Afshan Qureshi and Abid Quraishi, who had a brief career as an actor.[8]