He hosted a quiz show Hayya Allal Falah, during Ramadan.[4] Ahsan Khan is also1 hosting 2020's Ramadan transmission which is airing on PTV Home named Ramazan Pakistan.
Early life
He was born in London on 9 October 1981, into a family of five siblings; an elder brother, two elder sisters and a twin brother, who is an author and poet (Yasir Khan) from London. He is the only one to have gone into acting, and when his family moved back to Lahore, he earned a master's degree in English literature at Government College University. According to Khan, his father is half-Pashtun and his mother is Punjabi.[5]
Career
Khan began acting at age of 17 when he appeared in the 1998 film Nikah and in the same year appeared in Hans Ki Chaal for PTV. Ahsan later appeared in the films Ghar Kab Aao Gay (2000) and Billi. He then shifted to television appearing in many television dramas throughout the 2000s and 2010s. These dramas include blockbusters like Din Dhallay on PTV and Dastaan on Hum TV. He also appeared in many hit serials with his frequent co-star, Saba Qamar such as Tera Pyaar Nahi Bhole, Na Kaho Tum Mere Nahi. He also appeared in Mere Qatil Mere Dildar and Kabhi Kabhi with Mehwiah Hayat which were hit serials. He played a rich and handsome businessman in Mausam opposite Hareem Farooq and Yumna Zaidi. He also starred in hit serial Marasim opposite Urwa Hocane and Sonya Hussyn. He also appeared in many serials with Sajal Aly including Gohar e Nayab. He appeared in Kaise Huye Benaam with Neelam Munir for the first time of many serials. He hosted a quiz show, Hayya Allal Falah on Hum TV in 2011, during Ramadan.[6][2] He received acclaim for his role in the 2016 drama Udaari.[7]
Since 2016, he has also turned to production,[8] with the socially relevant series Dukh Sukh, being "tired of the same old 'saas bahu' dramas",[9] and as of 2018, has produced more than twenty works for television.[10]
In 2017, he starred in the romantic-comedy film Chupan Chupai opposite Neelam Muneer. The film was a commercial success.[11] His performance in the film earned him a nomination for Lux Style Award for Best Film Actor.[12]
Khan was appointed as a CLF Goodwill Ambassador by the Children's Literature Festival on 30 July 2019.[13]
In 2019, he played a pivotal role in the acclaimed television series Alif.[14][15] That same year, he played the eponymous character in comedy series Shahrukh Ki Saliyan, opposite Ramsha Khan.[16][17]
In 2021, he appeared in a different type of a role in Qayamat opposite Neelam Munir and also appeared in Qissa Meherbano Ka, opposite Mawra Hussyn and played a grey shaded character.
In 2022, he played the lead role in Meray Humnasheen, opposite Hiba Bukhari and also played the role of a fraudster in Fraud, opposite Saba Qamar for the first time since 11 years though they appeared in Zee-5 short film Momal Rano in 2017. Mikaal Zulfiqar also played a supporting role in the drama Fraud.
In 2022, he appeared as Kabir in Yasir Nawaz directed murder mystery Chakkar, opposite Neelam Munir. The film received positive reviews from critics but failed to do well at box office due to different topic and competition from other movies.
He also appeared as Danish in the film Rehbra, opposite Ayesha Omar which also couldn't do well at the box office due to less promotion.
In 2023, he played the lead role of Umar in a short series named Hum Dono for Express entertainment opposite Hira Mani.
The same year, he is also playing the lead role of Aatir in Geo entertainment's, Mujhe Qabool Nahin opposite Madiha Imam and Sami Khan. Sami Khan portrays the negative role here.
He is also going to play the lead role in ARY Digital's upcoming highly anticipated drama serial titled Sukoon opposite Sana Javed for the first time. This will be directed by Seeraj ul Haq.
In 2023, in an Eid show he revealed that he has signed his next film and he will start shooting for it in August though not much is revealed about it yet.
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