Syed Yasir Shah is a

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actor, producer, screenwriter and model who started his acting career in

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Career

Early television career in India

After doing modelling gigs in

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, he was offered a role by

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, the protagonist Azaan Khan in the serial ''

Khwaish ''Khwaish'' is an Indian television series which was telecast on Sony Entertainment Television from 16 July 2007 to 24 April 2008. The show started earlier in Pakistan on ARY Digital from 25 June 2007, becoming the first Indian television show ...

'' (2007), aired on

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, a drama based on an Indian Muslim family in

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, which has been a major success and thus marked his debut in India's television industry."Interviews: Yasir Shah unplugged"
14 Jun 2008, ''TellyChakkar''. Retrieved 7 July 2018. In one of his popular roles in Indian dramas he played the role of Munjaal in the

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TV drama

Shorr ''Shorr'' () is an Indian television drama series that aired on Sahara One. The series follow the story of speech-impaired girl named Kanku. The series premiered on 14 June 2010 and is produced by Jay Mehta. Cast * Snigdha Srivastava as Kanku ...

(2010) as serial protagonist. Since 2019, he has been exclusively active in Pakistan's entertainment industry, following the ban imposed by The All India Cine Workers Association (AICWA) on Pakistani artists, which prevents them from working in the Indian film industry.

Films

Yasir Shah made his film debut with the 2016 Pakistani movie '' Blind Love''.Ahmed Sarym (25 May 2016)
"Yasir Shah talks 'Blind Love', Bollywood debut and a lot more!"
''hipinpakistan''. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

Production and screenwriting

In 2019, he turned producer as well as

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with the

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drama ''Rangdari''.

Filmography

Television series

Telefilms

Film

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Yasir 1987 births Pakistani male television actors 21st-century Pakistani male actors Pakistani male models Pakistani male film actors Pakistani expatriates in the United Arab Emirates Pakistani expatriate male actors in India Living people Male actors in Urdu cinema Male actors in Hindi television