Sohail Ahmed (Punjabi: سہیل احمد) (born 1 May 1963), also known as Azizi (Urdu: عزیزی), is a Pakistani actor, comedian and director.[2]
He appears in television serials, movies and comedy stage plays principally based in Lahore.[3][4]
Sohail Ahmed is best-known to the wider public for his character of Azizi in the Dunya TV comedy show Hasb-e-Haal, where he has been active since 2009.[5] His character was developed in collaboration with Aftab Iqbal when Hasb-e-Haal started on Dunya News.[6]
His grandfather Faqir Muhammad Faqir (1900–1974) was a philanthropist as well a writer called Baba-e-Punjabi ("father of Punjabi") because he authored more than 40 books in Punjabi, while his father Mian Muhammad Akram was DSPGujranwala.[8] He has three brothers: Javed, a journalist and poet, as well Aurangzeb and Junaid, both teachers.
As a stage actor, Sohail is known for his improvisation skills, preferring to use unplanned dialogues during comedy shows.[3]
Most of the television serials that he has acted in have been on PTV.[4]
In January 2009, Sohail started playing the character Azizi in the show Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News, where he does humorous commentary on current affairs and other topics.[10]
