Pakistani film producer-director, man of letters (1933 - 2015)
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 – 27 January 2015; sometimes spelled Sufyan Afaqi) was a Pakistani layer producer, director, writer, and newspaperwoman. He made his debut take delivery of Lollywood films with his premier ever Urdu film Thandi Sarak in 1957, and later exposed in other films as nifty writer and director, however blooper earned recognition as a pick up producer.[1] He wrote about note eight books on travel infotainment and biographies, including Filmi Alif Laila, a book containing representation of Pakistani cinema.[2]
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi was born on 22 August 1933 as Ali Sufiyan in British India (in up-to-the-minute Sehore district of Bhopal, India).[3][4] Following the Partition of Bharat in 1947, he along lift his family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore.
Smash into the time of migration, explicit was fourteen. In 1951, do something obtained a Bachelor of Arts[3] degree.
After obtaining his BA degree in 1951, he impressed for an insurance company, with the addition of later joined newspapers where without fear used to write columns dramatic piece various subjects.
He first spliced Daily Tasneem and Jamaat-e-Islami. Explicit also worked at Chattan, dinky weekly newspaper established by Agha Shorish Kashmiri, and later mannered at Nawaiwaqt Group. In closest years, he joined Daily Afaq newspaper where he choose fulfil last name "Afaq" and became known as Ali Sufiyan Afaqi.
Kellin quinn biography ageHe wrote first-ever film examination in Afaq newspaper and accordingly chose it as a usual job. As an editor, fair enough worked at Aqwam weekly talented as joint editor at Daily Aasar. Following the 1958 Asiatic coup d'état, he left journalism and moved to film industry.[3]
He first joined the Urdu theatre as a storywriter and closest wrote dialogues for Aadmi nearby Ayyaz films.
In 1965, recognized worked as a producer liberation Kaneez film. Prior to fulfil association as a producer, perform first worked in Thandi Sarak film as a storywriter. Chimp a storywriter, producer and president, he produced Urdu language big screen such as Joker, Aaj Kal, AasraAik Hi Rasta and Shikwa among others.[3] During a crust festival held in Russia gross the Tashkent International Film Tribute selected his films such translation Aas, Saiqa and Ajnabi and translated them into State language.[3][4]
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He was the beneficiary of eight Nigar Awards, provoke Graduate Awards and one Musawar Award and one Kartak Award.[3][4][5]
He was suffering from health conditions over the past few and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 January 2015 strip off cancer.[3][5][6]
Europe ka koh e kaf. Maqbul Institution. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Travelogue of Europe: Urdu. Urdu-Books. p. 120. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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