Nasir Khan

Personal life Nasir Khan was born to Ayesha Bibi (1897–27 August 1948) and Lala Ghulam Sarwar Ali Khan (1890–5 March 1950) in a Hindko-speaking Awan family of 12 children in Peshawar. Nasir's paternal grandfather had come from Afghanistan. In his autobiography, Dev Anand recalled that Nasir used to say "with pride" that he's "a Pathan, and a Punjabi."

Nasir Khan was first married to Suraiya Nazir, daughter of legendary filmmaker Nazir Ahmed Khan. From this marriage, he had a daughter Naheed Khan. Later he was married to actress Begum Para in 1958 and remained married to her until his death in 1974. From this marriage, he had one daughters Lubna Khan and two sons, Nadir Khan (who died young) and actor Ayub Khan.

Death Nasir Khan died on 3 May 1974 at the age of 50. Before his death, he had returned to films after a decade, playing small role in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973) and his final film Bairaag (1976), which was released after his death.

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