Navid Shahzad (née Rahman) is a Pakistani actress, writer and educationist. She started her career as an actor in the 1970s and has appeared in a number of television series since then. Navid was a popular and successful actress of the 1970s. She made her film debut with a supporting role in Nadeem Baig's Punjab Nahi Jaungi. She became an author when her first book, Aslan's Roar, was published in 2019. Shahzad is the recipient of the president's Pride of Performance, the highest literary award of Pakistan.
Early life Shahzad was born and raised in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Her father S. A. Rahman was a judge at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and later served as the 5th chief justice of Pakistan.
She completed her studies from Government College, Lahore. Navid was the only daughter and youngest among her three brothers including Shahid Rahman a lawyer, Asad Rahman a human rights activist and Rashed Rahman a writer for Dawn Newspaper. Navid's mother was a philanthropist who ran Mayo Hospital's famous convalescent home, which was established in 1948, along with Begum Shahabuddin.
Career Acting career Shahzad began her career with Shoaib Hashmi's political satire Such Gup, which ran for three years on PTV. Following the success of the series, she appeared in Hashmi's next show Taal Matol, which had same format as of his previous satire. She played a manipulative feudal matriarch in Nusrat Thakur's Ghulam Gardish, which ran on PTV in 1999.
In 2016, she also appeared in Sabiha Sumar's Chotay Shah, which was made to aimed at Zeal Film Unity Festival. In 2017, she made her feature film debut with Nadeem Baig's Punjab Nahi Jaungi. In 2021, she appeared as a selfish head of a brothel in Kashif Nisar's directorial Dil Na Umeed To Nahi.
Bibliography Shahzad became an author and writer with her novel Aslan's Roar, which was published in August 2019. The fictional novel deals with the Turkish culture and Muslim heroes.
As an educationist Shahzad served as the dean of house of liberal in Beaconhouse National University, where she set up the first theater, film and television department of the country. She is currently serving as the academic advisior of Lahore Grammar School.
Personal life She married Shahzad Humayun during her study at Government College, Lahore. Humayun died few years after their marriage, leaving three children behind. One of Shahzad's son Farhad Humayun was a musician, who died in 2021.
Filmography Television series YearTitleRoleNotes1973 Such GupVarious PTV1974 Flora Aur Farida Flora PTV1975 Taal Matol Various PTV1983 Dour-e-Junoon Zainab PTV1999 Ghulam Gardish Nudrat Bano PTV2006 Chashman Mah Gul PTV2016 Mazaaq Raat Herself Dunya News2018 Pukaar Laali Maa ARY Digital2021 Dil Na Umeed To Nahi Suraiya Anjum "Aunty" A-Plus
Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2013 65 Nurse short-film 2016 Chotay Shah Lady Sultan Hussain Shah short-film 2017 Punjab Nahi Jaungi Bebo Ji "Nikatara" film debut 2025 Neelofar Dadi TBA filming; directed by Haseeb Hassan
Awards and honours Year Award Category Result Title Ref. 1984 4th PTV Awards Best Actress Daur-e-Junoon 2004 Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan Arts
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