Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

Acting

Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

Born

1979-05-07 (47)

Place of birth

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

He graduated from Government College University (Lahore) and earned a master's degree in Psychology and a gold medal. He also was a member of the Debating Society of GCU. He rose to prominence during the late 1990s, when he created the sitcom Shashlik which ran for over three years on PTV, while his first television drama as a director was Piya Naam Ka Diya in 2007, in which he acted opposite filmstar Saima Noor and Irum Akhtar. Sarmad then served as executive director for a soap serial named Mujhe Apna Naam-o-Nishan Milay, directed by his sister Kanwal Khoosat. Khoosat's TV drama, Kalmoohi that he wrote and directed, also got good reviews. In 2011, he gained significant prominence and accl…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Lux Style Awards poster
10.0

The Lux Style Awards is the largest award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry in Pakistan.

Lux Style Awards

2002

Rewind with Samina Peerzada poster
10.0

Each episode features a Pakistani celebrity interviewed by Peerzada about their journeys, struggles, challenges and success.

Rewind with Samina Peerzada

2017

Humsafar poster
7.9

Ashar and Khirad are forced to get married due to desperate circumstances. Sara is Ashar's childhood friend and believed she would marry Ashar. Khirad is caught within this love-triangle with other internal and external forces at play.

Humsafar

2011

Baaghi poster
8.0

Young girl's dream of becoming super star turns into a nightmare as she faces unavoidable dark conspiracy.

Baaghi

2017

The After Moon Show poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The After Moon Show

2018

Nadia Khan Show poster
10.0

This show features interviews with celebrities, subject matter experts and members of the public.

Nadia Khan Show

2006

Pardes poster
NR

Pardes‘ is the story of Ahsan and Zubeda’s sufferings. Zubeda has to go through intense trauma when her husband Ahsan goes abroad for a job. She battles with the agonies inflicted by the ones closest to her and has to take care of her children as well.

Pardes

2021

Dil Kiya Karay poster
10.0

Armaan and Saadi are inseparable best friends who love each other to death like brothers. Aiman comes from America and Armaan falls in love with her. However Saadi begins to like Aiman as well and Aiman begins to like Saadi as well, causing Armaan to corner his feelings for her and this causes him to dislike his own mother who has been against Aiman and has been very cunning, which was coming in front of his eyes finally.

Dil Kiya Karay

2019

Baarwan Khiladi poster
NR

A story about a small-town boy, Akbar, who loves cricket and has dream's to play on a national level all his life. His passion leads to his selection in the country’s biggest cricket national league, Lahore Cricket League; upon his journey, he gets to experience it all – the fight against the unjust system, dirty politics, and bias in the industry.

Baarwan Khiladi

2022

Gunah poster
8.0

A mother and her son's tutor mysteriously disappear, making the community silent with shame and fear. The family remains quiet, leaving everyone wondering where they went. Police investigation reveals a tale of madness and wickedness.

Gunah

2023

Behind the camera

Joyland poster
7.4

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

Joyland

2022

Manto poster
9.3

The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices challenged by censors.

Manto

2015

Kamli poster
6.9

A young married woman, who lives with her blind sister-in-law, has been waiting eight years for her husband to return home. One day she is about to drown in the nearby pond when a mysterious wanderer named Amaltas rescues her, unexpectedly changing her life and putting her in a dilemma between her husband and her savior. Will she be able to restrain the force of desire or will she give in to temptation?

Kamli

2022

Lali poster
7.8

Bound by love and haunted by fate, Zeba and Sajawal spiral through feelings of desire, superstition and fear in Lali, a darkly comic tale where the living share a restless world with the ghosts.

Lali

2026

Lali poster
7.8

Bound by love and haunted by fate, Zeba and Sajawal spiral through feelings of desire, superstition and fear in Lali, a darkly comic tale where the living share a restless world with the ghosts.

Lali

2026

Roshan Raahein poster
NR

Roshan Raahein is a story of a girl who inspires a community to realize their strength – a proof of when everyone works together; they overcome the darkness with their light.

Roshan Raahein

2024

Ek Thi Marium poster
8.4

Marium Mukhtar (Sanam Baloch) achieves her dream of becoming a fighter pilot and becomes the first female flying officer of Pakistan to embrace martyrdom.

Ek Thi Marium

2016

Circus of Life poster
7.9

A devout Muslim who writes, composes, and even records hymns praising the Prophet, Muhammad Rahat Khawaja is a respected elderly man who works in real estate and takes care of his bedridden wife. One day, he attends the wedding of a friend's son, where he inadvertently shows off a dance in front of his friends and family. His dance gets recorded and then uploaded to all social media platforms, which then also gets broadcasted on television. And chaos begins to ensue in his quiet life. Other than his wife, no one else in the world understands Rahat's circumstances. His daughters and neighbors criticize him, his friends turn their backs on him

Circus of Life

2020

Circus of Life poster
7.9

A devout Muslim who writes, composes, and even records hymns praising the Prophet, Muhammad Rahat Khawaja is a respected elderly man who works in real estate and takes care of his bedridden wife. One day, he attends the wedding of a friend's son, where he inadvertently shows off a dance in front of his friends and family. His dance gets recorded and then uploaded to all social media platforms, which then also gets broadcasted on television. And chaos begins to ensue in his quiet life. Other than his wife, no one else in the world understands Rahat's circumstances. His daughters and neighbors criticize him, his friends turn their backs on him

Circus of Life

2020

Dealing in Desire poster
NR

Dealing in Desire is a short, experimental film by Sarmad Khoosat and Saba Karim Khan, which explores the power dynamics between men and women, the emotional toll of exploitation and the reclaiming of agency in situations where we assume there is none. It is based on the poem “Dealing in Desire” by Saba Karim Khan and inspired by Manto’s short story, Hatak or The Insult.

Dealing in Desire

2025

Dealing in Desire poster
NR

Dealing in Desire is a short, experimental film by Sarmad Khoosat and Saba Karim Khan, which explores the power dynamics between men and women, the emotional toll of exploitation and the reclaiming of agency in situations where we assume there is none. It is based on the poem “Dealing in Desire” by Saba Karim Khan and inspired by Manto’s short story, Hatak or The Insult.

Dealing in Desire

2025