Naseer Abdullah (6 May 1956) is an Indian model and actor best known for his role as Prithvi in the English-language film ''

Mitr, My Friend ''Mitr, My Friend'' is a 2002 Indian English-language drama film directed by Revathi in her directorial debut, and written by V. Priya and Sudha Kongara. The film stars Shobana, Nasir Abdullah and Preeti Vissa. Set partly in India and the US the f ...

'' (2002).

Career

Naseer Abdullah worked as a location manager for ''

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...

'' (1982). He made his debut in the stage play ''Mischief Mania'' (1992) by

Pearl Padamsee Pearl Padamsee (1931 – 23 April 2000) was an Indian theatre personality as a stage actress, director and producer of English language theatre in Mumbai active in 1950s–1990s. She acted in a few Hindi and English language films, including ' ...

. He made his film debut with ''

Dil Aashna Hai ''Dil Aashna Hai'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language romance film produced and directed by Hema Malini under the H. M. Creations banner. It stars Divya Bharti, Shah Rukh Khan, Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh and Son ...

'' (1993) and after the film's failure he shifted to advertisements for Digjam and

Indian Airlines Indian Airlines was a state-owned airline in India that later became a division of Air India Limited before ultimately ceasing operations. It was based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international servic ...

. He played the antagonist in the television serial ''

Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat ''Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat'' () is an Indian thriller anthology television show that was first broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television from 16 August 2002 to 9 May 2004. The broadcast consisted mainly of short stories in a mini format. The ...

''. He played

Shobana Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970); known mononymously as Shobana, is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who works predominantly in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English and Kannada films. She is ...

's workaholic husband in the film ''

'' (2002), which follows an Indian-American family and their life and struggles in

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

. A critic wrote that "Nasir Abdullah makes his presence felt" while another critic wrote that he "now and then does not seem very convinced with what he is doing". He went on to play supporting roles in many films including ''

Main Hoon Na ''Main Hoon Na'' () is a 2004 Hindi-language masala film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan and Ratan Jain under the banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Venus Movies. The film, which marks Farah Khan's directorial debut, s ...

'' (2004), ''

Page 3 Page 3, or Page Three, was a British newspaper convention of publishing a large image of a topless female glamour model (known as a Page 3 girl) on the third page of mainstream red top tabloids. '' The Sun'' introduced the feature in Novembe ...

'' (2005), ''

Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye ''Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye'' (translation: ''Let's Have Something Sweet'') is a 2005 Bollywood romance film directed by Samar Khan as his debut film. It starred Arshad Warsi, Mahima Chaudhry, and Parvin Dabas, while Shah Rukh Khan had a special appe ...

'' (2005), ''

Om Shanti Om ''Om Shanti Om'' (transl. literally to ''Peace Be With You'') is a 2007 Hindi-language romantic fantasy film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh, and produced by Gauri Khan under Red Chillies E ...

'' (2007) and '' Gandhi to Hitler'' (2011).

Selected filmography

As location manager

* ''

'' (1982)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah, Naseer Indian actors 1956 births Living people