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{{Short description|Pakistani actress and influencer (born 2001)}}
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{{Infobox social media personality
| name = Dananeer Mobeen
| nickname = Pawri girl
| image = Dananeer Mobeen hosting Girls Only.jpg
| image_upright = 0.9
| caption = Mobeen during an interview in 2025
| birth_date = December 2001
| birth_place = [[Peshawar]], Pakistan
| occupation = {{hlist|Influencer|Actress}}
| years_active = 2021–present
| known_for = catchphrase
| instagram_handle = dananeerr
| instagram_display_name =
| instagram_years_active =
| instagram_genre =
| instagram_followers = 6.2 million (3 July 2025)
}}

'''Dananeer Mobeen''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|دنانیر مبین}}}}; born December 2001) is a Pakistani actress and [[social media influencer|influencer]]. She first gained popularity in 2021, after became associated with a catchphrase stemming in one of her [[viral video]] on [[Instagram]] which developed into an [[internet meme]]. The same year she made her acting debut with a supporting role in the [[Inter-Services Public Relations|ISPR]] based ''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]'' which earned her the [[22nd Lux Style Awards|Lux Style Award for New Emerging Talent]]. She has since starred in the romantic dramas ''[[Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri]]'' (2023) and ''[[Meem Se Mohabbat]]'' (2024).

==Early life==
Dananeer{{efn|Remarked on by some as unusual,<ref name="means" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rashid |first1=Lyza |title=Meet The Girl Behind The Viral 'Pawry Horahi Hai" Video |url=https://www.brandsynario.com/meet-the-girl-behind-the-viral-pawry-horahi-hai-video/ |website=Brandsynario |access-date=30 July 2025 |date=13 February 2021}}</ref> the given name Dananeer originates as the [[Arabic broken plural]] form of the generic noun {{Wikt-lang|ar-Latn|دينار|dīnār}} ({{pl.|{{Langx|ar|دنانير|translit=danānīr|label=none}}}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moukheiber |first=Karen |chapter=Abbasid Concubines and Slave Courtesans in ''Adab'' Discourse: Cultural Mediators for an Ethical Appreciation of Pleasure |date=January 2018 |title=Pleasure in the Middle Ages |volume=24 |page=126 |url=https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/M.IMR-EB.5.113464 |access-date=2025-07-30 |series=International Medieval Research |editor-last=Cohen-Hanegbi |editor-first=Naama |editor-last2=Nagy |editor-first2=Piroska |publisher=[[Brepols]] |location=Turnhout, Belgium |doi=10.1484/m.imr-eb.5.113464 |isbn=978-2-503-57520-9 |quote=The name of the ''[[qayna]]'', Dananir, is the plural of dinar.}}</ref>—a [[Dinar|type of historical coin]], such as the [[Islamic gold dinar]]. {{Crossreference|See also [[Dananeer (disambiguation)]].}}{{pb}}Mobeen ascribes to her given name the meaning "wealth".<ref name="means" />}} Mobeen was born December 2001,<ref>{{multiref2|{{Cite Instagram |user=dananeerr |postid=CJbSHenBPKr |title=My birthday pictures are here!🖤🪄✨27/12 |date=2020-12-30}}|{{cite news |url=https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/dananeer-mobeen-a-social-media-influencer-who-has-become-famous-after-her-five-second-video-went-viral-speaks-during-an-interview-with-reuters-in-karachi-pakistan/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjE6bmV3c21sX1JDMlkyTTlJTkVaWQ |title=Dananeer Mobeen, 19, a social media influencer who has become famous after her five-second video went viral, speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Karachi, Pakistan |date=27 February 2021 |accessdate=6 July 2025 |website=Reuters |last=Akhtar Soomro}}
}}</ref> to a [[Pashtun]] family in [[Peshawar]], Pakistan.<ref name=know>{{cite news |url=https://somethinghaute.com/video-everything-you-want-to-know-about-dananeer-mobeen-aka-syeda-sidra-batool-of-sinf-e-aahan |title=Video: Everything you want to know about Dananeer Mobeen aka Syeda Sidra Batool of Sinf-e-Aahan |date=15 December 2021 |accessdate=6 July 2025 |website=Something Haute}}</ref> She has a brother and a sister. Her father is a [[Pakistan Army ranks and insignia|Brigadier]] in the [[Pakistan Army]]. After completing her A-Levels, she got admission in [[The Millennium Universal College]], from where she graduated in November 2024.<ref name=means>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/791417 |title=Influencer Dananeer Mobeen aspires to become a CSS officer one day |date=17 February 2021 |accessdate=6 July 2025 |website=The News}}</ref><ref>{{multiref2 |{{cite news |url=https://24newshd.tv/18-Apr-2024/family-time-dananeer-mobeen-shares-post-eid-snippets |title=Family time: Dananeer Mobeen shares post-eid snippets |date=18 April 2024 |accessdate=6 July 2025 |website=24 Digital}} |{{cite news |url=https://24newshd.tv/10-Nov-2024/dananeer-mobeen-beams-with-happiness-while-celebrating-graduation-with-family |title=Dananeer Mobeen beams with happiness while celebrating graduation with family |date=10 November 2024 |accessdate=6 July 2025 |website=24 Digital}}}}</ref>

