Nayeem (actor)

Khawaja Naim Murad
খাজা নাইম মুরাদ
Born (1970-05-08) May 8, 1970
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
Years active1991–1997
Spouse
(m. 1994)
Children2
RelativesKhwaja Salimullah (great-grandfather)
Dhaka Nawab family
Tahmeena Sultana Mou (sister-in-law)

Khawaja Naim Murad (born May 8, 1970) better known as Naim or Nayeem is a Bangladeshi film actor, film producer and television director. He is referred to as "Notun projonmer ogrudud" meaning pioneer of the new generation by the media in recognition of his role in ushering in a new age of youth actors in Bangladeshi cinema in the 1990s. Naim made his acting debut alongside his wife, then-co-star film actress Sabreena Taniya Shabnaz Naim, popularly known as Shabnaz, in Ehtesham's Chandni (1991) (The Moon Ray). He acted over 21 films with Shabnaz.

Following his success, Naim starred in 8 consecutive box office hits: Dil, Sonia, Zid, Love, Anutopto, Shakkhat, Takar Ohonkar all of which starred actress Shabnaz, making them the generation's most sought-after duo "Naim-Shabnaz".