Background
He is the son of veteran actor Irfan Khoosat.
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Sarmad Khoosat
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He rose to prominence during the mid 1990s when he created the sitcom Shashlick, which ran for over three years on PTV. Khoosat"s first television drama as a director was Piya Naam Ka Diya in 2007 in which he acted opposite filmstar Saima Syed Noor, and Irum Akhtar, Saima"s performance was well received. Khoosat"s drama, Kalmoohi, directed, written by himself and acted by Sania Saeed, Sohail Sameer, Shamil Khan, Nasreen Qureshi, Irfan Khoosat and others began airing on PTV channel in early 2010, also got good reviews. In 2011, he gained significant prominence and acclaim with the drama Pani Jaisa Piyar that aired on Hum television and also got the best director award for it on LUX Style Awards.
He got visible prominence by directing "Jal Parliament" which was aired on GEO television starring Numan Ejaz and new talent Neelam Munir.
He went on to direct Humsafar for Hum television, which became an overnight success, receiving positive reviews from Pakistani and International critics, soon after which came "Shehr-e-Zaat" got hugely popular in women of Pakistan. Both the serials were repeated on Hum television for more than one time due to their popularity.
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He also wrote the script for Saqib Malik"s production Ajnabee Shehr Mein. He has directed episodes for the drama series Faseele Jaan Se Aagay.
Drama serial Ashk. Recently he has completed shooting a new project "Main Manto", its a big project with a huge ensemble cast, it will be released as a film and later on as a drama serial under banner of Geo Entertainment, on the same channel.
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat directed the re-make of the old super hit Pakistani film, Aina(1977), as a tele film. He conducted a workshop at the Lahore University of Management Sciences"s annual amateur film festival in June 2011
Academically, he did his Graduation from Government College University and did Masters in Psychology and also owned a gold medal in lieutenant Dhokay Baaz - Hum television
Membership
He was also a very active member of Doctor of Science(Debating Society) of GCU.