In her childhood, she had appeared in a PTV's reality adventure show, a video of which went viral in November 2025.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1527218 |title={{Nq|دنانیر کے بچپن کی وائرل ویڈیو پر صارفین کے دلچسپ تبصرے}} |date=10 November 2025 |access-date=29 November 2025 |website=Daily Jang}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early influencer===
In early 2021 prior to gaining fame, Dananeer Mobeen was a 19-year old student<ref name="rage">{{cite news |title='Pawri' power: Pakistani teen's Instagram video a rage in India |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/2/how-a-five-second-social-media-clip-took-india-pakistan-by-storm |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=30 June 2025 |date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Anwaar" /> running an Instagram account as an influencer with around 100,000 followers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sahar Habib Ghazi |title=Gender: Women with opinions... online |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1615016 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |access-date=2 July 2025 |date=28 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="joins">{{Cite news |date=21 February 2021 |title=Dananeer joins star-studded roster of Peshawar Zalmi ambassadors |url=https://arab.news/b5a5m |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=Arab News}}</ref> She used to post her photoshoots alongside videos about fashion, make-up, and other topics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Raya Ghosh |title=Pawri girl Dananeer Mobeen garners 1 million followers on Instagram. See her viral post |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/pawri-girl-dananeer-mobeen-garners-1-million-followers-on-instagram-see-her-viral-post-1780330-2021-03-17 |website=India Today |access-date=2 July 2025 |date=17 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="brings">{{cite news |title='Pawri girl': A five-second video brings India and Pakistan together |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56107941 |website=BBC |access-date=30 June 2025 |date=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kazim Hamdani |date=13 February 2021 |title=Explainer: Who is Dananeer Mobeen? |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2283925/e |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

===Breakthrough: #PawriHoraiHai===
{{External media
| video1 = [https://youtube.com/watch?v=pjgg2pMKilE The original #pawrihoraihai] by [https://youtube.com/@dananeerrmobeen Dananeer Mobeen]. Published 13 February 2021.{{efn|This YouTube video is a repost of the original Instagram video}}
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On 6 February 2021, Mobeen uploaded a four-second video at [[Nathia Gali]] during an outing with friends. She filmed her car, her companions, and herself while stating in Urdu: "{{lang|ur-latn|Yeh hamari car hai, yeh hum hain, aur yeh hamari pawri ho rahi hai}}", which translates as "This is our car, this is us, and this is our party (happening)", whereby "''pawri''" is an intentionally malformed pronunciation of the English word "party".<ref name="Anwaar">{{cite news |last=Munazza Anwaar |script-title=ur:'یہ ہماری کار ہے، یہ ہم ہیں اور یہ ہماری پارٹی ہو رہی ہے': دنانیر مبین، وہ لڑکی جو ایک وائرل میم بن گئی |trans-title='This is our car, this is us, and this is our party': Dananeer Mobeen, the girl who became a viral meme|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-56051939 |website=[[BBC Urdu]] |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=ur |date=13 February 2021}}</ref> The way she pronounced "party" mimicked and ridiculed a demographic known in Pakistan under the slang term "Burgers".{{efn|People who emulate Western culture<ref name="join">{{cite news|date=15 February 2021|title=Brands Join The "Pawri" As Pakistani Influencer's Video Goes Viral|publisher=NDTV|url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/brands-join-the-pawri-as-pakistani-influencers-video-goes-viral-2370775|access-date=26 February 2021}}</ref> and whose speech patterns are influenced by English<ref name="brings" />}} She had recorded the clip a month earlier,<ref name=know/> and uploaded it to her Instagram account under the [[hashtag]] #PawriHoraiHai.{{efn|Which translates as: "The party is happening"}}<ref name="Anwaar" />

