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{{Infobox person
| name = Chand Nawab
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| native_name = چاند نواب
| native_name_lang = Hindi
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}}
| birth_place = Mirpurkhas, Pakistan
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Pakistan]]i
| other_names =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* [[Journalist]]
* [[News presenter]]
}}
| education = Poly Technical College
| children =
| years_active = 2008-present
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| notable_works =
}}
'''Chand Nawab''' (born 1963) is a Pakistani journalist from [[Karachi]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Entertainment Desk|title=Chand Nawab is now a hero back home, I am thrilled: Kabir Khan|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/924429/chand-nawab-is-now-a-hero-back-home-i-am-thrilled-kabir-khan|website=The Express Tribune|accessdate=17 August 2015|date=22 July 2015}}<br>- {{cite news|title=Pak news reporter gets famous with 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'|url=http://www.apnewscorner.com/news/film/details/11372/latest/Pak-news-reporter-gets-famous-with-Bajrangi-Bhaijaan.html|website=AP News Corner|accessdate=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813122430/http://www.apnewscorner.com/news/film/details/11372/latest/Pak-news-reporter-gets-famous-with-Bajrangi-Bhaijaan.html|archive-date=13 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Nawab was born in [[Mirpurkhas]], Pakistan. Later his family moved to [[Karachi]]. He started his career at ''[[Indus News]]'' where he worked as a journalist and [[news presenter]]. He gained public recognition through a video uploaded by his colleagues in 2008 in which he tried to record a film to camera on a stairway at a railway station while repeatedly interrupted by passengers. The unedited video became popular on [[social media]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Akhtar Blouch|title= Chaand Nawab's route to stardom: A viral video, lost jobs and Bajrangi Bhaijaan |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1196689 |website=DAWN|accessdate=17 August 2015|date=27 July 2015}}<br>- {{cite news|title=Nawazuddin Siddiqui's role in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, inspired from Chand Nawab, made Nawab a star|url=http://dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/Entertainment/290308-From-laughing-stock-to-star-Chand-Nawabs-story| website=Dunya News|accessdate=17 August 2015|date=24 July 2015}}</ref>

[[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]], the director of the film ''[[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]],'' added Nawab's role to that film. Nawab was played by [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]]. After the film's release, Nawab became more prominent. In an interview to ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', he said that he started receiving job offers and roles in TV commercials from various TV channels and companies, but said he was not interested.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Rezaul H Laskar|title=Thanks to Bajrangi Bhaijaan, I've been offered roles in TV ads: Chand Nawab|url=http://hindustantimes.com/bollywood/the-real-chand-nawab-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-thanks-bajrangi-bhaijaan/article1-1371176.aspx|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=17 August 2015|date=23 July 2015|archive-date=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817065117/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/the-real-chand-nawab-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-thanks-bajrangi-bhaijaan/article1-1371176.aspx|url-status=dead}}<br>- {{cite news|title=Nawazuddin's role in Bajrangi Bhaijaan inspired by hilarious real-life Chand Nawab|url=http://firstpost.com/bollywood/nawazuddins-role-in-bajrangi-bhaijaan-inspired-by-a-hilarious-real-life-chand-nawab-2352204.html|website=First Post|accessdate=17 August 2015|date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHPhR89-x3g Chand Nawab's viral video] on [[YouTube]]

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[[Category:1963 births]]
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[[Category:Pakistani Muslims]]
[[Category:Pakistani male journalists]]
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