Shamil Khan (; also known as ''Shamyl''; born March 1978 in
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
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[
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He's best-known for his film debut in the
Punjabi language
Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is one of the most widely spoken native languages in the world, with approximately 150 million native sp ...
, ''
Larki Punjaban'' (2003).
He also appeared in the
Hum TV
Hum TV HD is a 24-hour Urdu general entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on the Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL).
Hum Net ...
serial ''
Sadqay Tumhare'' (2014)
Shamil Khan was appointed as a ''CLF Goodwill Ambassador'' by the Children's Literature Festival on July 30, 2019.
Early life and family
Shamil's father Jahangir Khan (1926-2013) was a journalist, a bureaucrat and also an actor who appeared in Pakistan's first movie, ''
Teri Yaad'' (1948), as a lead role.
Shamil has three sisters and three brothers.
Career
Shamil was in Lahore for
''basant'' when he met famous director
Syed Noor, who convinced him to take on acting and also taught him other skills related to the field such as direction, cinematography, production, editing and scriptwriting, also giving him his break with ''
Larki Punjaban'' in 2003.
He has since then appeared in numerous films and television plays.
Filmography
Films
Television serials
Awards and nomination
References
External links
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1978 births
Actors from Punjab, Pakistan
Living people
Male actors from Islamabad
Pakistani male film actors
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Pakistani male television actors