Adeeb

Muzaffar Adeeb (1926 – 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.

==Early life and career== Adeeb was born in Bombay in a conservative Pathan family from Kashmir. His family had moved to Bombay before the 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, Prithviraj Kapoor, in Prithvi Theatre and later with Indian National Theatre as an assistant director. It was during this time that he learned the basics of acting which later helped him entertain two generations of audience.