Salim Baig

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Salim Baig
Born
Mohammed Salim Baig
Other namesSalim Panda
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Salim Baig is an Indian actor who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. He is best known for his collaborations with director Gautham Vasudev Menon, having notably appeared as the antagonist in the police dramas Gharshana (2004) and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006). The success of the films prompted several filmmakers to cast him in similar negative roles in the late 2000s. [1]

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Career

Salim Baig was born and brought up in Mumbai and began his career in the entertainment industry as a model and then as a theatre artiste. Soon after competing in the Mr. Junior Mumbai competition, he received a call from director Teja who subsequently cast him in the Telugu action film, Jai (2004). The film's cinematographer Ravi Varman introduced him to director Gautham Vasudev Menon, who gave Salim his acting breakthrough, by casting him as a notorious gangster seeking revenge in the police drama Gharshana (2004). The success of the film prompted him to use his character name of "Panda" as a suffix to his stage name. About his performance, a critic from Indiaglitz.com wrote "newcomer Saleem Baig, despite a poor voice (dubbed), as the cold-blooded, revenge-seeking Panda is first rate" and that "he never misses a trick in the book and triumphs in this significant role for him". [2] [3] The opportunity allowed him to work on more big budget Telugu films such as Chiranjeevi's Andarivaadu (2005), Jagapati (2005) and Andhrudu (2005) during the following year. Menon then cast him again in his first Tamil film, the police drama Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) which had Kamal Haasan in the lead role, Alongside Daniel Balaji, Salim portrayed a homosexual medical student who turns into a psycho killer, and the film opened to critical and commercial acclaim. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2004 Jai Shakib Telugu
Gharshana Panda
2005 Andarivaadu Pandu
Jagapati MLA Goud's brother
Andhrudu Sinha/Munna
2006 Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Ilamaran Anandhan Tamil
2007 Don RobinTelugu
2008 Adi Vishnu
Okka Magaadu
2009 Abhay Pandu Kannada
Kasko AlauddinTelugu
2010 Seeta Ramula Kalyanam Veera Pratap
Golimaar David
2011Inki Toh Aisi Ki Thaisi Hyderabadi
Bodyguard Mhatre's brotherHindi
2014 Legend JamesTelugu
Prematho Nuvvu Vastavani
2019 Vinaya Vidheya Rama Ranjit Singh, Bhai's henchman
2020 Guns of Banaras TiwariHindi
2021 Radhe Nazamuddin
Aaradugula Bullet Shankar's henchmenTelugu
Hari Hara Veera Mallu Hakim Khan
TBA Dhruva Natchathiram TamilDelayed

References

  1. "Haasan is brilliant in Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu".
  2. "Telugu cinema Review - Gharshana - Venkatesh, Asin - Gowtam Menon - Harris Jayaraj".
  3. "Gharshana review. Gharshana Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
  4. "Interview with Salim Panda". Idlebrain.com .