Ameer Gilani

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ameer Gilani

• His grandaunt, Musarrat Nazir, was a noted Pakistani singer and actress who was active from the 1950s to the 1980s.

• His paternal grandfather served as the law minister of Pakistan under Benazir Bhutto in 1989 and 1990.

• Ameer Gilani grew up in Islamabad, Pakistan.

  

• In seventh grade, he moved to Canada with his family and lived there for six years. There, he chose a dramatics course in high school.

  

• After completing his school education, Ameer Gilani returned to Pakistan with his family.

• After that, he completed his graduation from a distance education program in Pakistan.

• Ameer Gilani then started working as a model for print advertisements.

  

• In 2020, he portrayed Hasan Fareed, an upper-class university student, in Shahzad Kashmiri’s television show Sabaat. He appeared opposite actress Mawra Hocane. The series aired on Hum TV.

  

• The same year, he was nominated for the Best Emerging Talent in TV award at the 20th Lux Style Awards for his performance in the show Sabaat.

• After that, Ameer Gilani released the song ‘Sabaat,’ named after his television show, on his YouTube channel. The music of the song was produced by Sarmad Ghafoor and the music video was directed by Usman Mukhtar.

  

• In 2021, he was featured in the music video of the song Paighaam, a Defence Day special, by Atif Aslam.

  

• In 2023, Ameer Gilani paired again with Hocane in Shahzad Kashmiri’s Neem.

• In 2024, he appeared as Syed Rohan Khan (SRK) in the television show Very Filmy, which aired on HUM TV.

  

• Ameer Gilani has been featured in many television commercials such as Tenor and 7up.

  

• He is an animal lover and has a pet dog. He often shares pictures of his pet on social media.

  

• Ameer Gilani is a fitness enthusiast and practises boxing regularly. He often shares pictures of his boxing sessions on social media.

  

• He likes travelling to distant places in his free time.

  

• Ameer Gilani met actress Mawra Hocane on the sets of the television show Sabaat in 2020. After that, the couple began dating. On 5 February 2025, Gilani married Hocane at a traditional Muslim wedding in Lahore, Pakistan.