Salman Shahid () is a Pakistani film, theatre, television and voice actor.
The son of producer Saleem Shahid and the late veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood 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) programme Such Gup (1975), the TV shows Taal Matol (1975), Teen Bata Teen (1995) and Hoo Bahoo (2006).
Career
Media education and early work In 1976, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) gave Salman a scholarship to study film-making in Moscow for four years. He eventually completed his film studies at the prestigious Moscow Film School.
On his return to Pakistan, he work to help establish various drama groups and a drama school.
His series Ababeel (PTV Lahore) and Seerhian (PTV Karachi) were noted, while he also did several noteworthy individual plays as well as direct episodes for the successful TV comedy series Family Front, which aired on PTV in 1997.
Direction and screenwriting Salman has been directing plays since his college days, such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman in 1973 and later Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters In Search of an Author in 2007, and, when it comes to television, he wrote, directed and acted in the serial Bano Ko Pehchano (Geo TV) for which he received nominations in all departments of his work at the 2006 Lux Style Awards.
His production Tassadum was selected at the Cairo International Festival of Experimental Theatre.
Career in India Salman has acted in films in India, playing a main protagonist in Kabul Express (2006) and the main antagonist in Ishqiya (2010), both films having run the international festival circuit.
Filmography
Films +YearTitleRoleCountryRef2004Khamosh PaniAminPakistan2006Kabul ExpressImran Khan Afridi / Subedar M.J. MohammadIndia2010IshqiyaMushtaq Bhai2014Dedh IshqiyaTamannaMian Tariq AliPakistanNa Maloom AfraadGogi2016Teri Meri Love StoryRana Saheb2017AzadSanam Saeed and Salman Shahid team up for Rehan Sheikh's upcoming film 'Azad' Dawn (newspaper), Published 8 December 2015, Retrieved 26 December 20192018Altered SkinImtiaz2019Ready Steady NoChaudhry Saheb
Television serials YearTitleRoleChannel Director Screenwriter Ref1975 Such Gup PTV Taal Matol 1982 Dhoop Dewar Asad Alif Noon different roles. 1984 Andhera Ujala different roles. 1985 Apnay Log Iqtedar Ali 1986Ababeel 1988Seerhian Kamal 1992 Sophia Imtiaz 1995 Zard Dopehar Nabeel Teen Bata Teen Kharoos 1996 Hairat Kadah "Farar" Kaleem 1997 Family Front 2000 Anokhay Log Scientist 2005 Jaye Kahan Yeh Dil Geo TV Bano Ko Pehchano 2009 Na Jane Kyun PTV Home 2010 Noor Bano Hum TV 2011 Khuda Aur Muhabbat Maulvi Aleem Geo TV 2012 Mi-Raqsam 2013 Aseerzadi Peer Jalal Hum TV 2016Faltu Larki Anwar-ul-Haq A-Plus TV 2017Shadi Mubarak Ho Ary Digital Mujhay Jeenay DoKhuda BakshUrdu 1 Bhai Munner; Ashraf's father A-Plus TV 2019Bewaja PTV Home Tu Zindagi Hai 2021 Raqeeb Se Masood Hum TV 2023Tumhare Husn Ke NaamQureshi SahabGreen EntertainmentNauroz2025SherKakaAry Digital2026Bas Tera Saath Ho
Web series +YearTitleRoleDirector CountryNotes2024BarzakhJafar KhanzadaAsim AbbasiPakistanWeb series on ZEE5
Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Category Result 2006 5th Lux Style AwardsBano Ko Pehchano Best TV Actor (Satellite) rowspan="4" Best TV Director (Satellite) 2015 14th Lux Style Awards Na Maloom AfraadBest Film Actor 2019 18th Lux Style Awards Ready Steady No
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