Muzaffar Adeeb (1934 â€" 26 May 2006), known mononymously as Adeeb,
was a Pakistani film actor. He appeared in 38 Indian films from 1940
to 1962, although he did not start performing in films very actively
until the 1950s. In 1962, he shifted from Bombay (now Mumbai), India,
to Lahore, Pakistan and resumed his film career that lasted until his
death with over 500 films to his credit.He was born in Bombay in a
conservative Pakhtun (Pathan) family from Kashmir. His family moved on
to Bombay before independence of Pakistan in 1947 and that is where
the actor in him emerged, after the completion of his Master's Degree
in Urdu literature from Bombay University, Maharashtra. Unlike his
contemporaries, scriptwriting was the first love of Adeeb, who worked
in the scriptwriting department with Raj Kapoor's father, Prithvi Raj
Kapoor, in Prithvi Theatre and later with Indian National Theatre as
assistant director. It is during this time in India that he got to
know the basics of acting which later helped him entertain 2
generations of audience.Although he worked in minor roles in his
initial career, it was Zia Sarhadi's Footpath (1953) that gave him his
first breakthrough role opposite Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari and Anwar
Hussain (Nargis's brother). He worked in 30 films during his stay in
India including Mehndi, Pak Daman (1956) and Jung, before migrating to
Pakistan in 1962, on the insistence of director Akbar Ali Akku and
actor/director Iqbal Yusuf, son of Adeeb's close friend, director S.M.
Yusuf. He settled in Karachi and later moved on to Lahore in search of
roles which kept pouring in from the 1960s until his very last film
â€" Syed Noor's super-hit Majajan (2006).
was a Pakistani film actor. He appeared in 38 Indian films from 1940
to 1962, although he did not start performing in films very actively
until the 1950s. In 1962, he shifted from Bombay (now Mumbai), India,
to Lahore, Pakistan and resumed his film career that lasted until his
death with over 500 films to his credit.He was born in Bombay in a
conservative Pakhtun (Pathan) family from Kashmir. His family moved on
to Bombay before independence of Pakistan in 1947 and that is where
the actor in him emerged, after the completion of his Master's Degree
in Urdu literature from Bombay University, Maharashtra. Unlike his
contemporaries, scriptwriting was the first love of Adeeb, who worked
in the scriptwriting department with Raj Kapoor's father, Prithvi Raj
Kapoor, in Prithvi Theatre and later with Indian National Theatre as
assistant director. It is during this time in India that he got to
know the basics of acting which later helped him entertain 2
generations of audience.Although he worked in minor roles in his
initial career, it was Zia Sarhadi's Footpath (1953) that gave him his
first breakthrough role opposite Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari and Anwar
Hussain (Nargis's brother). He worked in 30 films during his stay in
India including Mehndi, Pak Daman (1956) and Jung, before migrating to
Pakistan in 1962, on the insistence of director Akbar Ali Akku and
actor/director Iqbal Yusuf, son of Adeeb's close friend, director S.M.
Yusuf. He settled in Karachi and later moved on to Lahore in search of
roles which kept pouring in from the 1960s until his very last film
â€" Syed Noor's super-hit Majajan (2006).
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