Adnan Kandhar

Adnan Kandhar (born 5 February 1986) is a Pakistani photographer, cinematographer and music video director. He is best known for his music videos "Main Sufi Hun" (2013)^[1] for which he earned a nomination of Best Music Video Director at 13th Lux Style Awards^[2] and Won Best Music Video at 2nd Hum Awards.^[3] Kandhar got his second nomination at 3rd Hum Awards for "Shikva" (2014) in the same category.^[4] In 2015, Adnan won his first Best Music Video Director award at 14th Lux Style Awards.

Adnan Kandhar
Born	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 39) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Occupation(s)	Film director, film editor, photographer, film producer and CEO

Early life and education

Kandhar was born in Jamshoro Hyderabad, Sindh. He received his early education in Hyderabad, Sindh and went on to receive his degree in arts from National College of Arts (NCA) Lahore, Punjab.

Filmography

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist/Band	Role
2010	Suspension of Disbelief*	N/A	Director
2011	Love Story	Project X Pyre	Director
2013	Main Sufi Hun	Sketches	Director
2013	Shikva	Faakhir	Director
2014	Dil Mian chumkey	josh band	Director
2014	Tery Bin	kaarma nation band	Director
2014	Narrey Narrey	kaarma nation band	Director
2015	Kooch	Nabeel Shaukat Ali	Director
2016	Surr Koi	Moeen Khan	Director
2016	Bulleya	Nabeel Shaukat Ali	Director
2016	Tum Naraz Ho	Daniyal Arshad	Director
2016	Pass Aao	Ahmed Ali	Director
2017	Ruseya Rawe	Nabeel Shaukat Ali	Director
2018	Teriyaan	Asim Azhar & Aima Baig	Director
2018	Vichora - ISPR	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	Director
2018	Sawaal	Nabeel Shaukat Ali	Director
2019	Baba Ji Ki Booti	Bilal Saeed & Rap Demon	Director
2019	Mushkil	Jibran Raheel	Director
2019	Kyun hai Inkaar	Nabeel Shaukat Ali	Director
2019	Inti Aziza	Nabeel Shaukat Ali	Director
2019	Lambiyan Judaiyan	Bilal Saeed (cover) by Sataesh Khan	Director
2020	Tottay Char	Sohail Shahzad	Director
2020	When I was your man - Cover	Ammar Baig	Director
2020	Aj Janey Ki Zid Na Karo - Cover	Ammar Baig	Director
2020	Har Ghari Tayyar Kamran - ISPR	Ali Hamza, Ali Azmat, Ali Noor & Asim Azhar	Director
2021	Tera Deewana	Soch The Band	Director
2021	Kuch to Katygi	Zeb Bangash & Saad Sultan	Director
2021	Sheesha	Sohail Shahzad	Director

OST

Year	TV Show	Role	Studio
2015	Morning with Farah OST	Director	Kandhar Films
2016	Ek Nayee Subha With Farah OST	Director	Kandhar Films
2015	Mohabbat Hai Ramzan - OST	Director	Kandhar Films

Music Shows

Year	Client	Season	Role	Studio
2012	Nescafe Basement	Season 1	Cinematographer	Kandhar Films
2014	Coke Studio	Season 7	Behind the scene - DOP	Kandhar Films
2020	In the box	Season 1	Editing	Kandhar Films

TV Commercial

Year	Title	Role	Studio
2021	H&S Hotel	Director	Kandhar Films
2021	Etihad town	Director	Kandhar Films
2021	Huawei - Taxi Driver	Director	Kandhar Films
2021	Huawei - Construction Worker	Director	Kandhar Films
2021	18th Gulberg by H&S	Director	Kandhar Films
2021	Institute of Art & Culture (IAC)	Director	Kandhar Films
2021	Etihad Town Union Developers	Director	Kandhar Films

Documentary

Year	Title	Role
2011	Sheedi Badshah	Director, DOP
2008	Chandu Aur Tiger	Director

Awards and nominations

TV Commercials

Year	Award	Category	work	Result
2010	SZABIST Film Awards	Best Experimental film		Won
2013	Lux Style Awards	Best Music Video Director	"Main Sufi Hun"	Nominated
	Hum Awards	Best Music Video		Won
2014			"Shikva"	Nominated
2014	Lux Style Awards	Best Music Video Director	"Dil Main Chumke"	Won
2015	Hum Awards	Best Music Video	"Kooch"	Won