- Born
- Birth nameNazeer Baig Mirza Mughal
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Nadeem Baig is a Pakistani actor, who has acted in Plaza SquareJln films, television films,TV serials and TV drama. He also anchored a quiz show on Ary Digital TV channel and has played leading roles in more than 200 films in Pakistan.
Nadeem, along with artists _Talat Hussain (I)_, M. Zaheer Khan, Aftab Azeem, Saleem Jafry, and TV producer Iqbal Haider, were all discovered at the Islamia Club,Karachi, Pakistan. He and his friends, Ameer Ahmed Khan and Qasim Siddiqui, won Ambon Plaza SquareJln music award. At one of his musical kit presentations, he was noticed by the then famous singer _Firdousi Begum_. She was impressed by his singing talent and encouraged him to try playback singing in Dhaka 's film industry. Because of his singing talent, he sang a song for an Urdu film called Sehra , the music was composed by _Nisar Bazmi_ . Unfortunately, the film was never released. Nadeem traveled to Dhaka for a cultural trip, organized by the Islamia Club,Karachi, where he got a chance to sing a song in Captain Ehtisham's new film Chakori (1967) . Captain was making a low budget black and white film, because his previous color film, Sagar ,had flopped at the box-office. At the time of casting, he chose Shabana as the heroine and an East Pakistani ( Bengali ) film actor Azeem as the hero. But Azeem refused to work in the film because he was offered a very small amount of money to act in the film. So _Ehtesham (I)_ decided to cast Nadeem in his film as the hero, which was contrary to his brother Mustafeez's will. The film was released on May 19, 1967, in both East and West Pakistan and became a hit partly due to its superb music by _Robin Ghosh_.
Nadeem's film career spans more than 40 years. He started his career in 1967 and appeared in his first film Chakori (1967) in a lead role opposite actress Shabana. 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 Pakistan and East Pakistan. He won the prestigious Nigar Award in the best actor's category for film Chakori (1967) . With consecutive hit films, like Chotay Sahab and Sangdil , he became one of the leading film actors of Pakistan. Nadeem's commercially successful films include Nadan (1973), Anari , Pehchan (1976) , Talash (1976), Aina (1977), Hum Dono (1980), Lajawab, Qurbani (1981), Sangdil (1982), and Dehleez (1983) . In 1980, an Indian film, Noor Jahan, was granted special permission for an exhibition in Pakistan which turned into a challenge for Pakistani Film industry. Well-known Pakistani film director _Pervez Malik_accepted that challenge and produced film Hum Dono (1980) , presenting Nadeem in a double role. The film did well in Pakistani cinemas. Besides acting, Nadeem has sung many songs for films, in fact he started his career by singing a song for a West Pakistani film, but the song got canceled by the director and later was sung by Mehdi Hassan. His first song was a duet with Firdousi Begum "Kahan ho tum ko dhoond rahin hain" in his first film Chakori (1967) .- IMDb Mini Biography By: Nisar Ahmad Grewal
- SpouseFarzana Baig(September 28, 1969 - present) (2 children)
- He married Farzana Baig on 28th September, 1969, the only daughter of acclaimed film director Ehtesham, who was also the director of his debut film Chakori (1967). He has two sons with her, Faisal and Farhan.
- Nadeem Baig resides in Karachi, Pakistan with his wife Farzana Baig and their two sons, Farhan, a film director, and Faisal, a music producer.
- He started his film career as a playback singer. His debut film as playback singer is Kaise Kahoon (1965), directed by acclaimed director Sadiq Khan, singing alongside legendary singer Ferdausi Rahman.
- His debut film as an actor is Chakori (1967). Acclaimed director Ehtesham was looking for a new face to star opposite Shabana when singer Ferdausi Rahman introduced Nadeem Baig to him. Both Shabana and Nadeem Baig shot to stardom after Chakori (1967) was released and this film eventually launched both of their career in the film industry.
- Nadeem is the only actor in Pakistan to work with four female directors who have also been his co-stars. The directors of the first three films - Shamim Ara, Sangeeta and Samina Peerzada - on numerous occasions played Nadeem's leading ladies during his career. Shamim Ara in 'Parai Aag' and 'Suhaag'; Sangeeta in countless flicks including 'Anari' and 'Mutthi Bhar Chawal' and Samina Peerzada in 'Bazaar-i-Husn' and 'Bulandi'. The director of the last flick in the list - Reema Khan - has worked with Nadeem in over a dozen films mostly as his daughter or the son's love interest.
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