Salman Shahid is a senior respected Pakistani television, film, theatre and voice actor. He was born on 1st January 1948 in Lahore, Pakistan. He has appeared in the Pakistani television (PTV) TV programme Such Gup (1975) and the TV shows Taal Matol (1975), Teen Bata Teen and Ho Bahoo. The Actor, Salman Shahid will also be starring in the upcoming drama Tumhare Husn ke Naam (2023). The son of producer Saleem Shahid and veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood as well as in theatre and television.
At the prestigious Moscow Film School, Salman Shahid completed his film studies successfully. Salman, on his return to Pakistan, did pioneering work to help establish various drama groups and a drama school. His series Ababeel (PTV), Lahore) and Seerhian (PTV, Karachi) 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.
Salman Shahid wrote, directed and acted in the serial ‘Bano Ko Pehchano’ (GEO TV) 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.