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Celebrities / Actress

Durefishan Saleem

درفشاں سلیم

Actress

Durefishan Saleem is a Pakistani actress who debuted in a supporting role in Dil Ruba (2020) and led Bhaaras the same year. A wider audience found her in the tragic romance Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi (2022) and the lighter Ishq Murshid (2023–24) opposite Bilal Abbas Khan. In 2026 she is on ARY Digital in Umera Ahmed’s Dar-e-Nijaat, playing Zaryab.

She debuted with a supporting part in Dil Ruba (2020) and a lead in Bhaaras the same year. Her father, Saleem-ul-Hassan, worked as a PTV director and producer. She studied for an LLB. Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi (2022), as Mehak opposite Danish Taimoor, made her widely known.

Ishq Murshid (8 October 2023 to 5 May 2024) cast her as Shibra Suleman opposite Bilal Abbas Khan’s Shahmeer and Fazal Bakhsh. That is the comic lead. In 2026 she plays Zaryab in Umera Ahmed’s Dar-e-Nijaat on ARY. The two pictures on this page were supplied for ShowBuzz. They are not a Creative Commons file.

Durefishan Saleem was born in Lahore. Her father, Saleem-ul-Hassan, worked as a PTV director and producer. She studied for an LLB. Dil Ruba (2020) was a supporting debut. Bhaaras, the same year, was the first lead. Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi (2022), opposite Danish Taimoor, made her widely known. Ishq Murshid (2023–24), opposite Bilal Abbas Khan, made her a comic lead. In 2026 she plays Zaryab in Umera Ahmed’s Dar-e-Nijaat on ARY.

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Awards and honours

  • A Hum Award is attached to her name in short biographies. This page does not invent the category.

Films, dramas and shows

YearTitleRoleNote
2020Dil RubaSupportingHUM. The debut.
2020BhaarasLeadFirst lead.
2022Kaisi Teri KhudgarziMehakARY. Danish Taimoor.
2023Ishq MurshidShibra SulemanHUM. Bilal Abbas Khan as Shahmeer and Fazal Bakhsh. Farooq Rind. Ended 5 May 2024.
2026Dar-e-NijaatZaryabARY. Umera Ahmed.

Known for

Ishq Murshid · Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi · Dar-e-Nijaat

Now and next

Work on ShowBuzz

  • Dar-e-Nijaat

    Drama · ARY Digital · 2026. Dar-e-Nijaat is Umera Ahmed’s Friday–Saturday ARY serial. Durefishan Saleem plays Zaryab, with Nameer Khan and Sheheryar Munawar. A director credit was not in the October listing ShowBuzz locked, so it is not invented here.

  • Ishq Murshid

    Drama · HUM TV · 2023. Shibra Suleman is a middle-class student who will not be impressed by money. Shahmeer Sikandar is the son of a political house who meets her as Fazal Bakhsh, an ordinary man. The romance is a comedy about that disguise, and about a family that does politics for a living. It was a ratings hit. Critics were mixed.

  • Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi

    Drama · ARY Digital · 2022. The tragic romance that made Durefishan Saleem widely known, opposite Danish Taimoor. It aired on ARY Digital in 2022. ShowBuzz is not attaching a writer or director on this page unless a single channel credit is in front of us; several fan pages disagree, and a wrong credit is worse than a blank one.