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Shahid Nadeem

{{short description|Pakistani writer and director}}

{{distinguish|Nadeem Shahid}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shahid Nadeem

| native_name = {{URDU|شاہد ندیم}}

| native_name_lang = ur

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| caption =

| birth_name = Shahid Mahmood Nadeem

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947}}

| birth_place = Sopore, Kashmir, British India

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Pakistani

| occupation = Human rights activist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, television director

| years_active = 1970s to present

| employer = PTV (DMD)
Ajoka Theater (executive director)

| notable_works = Toba Tek Singh (1992)
Uraan (1995)
Bullah (2001)
Burqavaganza (2008)
Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh (2012)

| spouse = Madeeha Gauhar (wife)

| children = Savera Nadeem (daughter)
Nirvaan Nadeem (son)
Sarang Nadeem (son)

| relatives = Faryal Gohar (sister-in-law)

| awards = List of awards

}}

Shahid Mahmood Nadeem ({{langx|ur|{{URDU|شاہد محمود ندیم}}}}; born 1947) is a Pakistani journalist, playwright, screenwriter, theater and television director, and a human rights activist.{{cite web |title=World Summit on Arts & Culture 2009 (includes Profile of Shahid Nadeem) |url=http://media.ifacca.org/files/WS09ShahidNadeem.pdf |website=artsummit.org website|access-date=17 April 2020}}

He served as the general manager, program director, and deputy managing director of the Pakistan Television Corporation. He is currently director of the Ajoka Theater and director of the PTV Academy.{{cite web |title=Shahid Nadeem, Sarmad Khoosat produce drama on Manto's life |url=http://forpakistan.org/fpdata/shahid-nadeem-sarmad-khoosat-produce-drama-on-mantos-life/ |publisher=forpakistan.org |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815204640/http://forpakistan.org/fpdata/shahid-nadeem-sarmad-khoosat-produce-drama-on-mantos-life/ |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://oup.com.pk/catalogsearch/result/?q=+shahid+nadeem+translated+plays|title=English translations of Shahid Nadeem's plays launched |website=Oxford University Press website |date=25 August 2008 |access-date=17 April 2020}}

Early life

Shahid Nadeem was born to a Muslim family in 1947, during the partitioning of British India, in Sopore, Kashmir, to a well-known doctor;{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/11/14/stories/2004111400580500.htm |author=Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta |title=Real life drama |work=The Hindu |date=14 November 2004 |access-date=8 January 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |url=http://www.risingkashmir.in/news/madeeha-gauhar-passes-away |title=Madeeha Gauhar passes away |work=Rising Kashmir |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=8 January 2019}} the family later settled in Lahore, Punjab.{{cite book |title=The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama |year=2007 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=United States |url=https://archive.org/details/columbiaencyclop0002unse |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/columbiaencyclop0002unse/page/947 947] |isbn=9780231144247}}

Career

Nadeem began his career as a human rights and social activist in Lahore. During the era of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, he was imprisoned three times in 1969, 1970, and in 1979 for his political activism.{{cite magazine |author=Tim Kindseth |title=Cold Plays |magazine=Time |date=23 October 2008 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1853122,00.html |access-date=8 January 2019}} In 1980, he was forced to go abroad and moved to London where he worked for Amnesty International between 1980 and 1988, from 1991 to 1993 in Hong Kong, and then in Los Angeles.

Nadeem has directed and written plays for the theater as well as a number of TV series, most of them for PTV.{{cite web |title=Biography of Shahid Nadeem |url=https://18thstreet.org/artists/shahid-nadeem/ |publisher=18thstreet.org |access-date=8 January 2019}} The majority of his plays are written in Urdu and Punjabi. He has adapted a few English plays. Nadeem writes for newspapers, among them The Express Tribune.{{cite news |title=Stories by Shahid Nadeem for the Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/author/1953/shahid-nadeem/ |access-date=8 January 2019 |newspaper=The Express Tribune |date=8 May 2011}}

In 1995, Nadeem directed and wrote two television serials for the Pakistan Television Corporation including Neelay Hath. One of them is the political drama Zard Dopehar which aired on PTV and starred Shujaat Hashmi and Samina Peerzada. The story centres around a corrupt politician who grew up in a typical middle-class family.{{cite web |title=Pakistan Television is a partisan organ of the Pakistani state |url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft8k4008kx&chunk.id=s1.9.55&toc.id=ch10&brand=ucpress |publisher=UC Press books, California Digital Library |access-date=8 January 2019}}

