Salman Shahid ( ur, ) is a Pakistani film,

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and

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. The son of producer Saleem Shahid and veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in

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as well as in theatre and television.Rebel with a definite cause (profile of actor Salman Shahid)
Dawn (newspaper), Published 6 June 2010, Retrieved 26 December 2019 He has appeared in the Pakistani television ( PTV) TV programme ''Such Gup'' (1975) and the TV shows ''Taal Matol'' (1975), ''Teen Bata Teen'' and ''Ho Bahoo''. He successfully completed his

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at the prestigious Moscow Film School. Salman, on his return to Pakistan, did pioneering work to help establish various drama groups and a drama school. His series Ababeel ( PTV),

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) and Seerhian ( PTV,

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) were memorable. He also did several noteworthy Individual Plays as well as direct episodes for the successful TV comedy series ‘ Family Front’ which was also aired on PTV in 1997. He wrote, directed and acted in the serial ‘Bano Ko Pehchano’ (

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) for which he received Nominations in all departments of his endeavour at the 2006

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. More recently, Salman has acted in films in

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. He played the principal protagonist in ‘

Kabul Express ''Kabul Express'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language adventure film written and directed by documentary film maker Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films was released on 15 December 2006. The film stars John Abraham, A ...

’ and a major support in ‘ Ishqiya’. Both films have run the international festival circuit.

Filmography

Films

* '' Khamosh Pani'' (

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) * ''

'' ( 2006), as ''Imran Khan Afridi'' / ''Subedaar Major Jaan Mohammed * '' Ishqiya'' (2010) * '' Dedh Ishqiya'' (2014) * '' Tamanna'' (2014) * ''

Na Maloom Afraad ''Na Maloom Afraad'' (lit. ''Unidentified People''), is a 2014 Pakistani action comedy film co-written and directed by Nabeel Qureshi in his directorial debut. It stars Javed Sheikh, Fahad Mustafa, Mohsin Abbas Haider with supporting cast of ...

'' (

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) as ''Gogi'' * ''

Teri Meri Love Story ''Teri Meri Love Story'' (or ''TMLS'' for short) is a 2016 Pakistani romantic-comedy, action film directed by Jawad Bashir. It is also written by Jawad Bashir and co-written by Ahmed Abdul Rehman. It was co-produced and distributed by Summit En ...

'' (2016) as Rana Saheb * '' 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam'' as Baba Balaam (2016) * '' Azad'' (2017) *'' Altered Skin'' (2018) as Imtiaz * '' Kaaf Kangana'' (2018)HIP Exclusive: Model Anushey Mughal to star as lead in Khalil ur Rehman Qamar's feature film "Kaaf Kangana"
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Television

Awards and nominations

In 1976, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) gave him a scholarship to study film-making in

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for four years.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahid, Salman Pakistani male television actors Pakistani male film actors Living people Pakistani male stage actors Pakistani male comedians 21st-century Pakistani male actors Male actors from Karachi 1948 births