ACTOR

Ali Zafar

1980 - Today

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Ali Zafar (Urdu: علی ظفر; born 18 May 1980) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, model, producer, screenwriter and painter. He started out on Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician, later also established a career in Bollywood and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Hindi films. He has received five Lux Style Awards and a Filmfare Award nomination.Zafar started his career as a music composer and gained popularity with his single "Channo" from his debut album Huqa Pani, which sold over five million copies worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Zafar has received more than 2,986,210 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ali Zafar is the 12,944th most popular actor (down from 11,529th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 166th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Pakistani Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ali Zafars by language

Over the past year Ali Zafar has had the most page views in the with 255,016 views, followed by Persian (2,952), and Hindi (2,673). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Santali (840.63%), Swahili (85.59%), and Maithili (56.11%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ali Zafar ranks 12,944 out of 13,578. Before him are Ananya Panday, Chris Massoglia, Mrunal Thakur, Montana Jordan, Paris Berelc, and Trevor Stines. After him are Deepti Bhatnagar, Brandon Jones, Shannon Purser, Michael Cimino, Kara Hayward, and Madeleine Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Ali Zafar ranks 1,200. Before him are Asjha Jones, Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Luís Fernando Martinez, Priscah Jepleting Cherono, Brooke Bennett, and Hideo Ōshima. After him are Keisuke Mori, Tommi Evilä, Aleen Bailey, Mitsuru Chiyotanda, Arlen Escarpeta, and Jordan Galland.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Ali Zafar ranks 200 out of 217. Before him are Babar Azam (1994), Sabatina James (1982), Waqar Younis (1971), Shoaib Malik (1982), Amjad Sabri (1970), and Imran Tahir (1979). After him are Muniba Mazari (1987), Misbah-ul-Haq (1974), Veena Malik (1984), Imran Abbas (1977), Arfa Karim (1995), and Younis Khan (1975).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Ali Zafar ranks 35. Before him are Googie Withers (1917), Iman Vellani (2002), Qandeel Baloch (1990), Dilshad Vadsaria (1985), Mahira Khan (1984), and Fawad Khan (1981). After him are Veena Malik (1984), Imran Abbas (1977), Meera (1977), Saba Qamar (1984), Mehwish Hayat (1988), and Mawra Hocane (1992).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dear Zindagi
Rumi
An unconventional thinker helps a budding cinematographer gain a new perspective on life.
Nov 23o 20167.059 / 10
Tere Bin Laden
Ali
Ali Hassan (Ali Zafar), a reporter with a downmarket TV channel in Karachi, is keen to go to USA for a better life, but his visa has been refused six times in seven years. In desperation, he gets hold of an Osama Bin Laden look alike and makes a fake Osama tape which he sells to the owner of his channel to raise money for a false identity, a new passport and better luck with US visa. As one can expect, it is far from smooth sailing for him and his friends, as they get into a series of comic situations.
Jul 16o 20106.383 / 10
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Luv Agnihotri
London-based Luv Agnihotri decides to end his bachelorhood and asks his Bollywood film-maker brother, Kush, to find a bride for him - much to the displeasure of his Dehradun-based father. Kush accordingly meets and interviews a variety of women, and finally selects Delhi-based Dimple Dixit, a woman he had known before, to be the perfect match. Dimple and Luv meet on-line, are attracted to each other, and the former travels to India where the two families get the couple formally engaged. It is then Dimple decides that she prefers Kush. Watch as things spiral out of control when she insists that Kush must elope with her.
Sep 9o 20116.1 / 10