Mohammad Nazim

Mohammad Nazim Khilji (born 1 January 1986) is an Indian model and actor recognized for his work in Hindi television. He made his television debut with Shaurya Aur Suhani.[2] He rose to prominence playing Ahem Parag Modi and Jaggi Parag Modi in Star Plus's popular soap opera Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2010–17), one of the longest running shows in India[3][4] In 2020, Nazim reprised the same double role in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2[5] in order to promote the show. From August 2021 to June 2022, Nazim played the main male lead of Saksham Modi in Star Bharat's Tera Mera Saath Rahe.[6]

Mohammad Nazim
Nazim at the Star Parivar Awards 2013
Born
Mohammad Nazim Khilji[1]

(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986
Malerkotla, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Model
  • actor
  • singer
Years active2009–present
Known forSaath Nibhaana Saathiya Tera Mera Saath Rahe
FamilyAnas Rashid (cousin)

Early life

Nazim was born on 1 January 1986 in Malerkotla, Punjab.[7][8][9] Television actors Anas Rashid and Ather Habib are his cousins.[10]

Career

Early days and breakthrough (2009–17)

Nazim made his entry into Hindi television industry with an unknown role on Star Plus's fantasy based series Shaurya Aur Suhani, created by Sphere Origins, in 2009 and then signed an episodic of Sony Entertainment Television's crime thriller CID in 2010.[11] He later played Satya in Shraddha

His biggest breakthrough came when he bagged his first lead role as Ahem Modi for continuously six years (2010–16) in Star Plus's one of the most popular soap operas, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya opposite Devoleena Bhattacharjee.[12] In 2015, he also debuted into Bollywood with the horror film Plot No. 666.[13] He was a contestant on Box Cricket League too.[14]

In May 2016, Nazim quit Saath Nibhaana Saathiya as he didn't want to play a maternal grandfather onscreen.[15] However, in August 2016, he returned to the show playing a new character of Ahem's legitimate twin brother Jaggi Modi and remained present in it until its off air in July 2017.[16] Venturing into Punjabi cinema, he appeared in the Punjabi film Big Daddy (2017).[17]

Further works (2017–present)

In August 2018, Nazim reteamed with Bhattacharjee in an episodic of &TV's Laal Ishq.[18] Few days later, he found his first antagonistic role in Colors TV's well performing drama series Udaan Sapnon Ki as Gumaan Singh Rajvanshi before his role ended the very next month.[19] In January 2019, he was seen opposite Sreejita De in another episodic of Laal Ishq.[20]

That same month, Nazim entered Colors TV's Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop as the vengeful Samru Singh Vaghela.[21] In July 2019, he joined the same channel's love-triangle Bahu Begum as the greedy and evil Asgar Akhtar Mirza.[22] He quitted the show in November 2019 amicably.[23]

On 19 October 2020, Nazim reprised his role as Ahem Modi and Jaggi Modi for the first 31 episodes of Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2, until 23 November 2020, and reunited with Bhattacharjee. [24]

From August 2021 to June 2022, Nazim played the main male lead role Saksham Modi in Star Bharat's Tera Mera Saath Rahe.[6]

Television
Year Show Role Notes
2009 Shaurya Aur Suhani Anand
Shraddha Satya
2010 CID Torren Ep 607: Dead Boxer
2010–17 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya Ahem Parag Modi/Jaggi Parag Modi Lead Role
2014–16 Box Cricket League Contestant[25]
2018, 2019 Laal Ishq Sikandar / Saifuddin Sheikh
2018 Udaan Gumaan Singh Rajvanshi
2019 Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop Samru Singh Vaghela
Bahu Begum Asgar Akhtar Mirza
2020 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 Jaggi Parag Modi / Ahem Parag Modi 31 Episodes[26]
2021–2022 Tera Mera Saath Rahe Saksham Krishan Modi [6]

Guest appearance
Year Show Role
2012 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai Ahem
2013 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
2014 Nach Baliye Guest
2016 Comedy Classes Himself
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Ahem

Filmography

†

 Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Director Notes
2015 Plot No.666 Mack
2017 Big Daddy Jordy Punjabi film

Discography
Year Album Song Lyricist Music director
2015 Jeona mour Jeona Mour Gurnam Sidhu Desi crew

Awards
Year Award Category Show Result Ref.
2015 Zee Gold Awards Most Fittest Actor Saath Nibhaana Saathiya Won [27]
BIG Star Entertainment Awards Most Entertaining Television Actor – Male (with Vishal Singh)

References
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  5. Naithani, Priyanka (26 March 2013). "Tragedy of being an actor: Mohammad Nazim". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. "Mohammad Nazim on Tera Mera Saath Rahe's comparisons with Saathiya: People thought TMSR's would be a lot similar to our previous show". The Times of India. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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  22. Bhopatkar, Tejashree (5 February 2014). "When Nazim's new look became the butt of joke". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  23. Chaudhary, Neha (22 November 2019). "Mohammad Nazim on his exit from Bahu Begum: Instead of questioning the makers, I quit the show amicably". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  24. Maheshwari, Neha (2 September 2020). "Mohammad Nazim to reprise the role of Ahem in 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  25. "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". india.com. 14 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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  27. "Gold Awards 2015 Winners". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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