Nadeem

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For the Indian music director, see Nadeem-Shravan.

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Nadeem (Urdu: ندیم born [1941]) is a film star in Pakistan. He has played leading roles in more than 200 movies.

[edit] Career

Nadeem was born in Vijaywada (Madras, British India) as Nazeer Baig Mughal (Urdu: نذیر بیگ مغل), and wanted to be a playback singer in the movie industry.He was fond of singing. He was given the opportunity to go to Dhaka to sing playback songs for a film "Chakori" (1967) and was offered a leading role in the movie. This very first film skyrocketed him to big fame. Film was a hit and Nadeem became a superstar in the Pakistan film industry overnight.

Nadeem shuttled between Karachi, Lahore and Dhaka to act in movies. In 1971 after the fall of Dhaka and formation of the Independent state of Bangladesh, he settled in Lahore which became his home. Now he shifted again from Lahore to KARACHI.

He appears to be the last superstar of Pakistani film industry. In the year 2000, with the deteriorating condition of the film industry, he debuted in a successful TV serial, starting his career in television.

Nadeem has a website which is entirely developed and is managed by his fans, it is a comprehensive website.