Khaled Anam

Khaled Anam is a singer, actor, songwriter, theatrical producer, and performer. For several years he hosted and produced a radio show based on Urdu literature and old songs on FM107. With a Master’s from Karachi University, Anam has done various theatrical training courses with Grips Theatre in Berlin, Germany. As part of a core team responsible for translating and adapting over 100 episodes of Open Sesame of Children’s Television Workshop into Urdu—he was solely responsible for translating and re-recording the songs of all episodes. A founding member of Grips Theatre, Pakistan, he has performed in children’s and regular theatre all over Pakistan, India, UAE, and Germany. In recognition of his services to children’s theatre and education, Anam has been conferred the Goethe-Institut Award of Merit. Author of Bachon kay Geet (OUP, 2014), he is also an ambassador for the Children’s Literature Festival. In 2018 he was awarded the President’s Pride of Performance by the Government of Pakistan. Khaled Anam did the Urdu dubbing for the main character of Tomas, for the Glassworker, which is the first-ever animated film to have been selected as Pakistan's submission for the Oscars. (International Feature Film category, 2025 Oscars. Art Malik did the English dubbing).