Saleem Nasir (Urduسلیم ناصر‎; 1944–1989), bornSyed Sher Khan, was a Pakistanifilm andTVactor.

He is best known for his role in the PTV drama serialAangan Terha.^[1]

Saleem Nasir was born as Syed Sher Khan^[2] into aMuslim-Rajput family^[3] inNagpur,British India, on 15 November 1944. He had a successful, though short, career in TV and film acting.^{[citation needed]}

• FilmZaib-un-Nisa (1976). Other cast:Waheed Murad,Shamim Ara, Aaliya. Film Director: Fareed Ahmed^{[citation needed]}
• InAangan Terha, (PTV drama serial) Salim Nasir played the role of a butler, Akbar, who used to be a dancer, before being hired as a servant by a retiredCivil 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 byAnwar Maqsood was indirectly criticizing the army rule during GeneralZia-ul-Haq's era.^[1]
• InDastak (1986), (PTV drama serial), he played the role of alawyer. Other cast: Ayaz Naik, Shazia Akhtar,Qazi Wajid.^[4]
• InAnkahi, 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.^[5]
• InNishan-e-Haider", he played the role ofCaptain Sarwar Shaheed.^{[citation needed]}
• In Aakhri Chattan, he played the role ofSultan Jalal ad-Din Manguberdi
• InJangloos, A PTV drama as 'Mian Ji' (Last television play)^{[citation needed]}
• Salim Nasir made a guest appearance inAnwar Maqsood's PTV stage show,Silver Jubilee, in 1983.^{[citation needed]}
• InYanaseeb Clinic he played the role of a director.^{[citation needed]}
• In Haseena Moin'sBandish he played oppositeKhalida Riyasat, Mahmood Masood,Talat Hussain, andZafar Masood. The serial was directed by Shirin Khan and Mohsin Ali.^{[citation needed]}

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

At the age of 44, Salim Nasir died of aheart attack on 24September 1989.^{[citation needed]}

• List of Lollywood actors

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

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