In the days following its release, the video got over 2.7 million views, spawning the catchphrase-based "Pawri Ho Rahi Hai" meme. Indian music producer [[Yashraj Mukhate]] sampled the audio to create his own video, which also went viral and spread the meme to India.<ref name="join" /> Celebrities, companies, and politicians from both the countries, Pakistan and India, adopted the phrase in marketing materials and public campaigns.<ref name="rage" /><ref name="brings" /><ref>{{cite news |title='#PawriHoraiHai' girl speaks up about viral video |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/723736 |website=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |date=14 February 2021 |accessdate=6 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://24newshd.tv/21-Feb-2021/maryam-nawaz-jumps-on-the-pawri-ho-rai-hai-bandwagon |title=Maryam Nawaz jumps on the 'pawri ho rai hai' bandwagon |website=[[24 Digital]] |date=21 February 2021 |accessdate=6 July 2025}}</ref> The video earned Mobeen the nickname Pawri girl.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rasti Amena |title='Pawri girl' Dananeer Mobeen's new Pakistani drama: All details |url=https://www.siasat.com/pawri-girl-dananeer-mobeens-new-pakistani-drama-all-details-3089641 |website=[[The Siasat Daily]] |access-date=30 June 2025 |date=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Pawri girl Dananeer Become Film Heroine |url=https://english.aaj.tv/news/330415326 |website=[[Aaj News]] |access-date=2 July 2025 |language=ur |date=5 May 2025}}</ref> The number of her followers increased to 1 million,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1186884 |title=Pakistan's women influencers are brave in their unapologetic honesty |date=31 March 2021 |accessdate=6 July 2025 |work=Dawn Images |last=Sahar Habib Ghazi}}</ref> and, according to her, she began receiving acting offers at this time.<ref name="rage" />

Later in February, she was named a brand ambassador for [[Peshawar Zalmi]] in the [[Pakistan Super League]], joining public figures like [[Mahira Khan]] and [[Esra Bilgiç]].<ref name="joins" /> Later that year, she was also nominated at the [[2nd Pakistan International Screen Awards]] for Most Entertaining Instagram Celebrity.<ref name=pisa>{{multiref2 |{{cite news |title=PISA 2021 announces nominations in 24 categories |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2318846/p |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Express Tribune |date=6 September 2021}} |{{cite news |title=PISA 2021 winners: 'Pyar Ke Sadqay', Sonya Hussyn bag awards |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2328293/p |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Express Tribune |date=7 November 2021}}}}</ref>

===Television acting===
Mobeen made her television debut in the [[Inter-Services Public Relations]] (ISPR)-coproduced TV series ''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]'' (2021–2022), in which she portrayed the character of Syeda Sidra.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sajid Salamat |title='Sinf-E-Aahan' trends on top after first episode |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/848530 |website=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |access-date=30 June 2025 |date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Sinf-e-Aahan' cast recalls shooting experience |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2334179/f |website=The Express Tribune |access-date=30 June 2025 |date=16 December 2021}}</ref> In 2023, she played a lead role in the [[MD Productions]]' romantic drama TV series ''[[Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri]]'' as Zobia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 May 2023 |title=Remember Pawri Ho Rahi Hai girl Dananeer Mobeen? She now features in this Pakistani show Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/remember-pawri-ho-rahi-hai-girl-dananeer-mobeen-she-now-features-in-this-pakistani-show-2376824-2023-05-09 |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=India Today}}</ref> The following year, she had a lead role in another MD Productions TV series, named ''[[Very Filmy]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zainab Mossadiq |date=27 March 2024 |title=HUM TV's Very Filmy strikes the perfect balance between love, laughter, and meaningful messages |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1192354 |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=Dawn Images}}</ref> She subsequently played a lead role in ''[[Meem Se Mohabbat]]'', also by MD Productions.<ref name="Salamat-2024">{{Cite news |last=Sajid Salamat |date=5 September 2024 |title=Dananeer set to play lead role in 'Meem Se Mohabbat' |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/1223929 |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=Daily Times}}</ref>

