Nasir Adeeb

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| birth_place = Sargodha, Punjab, British India (present-day Pakistan)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|03|06|df=y}}

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| nationality = Pakistani

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| occupation = Film scriptwriter

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| years_active = 1975 {{endash}} present

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| father = Ghulam Hussain

| mother = Khatija Begum

| spouse = Amna Ulfat

| children = Zoya Nasir

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Nasir Adeeb (born 6 March 1947) is a Pakistani scriptwriter, chiefly working in Punjabi language films of Lollywood.

He holds unasserted world record for writing maximum number of film scripts until date.{{efn|around 2019 to 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1936722/maula-jutt-creator-nasir-adeeb-honoured-pride-performance|title='Maula Jutt' screenwriter Nasir Adeeb honoured with Pride of Performance|date=25 March 2019|website=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|access-date=18 October 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1508111/maula-jatt-rights-sold-bilal-lashari-and%E2%80%AFammara-hikmat-original-writer-nasir-adeeb|title='Maula Jatt' rights have been sold to Bilal Lashari and Ammara Hikmat: original writer Nasir Adeeb|date=16 September 2017|website=The Express Tribune (newspaper)}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/369198/reema-mehwish-babra-and-sajjad-ali-receive-top-government-honours/|title=Reema, Mehwish, Babra and Sajjad Ali receive top government honours|date=24 March 2019|website=Daily Times (newspaper)|access-date=18 October 2022}} He also wrote many novels, including an espionage spy novel which was published during his school days. He earned his recognition in the 1970s with his first classical film Wehshi Jatt and subsequently with Maula Jatt, a mass market blockbuster film and with its characters like Noori Natt. The film became a subject between the government of Pakistan and the filmmakers for its story written by Nasir Adeeb.

The recipient of numerous awards and accordion, including Presidential Pride of Performance, he wrote scripts and dialogues for more than four hundred films and is also credited for introducing "gandasa" genre in films which according to The Diplomat brought significant improvements to the Pakistan film industry during its unsuccessful productions.

Life and background

He was born to Khadija Begum and Ghulam Hussain in Sargodha on 6 March 1947. He has seven siblings, including five sisters and two brothers. In 1961, he moved to Lahore where he began his film career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.desiblitz.com/content/writer-nasir-adeeb-talks-the-legend-of-maula-jatt|title=Writer Nasir Adeeb talks 'The Legend of Maula Jatt'|date=16 April 2020|website=DESIblitz}}

Career

He started his career in 1971 at Pakistan Television Corporation as an assistant program producer. At that time, his novel titled Aswa was seen in a local newspaper ad for a film claimed to ran without his consent. The incident was referred to judiciary where a civil Judge named Sheikh Abdur Rashid investigated the incident, leading him to become a part of the film and was eventually introduced to the Lollywood.{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/a-conversation-with-lollywood-screenwriter-nasir-adeeb/|title=A Conversation With Lollywood Screenwriter Nasir Adeeb|website=The Diplomat (magazine)|date=10 April 2019|author=Sonya Rehman|access-date=18 October 2022}} He also wrote a play titled Janam Janam Ki Maili Chadar that premiered on the country's broadcaster and ran for one thousand shows, one of the longest TV shows of Pakistan. His film songs are chiefly sung by Noor Jehan, Pakistani playback singer also referred to as "the queen of melody". As a screenwriter, he wrote The Legend of Maula Jatt film. In 2024, he made controversial remarks about Reema which earned outrage from celebrates later Adeeb apologized.{{cite web|url=https://minutemirror.com.pk/nasir-adeeb-on-rejecting-reema-khan-315982/ |title=Nasir Adeeb on rejecting Reema Khan|date=7 December 2024 |publisher=Minute Mirror}}{{cite web|url=https://minutemirror.com.pk/imran-abbas-slams-nasir-adeeb-over-reemas-past-remarks-315974/|title=Imran Abbas slams Nasir Adeeb over Reema's past remarks|date=7 December 2024 |publisher=Minute Mirror}}{{Cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1193062|title=Writer Nasir Adeeb faces heat for linking Reema Khan to Heeramandi, issues apology|author=Images Staff|date=14 December 2024|website=Images|language=en|access-date=18 December 2024}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width=100% !scope="col" width=2%\|# !scope="col" width=25%\| Title !scope="col" \| Year !scope="col" \| Type/Credited as !width=5%\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
1	Wehshi Jatt	1975	Screenwriter
2	Maula Jatt	1979	Screenwriter	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-mythopoeia-of-a-machete/article26470809.ece\|title=The mythopoeia of a machete\|first=Hari\|last=Narayan\|date=8 March 2019\|website=The Hindu (newspaper)}}
3	Chan Varyam	1981	Screenwriter
4	Sher Khan	1981	Screenwriter
5	Yeh Adam	1986	Screenwriter
8	International Luteray	1994	Writer \|
6	International Guerillas	1999	Screenwriter	{{Cite web\|url=https://mubi.com/cast/nasir-adib\|title=Nasir Adib\|website=MUBI}}
7	The Legend of Maula Jatt	2022	Screenwriter

Awards

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style="text-align:center;"\|2019 \| style="text-align:left;"\|Maula Jatt \|Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \|rowspan="7"{{won}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news\|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/pakistani-cinema/nasir-adeeb-gets-pakistans-pride-of-performance-1.63050029\|title=Nasir Adeeb gets Pakistan's Pride of Performance Award\|newspaper=Gulf News (newspaper)\|access-date=18 October 2022}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1471417\|title=President Alvi confers top civil, military awards for excellence on Pakistan Day\|date=23 March 2019\|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)\|access-date=18 October 2022}}
style="text-align:center;"\|1986 \| style="text-align:left;"\|Yeh Adam \|Nigar award \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \| style="text-align:center;"\|
style="text-align:center;"\|1981 \| style="text-align:left;"\|Chan Varyam \|Nigar award \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \| style="text-align:center;"\|
style="text-align:center;"\|1976 \| style="text-align:left;"\|Toofan \|Nigar award \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web \| title=The Nigar Awards 1972 - 1986 \|website=The Hot Spot Online website\| date=2008-07-25 \| url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725090554/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm \| archive-date=2008-07-25 \| url-status=unfit \| language=en \| access-date=2022-10-18}}
{{n/a}} \| style="text-align:left;"\|Nasir Adeeb \|Asian Cultural Award \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \| style="text-align:center;"\|
{{n/a}} \| style="text-align:left;"\|Nasir Adeeb \|Bolan Award \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \| style="text-align:center;"\|
{{n/a}} \| style="text-align:left;"\|Nasir Adeeb \|Graduate Award \| style="text-align:left;"\|Best scriptwriter \| style="text-align:center;"\|

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style="text-align:center;"|2019

| style="text-align:left;"|Maula Jatt

|Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan