With a
Hollywood movie under his belt, Adnan is one of the most bankable actors of
the television industry, today.

His journey started with his first play ‘Aroosa’ opposite Mishi Khan,
which became hugely popular, resulting in him getting many offers, including
roles in movies. Among them was a Sajjad Gul banner, ’Siyasat, Rishwat aur
Mehangai’, a very ambitious project, with the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Sahib giving music for a film for the first time in his career, and Madam
Noor Jehan and Mohammed Ali Sahib making a comeback into films. It was to be
directed by Nazar-ul-Islam and the screenplay was to be written by Asghar
Nadeem Syed, who was riding high on the popularity of ‘Chand Grehan’.

As an actor just starting out, it was an excellent opportunity to launch
himself in a big way, but Adnan had reservations about the project from the
very beginning.

At the time, Adnan was working at Lintas Advertising and was confused as
to what he wanted to do with his life: whether acting was his true calling
or the world of advertising. He also had issues with changing his name, as
he was asked to go by the name of Shehryar, the name of the character he
played in ‘Aroosa’. After giving the opening shot, Adnan ran away from the
set, earning the nickname ’Bhagora’ in Lollywood. Even now whenever he
visits the Lahore film industry, everyone says, “Yeh bhagora aa gya.” The
film was then canned and later produced under another name and with another
director and writer.

Courtesy: Humsay magazine Aug
2009