Naeem Hashmi

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| name = Naeem Hashmi

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| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1914}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|4|27|1914}}

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| occupation = Pakistani film, television and stage actor, writer, poet, producer, and director

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| nationality = Pakistani

| notableworks = Shah-E-Madina, Yasreb Ke Waali (Naat for the film Noor-e-Islam, 1957)

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| native_name = نعیم ہاشمی

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Naeem Hashmi (1914 {{endash}} 27 April 1976) was a Pakistani film, television and stage actor, writer, poet, producer, and director. He was known for his roles as a villain in the late 1940s and 1950s, but he later took character roles in over 100 films.{{cite web|url=https://pakistanmediaupdates.com/legendary-actor-naeem-hashmis-death-anniversary-to-observe-today-5395.html|title=Legendary Actor Naeem Hashmi's Death Anniversary to Observe Today|website= Pakistan Media Updates website|date= 27 April 2015|access-date=27 May 2024|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306153140/https://pakistanmediaupdates.com/legendary-actor-naeem-hashmis-death-anniversary-to-observe-today-5395.html|url-status=dead}}[http://www.pak101.com/c/celebrities/bio/312/Actors/Naeem_Hashmi Profile of Naeem Hashmi on Pak 101.com website] Retrieved 4 July 2021

Career

Naeem Hashmi made his film debut in British India in the film Chandani Chowk (1946). His first movie in Pakistan was Ilzam (1953).{{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=2608|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617173041/http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=2608|title=Profile of Naeem Hashmi|website= Pakistan Film Magazine website|access-date=16 July 2022}} His na'ats, or lyrics and praises said for the Islamic prophet Muhammad, also earned him much fame. The peak of his professional career came when he wrote the na'at Shah-E-Madina, Yasreb Ke Waali sung by Saleem Raza and Zubaida Khanum for the Pakistani film Noor-e-Islam (1957). It became a run-away super-hit song in 1957, and still has cultural relevance to this day.

Many of his films, such as the banned Inqalab-e-Kashmir, addressed social and national Pakistani issues. Ziddi (1973 film), Sharif Badmash (1975 film), Chitra Tay Shera (1976 film) were some of Naeem Hashmi's most successful films.

Death and legacy

Naeem Hashmi died of diabetes-related complications on 27 April 1976.

Naeem Hashmi's eldest son, Khawar Naeem Hashmi, is a Pakistani journalist, who works with BOL TV as its bureau chief in Lahore, Pakistan. He served for 35 years in Jang Group of Newspapers, as a news reporter for Geo News channel, and served as Bureau Chief of Geo News in Lahore.[https://www.journalismpakistan.com/Geo-man-Khawar-Naeem-Hashmi-quits-joins-BOL- Geo man Khawar Naeem Hashmi quits, joins BOL] Journalism Pakistan website, Published 20 January 2015, Retrieved 4 July 2021[https://www.dawn.com/news/1333025 Journalism marred by vested interests (son of Naeem Hashmi, Khawar Naeem Hashmi flogged during Zia regime)] Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 May 2017, Retrieved 4 July 2021

Filmography

=In India=

Chandni Chowk (1946)

=In Pakistan=

Ilzam (1953)
Khatoon (1955)
Chhoti Begum (1956)
Nigar (1957)
Noor-e-Islam (1957)
Shama (1959)
Jhoomer (1959)
Ayaz (1960)
Azmat-e-Islam (1965)
Madar-e-Millat (1966)
Diya Aur Toofan (1969 film){{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/actors/NaeemHashmi.php |title=Filmography of Naeem Hashmi|website=Pakistan Film Magazine website|access-date=16 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428052410/http://pakfilms.net/actors/NaeemHashmi.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 April 2017}}
Behan Bhai (1968)
Babul (1971)
Nizam (1972)
Ziddi (1973 film)
Sharif Badmash (1975 film)
Chitra Tay Shera (1976 film)