Adnan Shah Tipu

Acting

Adnan Shah Tipu

Adnan Shah, well known as Adnan Shah Tipu or simply Tipu is a Pakistani actor known for his comic and villainary roles. Adnan Shah started his career in 1999 as a television actor and gained popularity through a sitcom titled "Sab Set Hai" which was aired on Indus Vision in 2001. He has appeared in many television serials in Pakistan such as Makan (2006). Tipu has also acted in 2011 sitcom series Kis Din Mera Viyah Howay Ga. He made his debut as a film actor in 2003 film Khamosh Pani. In 2008, he appeared in drama film Ramchand Pakistani, followed by his Bollywood debut film Kajraare (2010), directed by Pooja Bhatt. Tipu starred in Josh: Independence Through Unity and grabbed the nomination in ARY Film Award for Best Actor. He played a villainary role in Dukhtar (2014) and also starred in the Indian film Welcome to Karachi (2015). In an interview to The Express Tribune, he said regarding the film: “I am impressed by the work, not by the name of an actor. It is true both (Jackky and Arshad) are good actors but even if I end up appearing in the same frame with legendary actors like Marlon Brando, Al Pacino or Dilip Kumar I will not let myself become overawed by their presence but will instead try to do what I do best and give my best performance,”. In 2016, he appeared in Ashir Azeem's Maalik which was banned in Pakistan after few days of release.

Acting credits

Gardaab poster
10.0

Trapped in the web of ethnic strife in the brutal underbelly of Karachi, Gardaab is a tale of two lovers' journey, as they struggle to break away from the unending cycle of violence that haunts the metropolis.

Gardaab

2016

Josh: Independence Through Unity poster
7.9

Fatima, a teacher living her elite life in Karachi, shattered, when her nanny Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Fatima travels to investigate her disappearance and finds a dangerous truth about Nusrat and her village.

Josh: Independence Through Unity

2013

Waswasa poster
NR

A weary traveler, Tariq, visits an old sage in an old house, seeking justice for past wrongs. He gains everything he bargained for - and more.

Waswasa

2025

No artwork available
NR

A daring warrior defeats a merciless tyrant to protect a runaway girl.

Seylum

2026

Chhalawa poster
10.0

Chhalawa revolves around love, relationships and family.

Chhalawa

2019

Dum Mastam poster
NR

Dum Mastam follows the course of romance between childhood sweethearts Aliya and Bao. Heady with love and dreams of a happily-ever-after, the young couple also holds onto their individual dreams of a flourishing career in the music industry.

Dum Mastam

2022

Ghost School poster
NR

Rabia, a ten-year-old Pakistani girl sets out to find why her only school in the village is closed. This fable is a ghost story with a tinge of magical-realism that explores corruption from a child's perspective.

Ghost School

2026

Laal poster
8.0

Story of a boy named Behram who followed his dreams despite his father's disapproval but he wasn't prepared for what was about to come next.

Laal

2019

Riyasat Mein Riyasat poster
10.0

Munawar Saeed (Abba) is the Godfather to four young men. The five men are living in a low income apartment, sharing comical jokes in the middle of the night. Their intellect is shown through their dialogue but they seem as though they are typical proletarians in their physical appearance. In the midst of the story, violence has erupted in the city and heavy firing has started right outside on their street.

Riyasat Mein Riyasat

2016

No artwork available
1.0

Chaudhry – The Martyr is an upcoming biopic action film. The film features Tariq Islam, Shamoon Abbasi, Arbaaz Khan, and Zara Abid in lead roles. Chaudhry - The Martyr is directed by Azeem Sajjad.

Chaudhry

2022

Jackpot poster
8.0

It revolves around a winning lottery ticket of Rs100 crores in Jojo's lost coat which everyone is searching for.

Jackpot

2018

In Flames poster
5.9

After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.

In Flames

2023

Super Punjabi poster
NR

Angry accountant tries to rob his boss with his criminal friend he just met.

Super Punjabi

2023

Silent Waters poster
6.7

Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men are soon gripped by a religious fervour, and they attempt to bring radical Islamic law to their friends and neighbours. After a group of Sikh pilgrims arrive in town, tensions reach boiling point as Ayesha's haunted past comes rushing back.

Silent Waters

2003

Azadi Mubarak! poster
NR

On the eve of Independence Day, Zainab learns that she has to find a lawyer for a case that has been going on about her family’s ancestral land which had been unlawfully seized by a powerful political tycoon — thrusting her into a fight against a corrupt system that mirrors the very freedom being celebrated.

Azadi Mubarak!

Mera Lyari poster
NR

A story resilience, identity and the courage to rise, even when the odds are stacked against you.

Mera Lyari

2026

Welcome 2 Karachi poster
4.1

On a drunk night, Shammi suggests that he and Kedar leave for America on a cruise, even though they laugh it off in that instance, in a freak accident by the sea, Kedar and Shammi who are supposed to manage a wedding baraat on a cruise, leave without the baraatis only to lose their direction and land up in Karachi, Pakistan.

Welcome 2 Karachi

2015

Talash poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Talash

2019

Dilli Walay Dularay Babu poster
NR

When a sassy woman (Sabreen Hisbani) and an innocent man (Shahood Alvi) get married.

Dilli Walay Dularay Babu

2013

Kajraare poster
2.6

Kajraare is a Bollywood film, released on October 15, 2010. The film is directed by Pooja Bhatt and stars Himesh Reshammiya and Mona Laizza. Himesh plays a singer who falls in love with a bar dancer and the film centralizes on how they find true love. It is the first Hindi film to be shot in Petra, "the eighth wonder of the world

Kajraare

2010

Dukhtar poster
6.7

In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.

Dukhtar

2014

Punjab Nahi Jaungi poster
6.9

A man vows to win the heart of the woman he loves.

Punjab Nahi Jaungi

2017

No artwork available
NR

A film about a south asian Transwomen, who is in love with a street guy and encounters his philosophical cynical roommate.

The masterbasin

Zeher-e-Ishq poster
10.0

A whirling durvesha from turkey fall in love with a Jogi in Pakistan, but some people don't want her to love him.They run from that place and getting end up crossing a desert with a lot of difficulties and dramatic end.

Zeher-e-Ishq

2016