Naseer Abdullah

Naseer Abdullah (6 May 1956) is an Indian model and actor best known for his role as Prithvi in the English-language film Mitr, My Friend (2002).^[1]

Naseer Abdullah
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992-present

Career

Naseer Abdullah worked as a location manager for Gandhi (1982).^[2] He made his debut in the stage play Mischief Mania (1992) by Pearl Padamsee. He made his film debut with Dil Aashna Hai (1993) and after the film's failure he shifted to advertisements for Digjam and Indian Airlines.^[3] He played the antagonist in the television serial Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat.^[4] He played Shobana's workaholic husband in the film Mitr, My Friend (2002), which follows an Indian-American family and their life and struggles in San Francisco. A critic wrote that "Nasir Abdullah makes his presence felt" while another critic wrote that he "now and then does not seem very convinced with what he is doing".^[5][6][7] He went on to play supporting roles in many films including Main Hoon Na (2004), Page 3 (2005), Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye (2005), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Gandhi to Hitler (2011).^[8][9]

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Dil Aashna Hai	Akram Allahabadi Baig
2002	Mitr, My Friend	Prithvi	English-language film
	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat	Vikas	Television serial
2004	Main Hoon Na	Rajat Saxena
2005	Page 3	Romesh Thapar
	Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye	Gul Khan
	The Film	Inspector Javed Khan
2006	Taxi No. 9211	Advocate Shivraj Behl (Shiv)
	Jigyaasa	Ramesh Shah Tak
	36 China Town	Raj's father
	Men Not Allowed	Karan Sharma
2007	Traffic Signal	Sanjeev
	Good Boy, Bad Boy	Psychology teacher
	Apna Asmaan	Mr. Sharma
	Om Shanti Om	Naseer
2008	Haal-e-Dil	Rohit's father
	Khushboo	Captain R. Aiyar
	Hulla	Gupta
2009	Kisaan	Advocate Kapoor
	Lottery	Rohit's boss
	Daddy Cool	Maria's father
	Fox	Public Prosecutor, Goa
	Jail	High Court Judge
	Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish	Producer
2010	Fired	Mr. Kapoor
	Apartment	Inspector Javed Sheikh
	Knock Out	Bhalla
	A Flat	Digvijay Singh
2011	Yeh Saali Zindagi	Singhania
	Dear Friend Hitler	Albert Speer	Also known as Gandhi to Hitler
2012	Diary of a Butterfly	Gul's father
	Paanch Ghantey Mien Paanch Crore	Inspector Raam Singh
	Jeet Lengey Jahaan	Advocate
2019	Khushfehmaiyaan	Peter Fernandes	Television series;[10] 6 episodes
	The Office	Anniruddh CFO	Television series; 1 episode
2022	Bachchhan Paandey	Myra's director
2023	Majaz A Life in Poetry	Ali Sardar Jaffery

As location manager

• Gandhi (1982)

References

1. "Naseer Abdullah on overdrive to promote Mitr". The Times of India. February 26, 2002. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
2. "Abdullah's journey from Gandhi to Gandhi". The Times of India. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
3. "rediff.com, Movies: Mitr -- The story in pictures". Rediff.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
4. "NASEER ABDULLAH:: A ROLE MODEL". The Times of India. April 12, 2003. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
5. "Movie Review". www.onlinebangalore.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
6. "Mitr-my friend Movie review Webindia123.com". www.webindia123.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
7. "Mitr-My Friend". The Hindu. 15 February 2002. Archived from the original on 26 December 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2006.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
8. "Naseer Abdullah's a funny guy". The Times of India. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
9. "Honest Nasser". The Times of India. November 17, 2007. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
10. "I want to be enlightened like the Buddha, says Nasir Abdullah". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2023-07-08.

External links

• Naseer Abdullah at IMDb