The other, Uraan, aired in the same year on PTV and was very popular. It focused on the culture and management at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). It was shot mostly at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, but some of it was filmed in Kathmandu, London, Nairobi, New York City, and Paris. Shakeel played the lead as a PIA aircraft captain and Faryal Gohar as a senior flight purser.{{cite web |title=Drama serial "Uraan", based on PIA by Shahid Nadeem |date=21 August 2009 |access-date=27 April 2020 |publisher=pakistanitvdrama.com |url=http://www.pakistanitvdrama.com/2009/08/drama-serial-uraan-on-ptv/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211111022/http://www.pakistanitvdrama.com/2009/08/drama-serial-uraan-on-ptv/ |df=dmy-all}}

Nadeem wrote a hit comedy television series Janjaal Pura for PTV during the 2000s. The serial was directed by Tariq Jamil and starred Savera Nadeem, Mehmood Aslam and Naseem Vicky.{{cite web |url=http://www.pakistanitvdrama.com/2009/04/drama-serial-janjaal-pura-on-vidpk/ |title=Drama serial Janjaal Pura on PTV |publisher=pakistanitvdrama.com |date=29 April 2009 |access-date=27 April 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630033607/http://www.pakistanitvdrama.com/2009/04/drama-serial-janjaal-pura-on-vidpk/ |df=dmy-all }}

On 23 August 2008, the Alhamra Arts Council hosted the launch of Selected Plays published by Oxford University Press (OUP) with the help of Ajoka. The book contains seven of his famous plays: Teesri Dastak, Barri, Aik Thi Nani, Kala Meda Bhes, Dukhini, Bulha and Burqavaganza.{{cite web |title=Selected Plays: Shahid Nadeem |url=http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780195474770.do |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=27 April 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042849/http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780195474770.do |archive-date=10 August 2014 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |author=Anum Pasha |date=24 August 2008 |title=Alhamra hosts launch of Nadeem's 'Selected Plays' |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C24%5Cstory_24-8-2008_pg13_5 |access-date=27 April 2020 |newspaper=Daily Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211094750/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C24%5Cstory_24-8-2008_pg13_5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2013 |df=dmy-all}} The book was also launched at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), Islamabad on 25 August 2008 with the help of the Pakistan Academy of Letters.{{cite news |title=Ajoka Theatre launches book of selected plays |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/318324/ajoka-theatre-launches-book-of-selected-plays |access-date=8 January 2019 |newspaper=Dawn |date=26 August 2008}} Two collections of his Urdu and Punjabi plays have been published.

In 2012 Nadeem wrote a play Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh,{{cite news |title=Saadat Hassan vs Manto: Bringing Manto to the stage |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/480305/saadat-hassan-vs-manto-bringing-manto-to-the-stage/ |access-date=8 January 2019 |newspaper=The Express Tribune |author=Sher Khan |date=16 December 2012}} directed by Madeeha Gauhar, which was first performed at the Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore on 14 December 2012 by the Ajoka Theater group. The play is based on the life of Saadat Hassan Manto and was well received by audiences. Manto was played by Naseem Abbas.{{cite news |title=Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh: the best understanding of Manto |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-5-162761-Kaun-Hai-Yeh-Gustakh-the-best-understanding-of-Manto |access-date=13 April 2013 |newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|date=1 March 2013}} In January 2013 the play was presented at the Akshara Theatre in New Delhi, India.{{cite news |title=Pakistani group stages play despite cancellation by NSD |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pakistani-group-stages-play-despite-cancellation-by-nsd/article4323881.ece |author=Madhur Tankha |access-date=8 January 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=20 January 2013}} It was due to be presented at the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi but was cancelled due to security concerns.{{cite news |title=Another casualty: 2 Pakistani plays cancelled |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/another-casualty-2-pakistani-plays-cancelled/article4317008.ece |author=Madhur Tankha |access-date=8 January 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=18 January 2013}} In February 2013, Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh was performed at Nishtar Hall, Peshawar by Ajoka.{{cite news |title=Paying homage: Remembering the controversy that was Manto |author=Hidayat Khan |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/508758/paying-homage-remembering-the-controversy-that-was-manto/ |access-date=8 January 2019 |newspaper=The Express Tribune |date=18 February 2013}}

In 2013, Nadeem started writing the script for the television serial Main Manto based on the life of Saadat Hasan Manto. The series is directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat,{{cite news |author=Sher Khan |title=Playwright Shahid Nadeem aims to rediscover Manto for the audience |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/472174/mein-manto--a-drama-on-saadat-hasan-mantos-life/ |newspaper=The Express Tribune |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=8 January 2019}} with Sarmad Khoosat playing the lead; he is supported by Mahira Khan and Saba Qamar. The film screened all over Pakistan to critical acclaim.

