As a child Nasim was more inclined towards drama and painting. He started drawing ABC at the age of three. As he saw his elder siblings scribble the English alphabet, he would emulate them --without knowing what they were writing or what they meant. Friends and family prophesised back then that he would make Bangladesh proud through his drawings. He won the first prize in the Young Painters of Chittagong award at the age of 10. In the 9th grade he also participated and won the first prize in a competition meant for university level students. Interestingly, despite many prizes and accolades for painting, he never took it up as his major medium of creative expression.

Not only is Nasim good at painting, he was also enthusiastic about acting. Film director Saukat Abbas had approached Nasim's father to let his son act in one his projects. "I don't want my son's ears to ever get used to the rhythm of clapping. It will ruin his studies and destroy his future," was his father's straight cut refusal. That's the irony of the situation, laughs this highly successful businessman who has a Masters in management. In his words "A live performer gets maximum claps compared to any other media and the other apprehensions my father had also proved to be quite baseless. However, my father is actually very proud of me today."

All said and done, Nasim today is famous for his innumerable number of hit songs with Souls. He has come a long way since his first Bengali song Akasher tara aaji jolchhey. Though he had kick started his music career with western music, Bengali music beckoned him as he felt he could best express the depth of his soul through his own language. Only after he had released his own album did Souls give him a chance to sing with them in Bengali. Till then he used to sing English songs. By the early 1990s he began singing Bengali songs for the band.

From the album Ei emon porichoy, Shagor er oi prantorey became a raging success. Soon, Bhalobashi ei shobuj mela, Nirobey, Cha-er cup-e, Byostota each reached the number one spot and the streak of success continued. Nasim finally knew he had realised half of his dreams.

"Its always a balancing act," philosophises Nasim on his divided passion for music and paintings. His creative aspirations will be at complete peace when he will be able to hold a solo exhibition of his paintings. He plans to fulfill that dream very soon. He modestly adds, "The problem is I can't place a price tag on my paintings as I am so passionate about them and end up donating most."

While Nasim has left his mark in the Bengali music arena, it would not be surprising to see him leaving an equally impressive mark in the world of colours as well.