Shoaib Mansoor (; born 4 February 1951 in Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician. he first found success for composing and writing the song Dil Dil Pakistan in 1987, thereby introducing Vital Signs musical band in mainstream Pakistani television. He was also well-recognised for directing many critically acclaimed hit drama series on Pakistani television. and Bol (2011). Mansoor won much acclaim for his work including the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award from the President of Pakistan in 2008. He has directed, written and produced super hit TV shows such as Ankahi, Fifty Fifty, Alpha Bravo Charlie, Sunehrey Din and Gulls & Guys, which aired on Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).
Shoaib Mansoor has also been a successful songwriter and music composer. Back in the 1980s, he introduced the pop sensation Vital Signs to the mainstream media. Besides being Junaid Jamshed's mentor and writing the lyrics for the song Dil Dil Pakistan, he was the backbone for the band's songs and composed and produced most of the Vital Signs' albums. Between 2001 and 2003, he directed the Ishq Mohabbat Apna Pan music video picturised on Iman Ali and Rasheed Naz. He wrote and composed a number of Vital Signs' hit numbers such as Aitebar. In addition, he directed all of Vital Signs' videos and also produced a music video compilation and a movie titled Geetar '93.
Shoaib Mansoor's fourth film Verna starring Mahira Khan as the main female lead was released by Hum Films on 17 November 2017.
Filmography
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| 2007 || Khuda Kay Liye He has also been awarded PTV Lifetime Achievement Award by the then-President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf on the 43rd anniversary of Pakistan Television in November 2007. In 2007, he received the Silver Pyramid Award from the Cairo International Film Festival for Khuda Ke Liye. His film Bol (2011) was awarded the Best Film award in IRDS Film awards 2011 by Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS), a Lucknow-based civil society organisation, for raising many social issues including the regressive attitude of a male-dominated society. He has also won Lux Style Award, Roberto Rossellini Award, London Asian Film Festival and was nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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| 2005 || The 1st Indus Drama Awards || Special Award for Direction || Fifty Fifty||
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| 2007 || Cairo International Film Festival || Silver Pyramid Award || Khuda Kay Liye||
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| 2007 || PTV Award || Achievement || ||
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| 2011 || IRDS Film Awards