Personal life

Nadeem has a daughter, Savera Nadeem, from his first marriage who is a television actress.{{cite web |title=Profile of Shahid Nadeem |url=http://vidpk.com/p/727/Shahid-Nadeem/ |website=vidpk.com website|date=9 November 2011|access-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808134248/http://vidpk.com/p/727/Shahid-Nadeem/}} Later Nadeem married Madeeha Gauhar and has two sons, Sarang and Nirvaan, the latter being a TV, film and theatre actor/director, who has also written columns for The Nation.{{cite news |author=Adnan Lodhi |date=16 October 2016 |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1200112/centre-stage-nirvaan-nadeem-new-kid-block/ |title=Centre stage: Nirvaan Nadeem, new kid on the block |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=8 January 2019}}[https://nation.com.pk/Columnist/nirvaan-nadeem Nirvaan Nadeem's profile on The Nation] Retrieved 8 January 2019. Nadeem and Gauhar first met in London when Shahid was working at Amnesty International and Gauhar was on a study scholarship from the British Council.{{cite web |url=http://www.mag4you.com/spotlight/Madeeha+Gauhar/3863.htm |title=An interview of Madeeha Gauhar by mag4you |website=mag4you.com website|access-date=27 April 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325100129/http://www.mag4you.com/spotlight/Madeeha+Gauhar/3863.htm |df=dmy-all}}

Books

Filmography

=Films=

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!colspan=5 style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Films

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!style="width:100px;"|director

!style="width:100px;"|screenWriter

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2003Shararat{{no}}{{yes}}
2015Manto{{no}}{{yes}}

=Plays=

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! colspan=5 style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Plays

style="width:50px;"|Year

!style="width:200px;"|Title

!style="width:100px;"|Director

!style="width:100px;"|Writer

!class="unsortable" style="width:500px;"|Notes

1985Chalk Chakkar{{no}}{{yes}}Adaption of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
1987Barri{{no}}{{yes}}
1987Marya Hoya Kutta{{no}}{{yes}}
1988Itt{{yes}}{{yes}}
1989Choolah{{no}}{{yes}}
1990Jhali kithay jaway{{no}}{{yes}}
1991Teesri Dastak{{no}}{{yes}}
1992Lappar{{no}}{{yes}}
1992Toba Tek Singh{{no}}{{yes}}Adaption of Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto
1992Dekh Tamasha Chalta Ban{{no}}{{yes}}
1993Ek Thi Nani{{no}}{{yes}}
1995Jum Jum Jeeway Jaman Pura{{no}}{{yes}}
1995Uraan
1998Bala King{{no}}{{yes}}
2000Dukhini{{no}}{{yes}}
2001Bullah
Adhoori{{no}}{{yes}}
Mainoon Kari Kareenday Ni Mae{{no}}{{yes}}
2001Bullah{{no}}{{yes}}
Border Border{{no}}{{yes}}
2006Dushman{{no}}{{yes}}
2006Maon Ke Naam{{no}}{{yes}}
2008Burqavaganza{{yes}}{{yes}}
2008Hotel Mohenjodaro{{yes}}{{yes}}
2010Dara{{yes}}{{yes}}
2011The Dreams Can Come True{{no}}{{yes}}
2011Dukh Darya{{no}}{{yes}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/613778 |title=Ajoka to mark Women's Day with drama fest |work=Dawn |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=8 January 2019}}
2011Kala Meda Bhes
2011Mera Rang De Basanti Chola{{no}}{{yes}}
2011Amrika Chalo{{yes}}{{yes}}
2012Rozan-e-Zindan Se{{no}}{{no}}Editor and selector of the play
2012Kaun Hai Yeh Gustakh{{no}}{{yes}}

=Television=

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!colspan=5 style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Television

style="width:50px;"|Year

!style="width:200px;"|Title

!style="width:100px;"|Director

!style="width:100px;"|screenWriter

!class=unsortable style="width:500px;"|Notes

1995Zard Dopehar{{yes}}{{yes}}
1995Uraan{{yes}}{{yes}}
1997Janjaal Pura{{no}}{{yes}}
2013Main Manto{{no}}{{yes}}

Awards and nominations

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!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

1989PTV Silver Jubilee Award{{won}}
2001PEN InternationalFellowship{{won}}
2005Masood Khadarpoosh AwardBulha{{won}}
2010Pride of Performance Award[https://www.dawn.com/news/943236/list-of-civil-award-winners List of civil award winners (includes Shahid Mahmood Nadeem's Pride of Performance Award for 2010)] Dawn (newspaper), Published 16 August 2009, Retrieved 17 April 2020LiteraturePlaywright{{won}}

References

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