Ahsan Talish
Birth nameAhson Agha Ali Abbas
Birth date10 July 1965 (age 61)
Birth placeLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
OccupationActor, director, producer
Years active1985–present
ParentsNasreen Shamsa(mother)
Agha Talish (father)

Aehsun Talish () is a Pakistani television director, producer, and actor. He has worked in many successful television dramas. Ahson has directing a number of hit television serials, such as Deewana (2016), Alif Allah Aur Insaan (2017), Daldal (2017), Tabeer (2018), Suno Chanda (2018), Suno Chanda 2 (2019), and Yeh Dil Mera (2019).[1][2] For directing the comedy series Suno Chanda, he received a nomination for the Lux Style Award for Best Director.[3]

Early life and education

Talish was born on 10 July 1965, in Karachi, Sindh, to Agha Ali Abbas Qizilbash, a character actor popularly known as known as Agha Talish, and Umrao Jaan, a homemaker. He is married to Tasniem Talish, with whom he has a son, actor Raza Talish.[4][5]

Ahson was an aeronautical engineering cadet in PAF College Sargodha. Later leaving the air force he started his career in 1985 as an actor and started as a director after the death of his father, by establishing a production company in his father's name, Agha Talish Productions, in 1998.[6]

Television series

YearTitleDirectorActorProducerLyricistNetwork
1996AahanPTV
1999Number 26
Chandpur Ka Chandoo
2000Lunch
2002Chamak
2003RaakhARY Digital
2004Hum Sub Umeed Se HainGeo TV
Aik ZindagiARY Digital
2005TobhaGeo TV
2006Neeli ChatriARY Digital
Umrao Jan-e-AdaGeo TV
2007Aitraaf
WilcoPTV
DostARY Digital
2008BinaATV
2009Mohabbat Karney WalayHum TV
2009Dil Ko Manana Aaya NahinPTV
2010Koi To BarayeARY Digital
2011Mere Sapno Ki RaniHum TV
2013Phir Se Meri Qismat Likh De
NummGeo TV
2014TakkaburA-Plus TV
Paras
2015Takabur
AilaanHum TV
2016Deewana
Gumrah
Daldal
2017Alif Allah Aur Insaan
2018Tabeer
2018Suno Chanda
Choti Choti Batain (segment)
2019Suno Chanda 2
Yeh Dil Mera
Pyaar Kahani
2020Mushk
2021Sinf-e-AahanARY Digital
Aye Musht-e-KhaakGeo TV
2022Chauraha
2023SukoonARY Digital
2024Bismil[7]
2025Sher[7]
Sharpasand[7]
2026Mirza Ki Heer[7]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryProjectResult
201817th Lux Style Awards[8]Best TV DirectorAlif Allah Aur Insaanrowspan="2"
201918th Lux Style Awards[9]Suno Chanda

References

  1. ^ "Talish Pakistani director and actor". urduwire.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
  2. ^ NewsBytes. "Aehsun Talish responds to criticism on Suno Chanda 2". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  3. ^ "Lux Style Awards 2019: Pakistan’s biggest awards ceremony in Karachi today". www.thenews.com.pk. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  4. ^ Syeda Zehra (18 May 2019), "In conversation with Raza Talish aka Suno Chanda’s Mithoo", Something Haute. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ "‘Suno Chanda’s Raza Talish on his breakthrough role". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  6. ^ "Talish Dramas List". tv.com.pk.
  7. ^ Rehman, Maliha (2026-04-22). "On set and behind the scenes with the cast and crew of Mirza Ki Heer". Dawn News. Retrieved 2026-05-27. Mirza Ki Heer, according to its makers, is a ‘grand romantic drama’, a genre that iDream Entertainment and Aehsun Talish hadn’t explored extensively before, both having focused instead on social commentaries in Sharpasand, the painful family tug-of-war in Bismil and the heightened filminess in Sher.
  8. ^ "https://images.dawn.com/news/1179502" (17)
  9. ^ "https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/495568-who-won-at-the-mega-lux-style-awrds-2019" (18)