Nadeem Saifi Wiki, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More – WikiBio

Nadeem Saifi is an Indian music director-turned-businessman who was part of the enduring music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan. In 1997, Nadeem was accused of planning the homicide of the founding father of T-Collection Gulshan Kumar.

Wiki/Biography

Nadeem Akhtar Saifi a.okay.a. Nadeem Saifi was born on Friday, 6 August 1954 (age 67 years; as of 2021) in Mumbai. His zodiac signal is Leo. Nadeem had a eager curiosity in music since his childhood, and after finishing his education at St. Mary’s Excessive Faculty in Mazgaon, Nadeem began a band along with his associates. A typical good friend of Nadeem and Shravan launched them to one another, they usually determined to work collectively as music composers.

Bodily Look

Top (approx.): 6′ 1″

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Black

Household & Caste

Mother and father & Siblings

Nadeem was born into an prosperous household, and his father was a businessman in Mumbai. He has a youthful brother, Sohail Saifi.

Spouse & Youngsters

Nadeem Saifi obtained married to Sultana, they usually have two kids together- a son and a daughter. Their daughter’s title is Saima, and their son’s title is Samar Nadeem.

Nadeem Saifi along with his son, Samar Nadeem

Profession

Nadeem Saifi met Shravan Rathod by a typical good friend at a celebration. They each wished to grow to be music composers and determined to crew and type the composer duo Nadeem-Shravan. The primary venture on which they labored collectively occurred in 1979 after they composed music for his or her first music ‘Kashi hile, Patna hile’ for the Bhojpuri film ‘Dangal.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkmS2G2fXqI

Over time, the duo labored with Anuradha Patel, Hariharan, Suresh Wadkar, Pankaj Udhas, Roop Kumar Rathod, Vinod Rathod, Alka Yagnik, and plenty of different well-known Indian playback singers. In 1985, the duo composed music for his or her first impartial business venture ‘Star Ten.’ The album featured ten Bollywood actors akin to Mithun, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and so forth., who sang songs for the album. The most important breakthrough of their careers got here after they labored with Mahesh Bhatt in 1990 for the romantic drama film ‘Aashiqui.’ The songs of the album grew to become a superhit, and this was Nadeem-Shravan’s shot to fame. After engaged on greater than 150 movies collectively as music composers and music administrators, the duo determined to separate up in 2005. Shravan misplaced curiosity in composing music and determined to concentrate on the careers of his sons, Sanjeev and Darshan. In 2015, Nadeem made a comeback as a solo composer for the film ‘Ishq Ceaselessly.’

Poster of the film Ishq Ceaselessly (2016)

Awards

• Filmfare Finest Music Director Award in 1991 for Aashiqui

• Filmfare Finest Music Director Award in 1992 for Saajan

• Filmfare Finest Music Director Award in 1993 for Deewana

• Filmfare Finest Music Director Award in 1997 for Raja Hindustani

• Star Display screen Finest Music Director Award in 1997 for Raja Hindustani

• Star Display screen Finest Music Director Award in 1998 for Pardes

• Zee Cine Finest Music Director in 2003 for Raaz

Controversy

In 1997, Nadeem Saifi was on a trip in London when arrest warrants towards him have been launched, stating him because the mastermind behind the assault on Gulshan Kumar. The assault was carried out on 12 August 1997, when three assailants fired gunshots at Gulshan Kumar, killing him immediately exterior a temple. Others concerned within the case have been Anees Ibrahim Kaskar (Dawood Ibrahim’s brother) and Dawood’s associates Abu Salem and Kayyum. Throughout the interrogation of the gangsters, it was discovered that Nadeem had organized a ‘secret’ music operate in June for Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai. In 2001, the Indian Authorities took the case to London Excessive Court docket, requesting the extradition of Nadeem Saifi, however the request was rejected by the federal government. Later, Mohammad Ali Hussain Sheikh, who had earlier claimed that Nadeem was concerned within the homicide, ultimately revealed that he had no connections with Saifi. Abu Salem additionally denied Nadeem’s involvement within the case. He was exonerated by 4 completely different courts, together with the Home of Lords within the UK and the periods courtroom in Mumbai.

Information/Trivia

• Nadeem Saifi retains travelling between London and Dubai. He has British citizenship, and he has a fragrance enterprise known as Arabian Attars in Dubai.

• Nadeem Saifi’s grandfather was honoured with the title of ‘Khan Bahadur Saheb’ by the British Authorities.

• Nadeem and Shravan’s album ‘Aashiqui’ (1990) turned out to be the best-selling music album of all time. The album bought greater than twenty million copies of the album through the years.
  

  Poster of the film Aashiqui (1990)

• On 19 April 2021, Shravan Rathod had examined optimistic for Covid-19, and he was admitted to SL Raheja Hospital in Mahim. The information was made public by Rathod’s son, Sanjeev Rathod. Nadeem posted an image on his social media platforms requesting his followers to wish for Shravan’s speedy restoration. Sadly, Shravan Rathod handed away on 22 April 2021 after struggling a coronary heart assault and a number of organ failures.