Salim Nasir
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Saleem Nasir (1989–1944) was a Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i film
Cinema of Pakistan
The cinema of Pakistan refers to Pakistan's film industry. Most of the feature films shot in Pakistan are in Urdu language but may also include films in English, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi or Sindhi languages....

 and TV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...

 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He was born in Nagpur, India, with his experience in film and television acting, he developed mastery in artistic skills and built a career on based on his versatile. He did justice to every role that was offered to him especially his versatile He also published
Publishing
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 his own entertainment
Entertainment
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 magazine
Magazine
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, TV Tempo and was leading force behind another magazine on versatilesTV Times.

Background

Born to an educated Syed family, Salim Nasir had all the ingredients necessary to fulfill his ambition. He had a successful career in TV & Film.

Career

  • Zaib-un-nisa was an enjoyable and sharp surprise. Other cast: Waheed Murad
    Waheed Murad
    Waheed Murad was a legendary Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Waheed is considered to be one of the most famous and influential actors of subcontinent. Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, he was the only child of well-off film distributor Mr. Nisar Murad. He got early education from...

    , Shamim Ara, Aaliya. Director, Fareed Ahmed

  • In Aangan Terha
    Aangan Terha
    Aangan Terha was a satirical Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network in the late 1980s. The show starred Salim Nasir, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood, Durdana Butt and Bushra Ansari in lead roles, was directed by Qaiser Farooq and written by Anwar Maqsood.- Ideology:The Drama is based on...

    , 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
    Bushra Ansari
    -Early Life, education and family:Born in Karachi, Ansari is the daughter of eminent journalist and writer Ahmad Bashir. Bushra studied in Lahore at Lady Griffin School and then she did intermediate from famous Lahore College for Women University, completed her BA in 1977 from Waqarunnisa College...

    , Shakeel
    Shakeel
    Shakeel, born Yusuff Kamal , is a Pakistani television actor best known for his roles in Uncle Urfi and Mehboob Ahmed in Aangan Terha. He has also acted in a number of local films as well as an English film, Butterflies are Free...

    , Arshad Mehmood
    Arshad Mehmood
    Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...

    . Director: Qaiser Farooq. Writer: Anwar Maqsood
    Anwar Maqsood
    Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...

    .The serial was winded up by the Martial Law administration pressure as the script written by Anwer Maqsood was indirectly criticizing the Army Rule during Late. Gen. Zia Era.

  • In Dastak, he played the role of a very austere and rigid lawyer
    Lawyer
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    . Other cast: Ayaz Naik, Shazia Akhtar, Qazi Wajid
    Qazi Wajid
    Qazi Wajid is a famous Pakistani actor.-References:...

    .

  • In Un Kahi
    Ankahi
    Ankahi was a popular Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation in 1982. The drama was written by renowned Haseena Moin and superbly directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The play was yet another feather Haseena Moin's as well as PTV's cap...

     
    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
    Javed Sheikh
    Javed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films.-Career:Sheikh's first movie as actor was the Lollywood film Dhamaka, released on 14 December 1974. He since acted in over 100 Urdu films from the 1970s through to the early...

    , and young Jibran. Director: Shoaib Mansoor
    Shoaib Mansoor
    Shoaib Mansoor , PP, SI, is an acclaimed Pakistani film and television producer, director, writer, lyricist and composer.-Career:...

    / Mohsin Ali. Writer: Haseena Moin
    Haseena Moin
    Haseena Moin is a notable Pakistani dramatist, playwright and writer for radio and television.A native of Kanpur, the most populous city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Hassena Moin received her early education in her ancestral region and, after the partition of India, migrated...

    .

  • In Nishan-e-Haider", he played the title role of Captain Sarwar Shaheed
    Muhammad Sarwar
    Raja Muhammad Sarwar Khan Bhati was born in Singhori village, Tehsil Gujar Khan, District of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Muhammad Sarwar was a captain in the newly formed Pakistani Army. Commissioned: 1944, Punjab Regiment...

    .

  • In Aakhri Chatan, he played the role of Sultan Jalal ad-Din Manguberdi


In view of his uncommon talent and magnetic personality, Salim Nasir was the guest in Anwar Maqsood's stage show, Silver Jubilee, in 1983.
  • In Yanaseeb Clinic he played the role of a director.

Awards

He was honored with Pakistan's highest achievement award in the field of acting,'The President's Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...

 Award'. Presented to his family after his death.No doubt Late Saleem Nasser was a great performer and he left the team of PTV very early.
He will be remembered by the acts and characters performed. But unfortunately Pakistan Media especially PTV never payed any respect to all those great artists to remember or recognize them.

Death

At the age of 45 years, Nasir suffered a heart attack on 24 September 1989. On Thursday, October 19 he experienced signs of extreme heart congestion around noon. He was rushed to hospital but expired before any medical treatment could be provided.

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