Savera Nadeem

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Savera Arham Nadeem
File:Savera Nadeem.jpg
Born1974 (age 51–52)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
Years active1995–present
Children2[1]
Parent
RelativesFaryal Gohar (aunt)

Savera Nadeem (Punjabi: سویرا ندیم) is a Pakistani actress, producer, and director. Primarily known for her work on television; she also acted in theatre and films. Nadeem received a Lux Style Award for Best Television Actress and five nominations.

Early life

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Savera Nadeem was born in 1974 to a Kashmiri family in Lahore. Her father, Shahid Nadeem, is a prominent journalist. She has a Masters in English Literature from Kinnaird College, Lahore, and studied directing at the National School of Drama, Delhi. Nadeem also has a background in classical music.[2][3]

Career

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Acting

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Nadeem started acting when she was fifteen, with her first appearance in the drama Kiran, being broadcast in 1989. She subsequently had the lead role in Ayub Khawar's directed social-issue drama Inkaar.[3] For her performance in the series, Nadeem won the PTV Award for Best Actress.[4] In 1995, she played a gynecologist appointed in a small neighborhood in the dark comedy Janjal Pura.[5]

In 2010, Nadeem appeared in the drama Diya Jalay as a wife caught in an abusive marriage.[6] A reviewer from Dawn opinied that she "not only emotes well but looks smashing".[7] Later that year, she portrayed a self-sacrificing housewife struggling emotionally in the drama Qaid-e-Tanhai. Nadeem won Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress for her performance at the 11th Lux Style Awards.[8]

In 2012, Nadeem played titular role of the rigid and dictatorial Zubeida in the drama Bari Aapa. She was drawn to the project due to the character and the gripping dialogues.[1] She then appeared in the drama Mera Yaqeen, portraying a bedridden, paralysed housewife grappling with her husband's romantic affair with her best friend. While reviewing the series for The Express Tribune, reviewer Altaf Hussain found that she "steals the scenes whenever she appears on screen".[9]

In 2015, Nadeem played a caemo role in her second film, the biographical-drama Manto.[1] Based on the life of eminent Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto, Nadeem portrayed a tanga puller, a character wrote by the writer himself in one his short story.[10]

In 2022, Nadeem played the manipulative and sly matriarch in the mystery-thriller Wehem.[11] Nadeem was agreed to the project due to the unique character traits.[12] In 2023, she played a malevolent stepmother of the male protagonist in romance Jaan-e-Jahan.[13] The performance received positive reviews from critics.[14]

Producer and director

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Nadeem's first job as director was on Kal, a telefilm starring Saba Qamar and Fawad Khan that aired on PTV and Geo TV in 2006. Subsequently, she directed thirteen episodes of Qurbaton Ke Silsilay, a drama broadcast on PTV.[2]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Good Morning Karachi PJ cameo[1]
2015 Manto Taangay Wali [1]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Kiran Kiran [3]
Inkaar Taniya [5]
1996 Janjal Pura Dr. Mahjabeen [5]
2001 Sawan Naureen [5][15]
2006 Gharoor Bawi [5]
2007 Aurat Aur Char Devari Shehnaz / Zuneida Episode "Aik Aurat Do Nikkah"
Pulsaraat Telefilm
Baji Telefilm[5]
Arzoo Telefilm
2004 Mahnoor Kajal Bai Telefilm
2006 Manzil Somia
2010 Diya Jalay Nadia [5]
2010–11 Qaid-e-Tanhai Aisha [5]
Mera Saaein Naima Malik [5]
Woh Chaar [5]
2012 Mera Yaqeen Maha [9]
2012–13 Badi Aapa Zubeida “Bari Aapa” [1]
2013 Teri Berukhi Aleena
2017 Manto Taangay Wali
Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain (season 2) Meena Anthony series; Episode 33
Laut Ke Chalay Aana Zainab [16]
2017–18 Meraas Jahan Aara [5]
2018 Nibah Saiqa
2018–19 Baba Jani Sadia [17]
Haiwan Azra [18]
2019–20 Meray Paas Tum Ho Maham Sayyed Guest appearance[19]
Tera Yahan Koi Nahin Hawa
2020 Tum Ho Wajah Sehba
Dikhawa Anthology series; Episode 2
2022–2023 Wehem Rukhsana Saleem
2023 Mein Kahani Hun
2023 Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain Zahida Ali Episode "Husn-e-Ittefaq"
2023–24 Jaan-e-Jahan Kishwar Shah [13]
2024 Bismil Reham
Parwarish Mahnoor Jahangir [20]
2025 Kuch Na Kehna Noora [19]

Web series

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Year Title Role Platform Notes
2021 Dhoop Ki Deewar Amna Sher Ali ZEE5
2024 Abdullahpur Ka Devdas Jahan Aara Begum ZEE5

Talk Shows

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Nadeem was the presenter of AAJ TV's morning show AAJ SUBH from 27 September 2010 to 16 September 2011.[2]

Awards

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
TBA PTV Awards Best Drama Actress Inkaar Won [2]

Lux Style Awards

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Ceremony Category Project Result
3rd Lux Style Awards[21] Best Television Actress Ibn Aadam Nominated
7th Lux Style Awards Best Television Actress (Satellite) Shikwah
8th Lux Style Awards[22] Milay Kuch Yun
10th Lux Style Awards[23] Diya Jalay
11th Lux Style Awards[24] Qaid-e-Tanhai Won

See also

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References

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