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Nadeem Baig
ندیم
Born
Mirza Nazeer Baig Mughal

Vijayawada, India
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Film actor, producer, Singer
Years active1967–present
SpouseFarzana (Divorced)
Children2
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Nigar Awards
Websitehttp://www.supernadeem.com

Nadeem (born Mirza Nazeer Baig Mughal) is a Pakistani actor, singer, producer who has acted in several films, telefilms, and TV drama serials. He has played Hero for 29 film actresses of Pakistan. He has acted in 350+ Pakistani films. Nowadays he acts in Pakistani dramas.

Nadeem has won several awards. He is the most nominated performer in any major acting category with 23 nominations. The government of Pakistan has honored him with the highest civilian award [Pride of Performance] in 1997. He is given the same status in Pakistani film industry which Amitabh Bachchan enjoys in Indian film industry.

Early life

Born in Vijayawada (Bezwada) which, in 1941, was part of Madras Presidency till 1953. Nadeem, along with artists Talat Hussein, M. Zaheer Khan, Aftab Azeem, Saleem Jafry, and TV producer Iqbal Haider, were all discovered at the club. He and his friends, Ameer Ahmed Khan and Qasim Siddiqui, won several music competitions. At one of those musical competitions, he was noticed by singer Ferdausi Rahman. She was impressed by his singing talent and encouraged him to try playback singing in Dhaka's film industry.[1]

Career

Nadeem’s film career spans more than 40 years.[2] He started his career in 1967 and appeared in his first film Chakori in a leading role with Shabana as opposite actress. The film was produced and directed by Captain Ehtesham, who, in real life, became his father-in-law in 1968. The film did well in both circuits of Pakistani film industry, i.e., West and East. He achieved Nigar Award in the best actor's category for Chakori. Nadeem's films include Nadan (1973), Anari, Pechan (1975), Talashi (1976), Aina (1977), Hum Donon (1980), Lajawab, Qurbani (1981), Sangdil (1982), and Dehleez (1983). He made a screen pairing with actress Shabnam with whom he acted in most of his films.[3] Besides acting, Nadeem has sung many songs for films.[4]

Personal Life

Nadeem married a Bengali girl in 1967. The couple is divorced. The couple has two sons Faisal Baig and Farhan Baig. Faisal baig lives in Lahore.

As an actor

As a director

As a producer

See also

References

  1. ^ Ilyas, Aslam (1992), Silver Star Nadeem, Karachi: Screen Publications
  2. ^ About This Author Admin. "Nadeem". Cineplot.com. Retrieved 15 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Tribune
  4. ^ "Finding a new star" by Saadia Qamar, Express Tribune, August 4, 2010

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