Shahid Khan is a Pakistani film actor and producer.

Early life

He was born in Khazana

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. He belongs to Pushtoon. He hails from khazana village of Peshawar. He is famous for his gandageeri.

Film career

Shahid Khan has been acting in the Peshawar Film Industry of

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since the 1990s and has contributed to various films of the industry. He and his brother Arshad Khan produce and direct Pashto films as well. Khan has contributed to the

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film industry, headquartered in

, at a time of its revival in Pakistan. Khan has spoken of the importance of making Pashto films more suitable for city audiences, saying "We cannot limit our films to Pashtun culture as we have to exhibit them in other markets." In 2015, Khan was prevented from filming in the

Hazara District Hazara District was a district of Peshawar Division in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It existed until 1976, when it was split into the districts of Abbottabad and Mansehra, with the new district of Haripur subsequently splitti ...

due to government restrictions. Khan released a statement saying that there were only a handful of film makers left in the industry and that the government should support them rather than putting sanctions on them.

Filmography

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Peshawar Pakistani male film actors Pakistani film producers Male actors in Pashto cinema Male actors in Urdu cinema {{Pakistan-actor-stub