Salim Nasir

Saleem Nasir (Urduسلیم ناصر‎; 1944–1989), born Syed Sher Khan, was a Pakistani film and TV actor.

Saleem Nasir سلیم ناصر
Born	Syed Sher Khan (1944-11-15)15 November 1944 Nagpur, British India
Died	19 October 1989(1989-10-19) (aged 44) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Known for	Playing 'Akbar', the domestic help, in Pakistan Television Corporation drama Aangan Terha
Awards	Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1990

He is best known for his comic character Akbar, a classical dancer-turned-domestic help, in the PTV drama serial Aangan Terha (1984).^[1]

Personal life

Saleem Nasir was born as Syed Sher Khan^[2] into a Rajput family^[3] in Nagpur, British India, on 15 November 1944.

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

Selected filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
1976	Zaib-un-Nisa	Bahadur Shah Zafar[1]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1975	Ya Naseeb Clinic	Saifi	PTV
1976	Bandish	Amir
1980	Waiting Room	Mujeeb Siddiqui
	Nishan-e-Haider	Captain Sarwar Shaheed
1982	Ankahi	Shehryar[4]
1984	Aangan Terha	Akbar[1]
1986	Aakhri Chattan	Sultan Jalal ad-Din Manguberdi
	Dastak	Farooq
1989	Jangloos	Hayat Muhammad

Awards

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

See also

• List of Lollywood actors