Gohar Rasheed

Rasheed was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan on 2 May 1984. The famous Islamic scholar Ghulam Ahmed Perwez was his maternal grandfather. Rasheed attended Government College University, Lahore and went on to receive his undergraduate degree with majors in theater, film, television and minors in journalism from Beaconhouse National University. Rasheed began his career in theater, which started his career as a successful actor. Before entering cinema, his parents wanted him to join a family business of stock exchange, but Rasheed chose to graduate in entertainment media from BNU, Lahore, and moved to Karachi to pursue studies in media production. He subsequently got a job as a line producer at Hum TV, but he quit after three years there to do theater.