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Saleem Nasir (Urduسلیم ناصر‎; 1944 – 1989) was a Pakistani film and TV actor. He appeared in the PTV drama serial Angan terha.[1]

Saleem Nasir سلیم ناصر
Born	Saleem Nasir (1944-11-15)15 November 1944 Nagpur, British India
Died	19 October 1989(1989-10-19) (aged 44) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Known for	servant 'Akbar' role in PTV's Drama Serial Aangan Terha
Awards	Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1990

Early life and career

Saleem Nasir was born to a Pathan family in Nagpur, British India, on 15 November 1944. He had a successful, though short, career in TV and film acting.^{[citation needed]}

• Film Zaib-un-Nisa (1976). Other cast: Waheed Murad, Shamim Ara, Aaliya. Film Director: Fareed Ahmed^{[citation needed]}
• In Aangan Terha, (PTV drama serial) Salim Nasir played the role of a servant, Akbar, who used to be a dancer, before being hired as a servant by a retired Civil servant, Shakeel, dubbed as Mehboob Ahmed. Other cast: Bushra Ansari, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood. Director: Qaiser Farooq. Writer: Anwar Maqsood. The serial was forced to stop due to pressure from the Martial Law administration as the script written by Anwar Maqsood was indirectly criticizing the Army Rule during General Zia-ul-Haq's era.[1]
• In Dastak (1986), (PTV drama serial), he played the role of a lawyer. Other cast: Ayaz Naik, Shazia Akhtar, Qazi Wajid.[2]
• In Ankahi , he played an authoritative role. It is a story of ordinary people trying to make it against all odds. Other cast: Shehnaz Sheikh, Shakeel, Javed Sheikh, and young Jibran. Director: Shoaib Mansoor/ Mohsin Ali. Writer: Haseena Moin.[3]
• In Nishan-e-Haider", he played the role of Captain Sarwar Shaheed.^{[citation needed]}
• In Aakhri Chattan, he played the role of Sultan Jalal ad-Din Manguberdi
• In Jangloos, A PTV drama as 'Mian Ji' (Last television play)^{[citation needed]}
• Salim Nasir made a guest appearance in Anwar Maqsood's PTV stage show, Silver Jubilee, in 1983.^{[citation needed]}
• In Yanaseeb Clinic he played the role of a director.^{[citation needed]}
• In Haseena Moin's 'Bandish' he played opposite Khalida Riyasat, Mahmood Masood, Talat Hussain, and Zafar Masood. The serial was directed by Shirin Khan and Mohsin Ali.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Death

At the age of 45, Salim Nasir died of a heart attack on 24 September 1989.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Lollywood actors

References

External links

• Salim Nasir at IMDb, Filmography of actor Salim Nasir
• Filmography of actor Salim Nasir on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website

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