 In an era when on-screen villainy in Pakistani films was ruled by good looking villains such as Aslam Pervaiz, Masood Akhtar and even Mohammad Ali (in his initial films), Adeeb made his entry with "Daal Mein Kala" (1964), which was directed by Iqbal Yusuf and featured Syed Kamal and Bahar Begum in the lead along with late actors Nirala and Mohammad Ali.In the coming years, he became a close friend of Mohammad Ali and the two acted in numerous successful films such as Kaneez (1965 film), "Aadil (1966)" and "Baghi Sardar" (1966), "Hatim Tai" (1967), "Mahal" (1968), "Naaz" (1969), "Aansoo Ban Gaye Moti" (1970), "Dushman" (1974), "Shirin Farhad" (1975), "Haider Ali" (1979), "Josh", "Sangram" (1981), "Zanjeer" (1986) with "Rocky Dada" being their last film together in 1987.He was at ease in both Urdu and Punjabi films, playing memorable roles in countless films opposite other actors such as Sultan Rahi in "Maula Jatt (1979)" and "Andaata", Waheed Murad in "Eid Mubarak (1965)" and Kaneez (1965 film), "Saaz Aur Awaaz" (1965), "Rishta Hai Pyar Ka" (1967), "Aik Nagina" (1969), "Afsana" (1970) and "Dushman" (1974), Syed Kamal in "Daal Main Kaala" (1962) and "Shab Bakhair" and Nadeem in "Talaash" (1986), "Ustadon Kay Ustad" (1990) and "Khazana" (1995).