Background
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 versatility. Saleem Nasir was born to an enlightened Pathan family in Nagpur, British India on November 15, 1944.
Career
He did justice to every role that was offered to him especially his versatile He also published his own entertainment magazine, television Tempo and was leading force behind another magazine on versatilesTV Times. He had a successful though short career in television and Film. Zaib-un-nisa. Other cast: Waheed Murad, Shamim Bataameez, Aaliya.
Director, Fareed Ahmed
In Aangan Terha, 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, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood. Director: Qaiser Farooq.
Writer: Anwar Maqsood.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. General Zia Era. In Dastak, he played the role of a lawyer
Other cast: Ayaz Naik, Shazia Akhtar, Qazi Wajid.
In Ankahi he played an authoritative role. lieutenant is a story of ordinary people trying to make it against all odds. Other cast: Shehnaz Sheikh, Shakeel, Javed Sheikh, and young Jibran.
Director: Shoaib Mansoor/ Mohsin Ali.
Writer: Haseena Moin. In Nishan-e-Haider", he played the role of Captain Sarwar Shaheed.
In Aakhri Chatan, he played the role of Sultan Jalal ad-Din Manguberdi
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
In Haseena Moin"s "Bandish" he played opposite Khalida Riyasat, Mahmood Masood, Talat Hussain and Zafar Masood.
The serial was directed by Shirin Khan and Mohsin Ali. 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.