Nadeem (Pakistani actor)


Mirza Nazir Baig, best known by his screen name Nadeem , is a Pakistani actor, singer, and producer. He has appeared in over two hundred films during his 56-year-long career. He has also been honored with the Pride of Performance award in 1997. He has also won a record 16 Nigar Awards as an actor. He also produced two movies, Mitti Ke Putlay, which won the Lenin Prize in the USSR, and Mukhra, a romantic-comedy Punjabi film.
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Early life

Nadeem was born on 19 July 1941 in Vijayawada, which at the time was part of the Madras Presidency in British India. His father worked in an oil company. Nadeem migrated to Dhaka, East Pakistan along with his family after the independence of Pakistan, in 1947. After his early education in Nazimabad, he finished high school at Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam and attended some years of college at Government Islamia Science College, Karachi before he entered the Pakistani film industry. In his college days he was also a cricketer, playing up to the first-class level in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
Nadeem, and artists Talat Hussain, M. Zaheer Khan, Aftab Azeem, Saleem Jafry, and TV producer Iqbal Haider were all discovered at a club in Karachi in the 1960s. 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. In Dhaka, while working in an office, he used to sing in both Urdu and Bengali.

Career

Nadeem's film career spans nearly 60 years. He started his career in 1967 and appeared in his first film, Chakori, in a leading role opposite actress Shabana. He was initially supposed to be a playback singer for the movie.The film was produced and directed by Captain Ehtesham, who, in real life, became his father-in-law in 1968 when Nadeem married Farzana, Ehtesham's daughter. The film did well in both circuits of the Pakistani film industry, i.e., West and East Pakistan. He won a Nigar Award in the best actor's category for Chakori. Nadeem's films include Nadan, Anari, Pehchan, Talash, Aina, Hum Dono, Lajawab, Qurbani, Sangdil, and Dehleez. He made a popular screen pairing with actress Shabnam, with whom he acted in most of his films. Besides acting, Nadeem has sung many songs for films. Nadeem has worked with veteran film directors of the Pakistani film industry, including Pervez Malik, Nazrul Islam, S. Suleman, Shamim Ara, Sangeeta, and Samina Peerzada. Among the well-known actors, he has worked with Santosh Kumar, Darpan, Waheed Murad, Allauddin, and Syed Kamal over his long career.

Playback singers

In his career, Nadeem has been mostly voiced by Ahmed Rushdi and later Akhlaq Ahmed provided his voice. He acknowledged that songs in Rushdi's voice made his work easier and played a significant role in his success.

Selected filmography

Chakori Behan Bhai Diya Aur Toofan Daman Aur Chingari Aina Bandish Dillagi Shama Phool Mere Gulshan Ka Anari Jab Jab Phool Khile Pehchan Mutthi Bhar Chawal Pakeeza Dehleez Doordesh - Bollywood filmMukhra - a film produced by Nadeem Baig alsoBulandi Sargam Jeeva Inteha Koi Tujh Sa Kahan Mein Ek Din Laut Kay Aaoon Ga Love Mein Gum Main Hoon Shahid Afridi The System Hijrat Sikander Superstar Parey Hut Love Zarrar

Awards and recognition