Waseem Abbas was born in Lahore, Punjab on 9 September 1960.[2]
He is the son of singer, actor and director Inayat Hussain Bhatti. His paternal uncle Kaifee (full name Kifayat Hussain Bhatti) was also an actor and director.
He has three sisters and an elder brother, Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, who worked as an actor before switching to film production and distribution.[3]
He has four children from his first marriage. He divorced his wife and married actress Saba Hameed in 1993. His son from his marriage with Saba Hameed, Ali Abbas, is also an actor.[4]
Through one of his sisters, his nephew is actor and singer Aagha Ali.[5]
Career
His father, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, was against his decision to join the entertainment industry, and when he tried his luck on radio he was rejected. He then became an assistant director for a stage play, where he would also act, before getting his TV break on the PTV drama Ek Haqeeqat Ek Fasana in 1978.[6]
^"Death anniversary of Inayat Hussain Bhatti observed". Business Recorder. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2023. Bhatti's progeny includes two sons and three daughters. His elder son Nadeem abbas Bhatti a film producer, played a lead role in the movie Ishq roug (1991) but then shifted his focus to film distribution. His youngest son Waseem Abbas Bhatti is a well-known film, TV and stage artist.
