Salman Shahid

Salman Shahid is a Pakistani film, theatre, television and voice actor.

The son of producer Saleem Shahid and the late veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood as well as in theatre and television.

He has appeared in the Pakistani television (PTV) TV programme Such Gup (1975), the TV shows Taal Matol (1975), Teen Bata Teen (1995) and Hoo Bahoo (2006).

Media education and early work
In 1976, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) gave Salman a scholarship to study film-making in Moscow for four years. He eventually completed his film studies at the prestigious Moscow Film School.

On his return to Pakistan, he work to help establish various drama groups and a drama school.

His series Ababeel (PTV Lahore) and Seerhian (PTV Karachi) were noted, while he also did several noteworthy individual plays as well as direct episodes for the successful TV comedy series Family Front, which aired on PTV in 1997.

Direction and screenwriting
Salman wrote, directed and acted in the serial Bano Ko Pehchano (Geo tV) for which he received nominations in all departments of his work at the 2006 Lux Style Awards.

Career in India
Salman has acted in films in India, playing a main protagonist in Kabul Express (2006) and the main antagonist in Ishqiya (2010), both films having run the international festival circuit.