Salman Shahid


Salman Shahid is a Pakistani film, theatre, television and voice actor. He has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood as well as in theatre and television.
He had already made his mark as an actor on Pakistani television with the TV programme ‘Such Gup’ as well as started a career in directing plays for the stage during his student days at Government College University, Lahore. The actor, for many years, has given Pakistan great comedy shows. Among his comic roles, the famous ones are from the TV shows Taal Matol, Teen Bata Teen and Ho Bahoo.
He successfully completed his film studies at the prestigious Moscow Film School. Salman, on his return to Pakistan, did pioneering work to help establish various drama groups and a drama school. His series Ababeel and Seerhian were memorable. He also did several noteworthy Individual Plays as well as direct episodes for the successful TV comedy series ‘Family Front’ which was also aired on PTV in 1997. He wrote, directed and acted in the serial ‘Bano Ko Pehchano’ for which he received Nominations in all departments of his endeavour at the 2006 Lux Style Awards. More recently, Salman has acted in films in India. He played the principal protagonist in ‘Kabul Express’ and a major support in ‘Ishqiya’. Both films have run the international festival circuit.

Personal life

His mother Begum Khurshid Shahid] was also a well-known Pakistani TV artist while his father Salim Shahid created programs for BBC London. His mother,

Filmography

Films

Awards and nominations

In 1976, Pakistan National Council of the Arts gave him a scholarship to study film-making in Moscow for four years.
YearAwardNominated WorkCategoryResult
20065th Lux Style AwardsJaye Kahan Yeh DilBest TV Actor in a Leading Role
20065th Lux Style AwardsBano Ko PehchanoBest TV Director
201514th Lux Style AwardsNa Maloom AfraadBest Film Actor