In 2022, she did voice acting for the ISPR-coproduced animated TV series ''[[Team Muhafiz (2022)|Team Muhafiz]]''.<ref name=":0">{{multiref2 |{{cite news |last=Irfan Ul Haq |title=Upcoming star-studded superhero series Team Muhafiz to teach history and tackle social issues |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1190292 |website=Dawn Images |access-date=2 July 2025 |date=14 June 2022}} |{{cite news |last=Sajid Salamat |title=Wahaj Ali takes on animated series 'Team Muhafiz' |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/949037 |website=Daily Times |access-date=2 July 2025 |date=9 June 2022}} |{{Cite AV media |title=BTS – Team Muhafiz – Dananeer as Mahnur – Pakistani Hero – Character Reveal – ISPR|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=T2_jDbDMdRk |publisher=[[Geo Entertainment]] |via=YouTube |date=8 June 2022}}}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
!Network
! class="unsortable" |Notes
! class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
|2021-22
|''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]''
|Syeda Sidra
|[[ARY Digital]]
|Supporting role
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dananeer surprises fans with first look from Sinf-e-Aahan |url=https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2021/11/dananeer-surprises-fans-with-first-look-from-sinf-e-aahan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122154214/https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2021/11/dananeer-surprises-fans-with-first-look-from-sinf-e-aahan/ |archive-date=22 November 2021 |access-date=19 June 2025 |work=Samaa TV}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|''[[Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri]]''
|Dr. Zobia Sarmad
| rowspan="4" |[[Hum TV]]
| rowspan="4" |Lead role
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2023 |title='Kya Drama Hai' judges point out gender bias, harsh realities shown in 'Mohabbat Gumshuda Meri' |url=https://www.24newshd.tv/20-Sep-2023/-kya-drama-hai-judges-point-out-gender-bias-harsh-realities-shown-in-mohabbat-gumshuda-meri- |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=24 News HD}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
|''[[Very Filmy]]''
| Daniya Ahsan
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Usman Malik |title=Very Filmy – In conversation with Dananeer Mobeen |url=https://hum.tv/blog/very-filmy-in-conversation-with-dananeer-mobeen/ |website=[[Hum TV]] |access-date=1 July 2025 |date=11 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024-25
|''Meem Se Mohabbat''
|Aayat "Roshi" Suleman
|<ref name="Salamat-2024" />
|-
|}

===Voice Appearance===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
!Network
! class="unsortable" |Notes
! class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
|2022
|''[[Team Muhafiz (2022)|Team Muhafiz]]''
|Mahnoor
|[[Geo Entertainment]]
|Animated TV Show
|
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Ref
|-
|2021
|[[Pakistan International Screen Awards|2nd Pakistan International Screen Awards]]
|Most Entertaining Instagram Celebrity
|{{N/a}}
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name="pisa" />
|-
|2023
|[[22nd Lux Style Awards]]
|Best Emerging Talent – Television
|''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]''
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 2025 |title=Lux Style Awards 2023: From Dananeer to Bilal Abbas Khan - full list of winners |url=https://www.samaa.tv/208732261 |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=Samaa TV}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
| rowspan="2" |[[9th Hum Awards]]
|Best Actress
| rowspan="2" |''[[Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri]]''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|Best Onscreen Couple (with [[Khushhal Khan (actor)|Khushhal Khan]])
|{{Nominated}}
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{Instagram|id=dananeerr}}

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