Abis Hasan Rizvi (27 February 1968 – 1 January 2017) was an Indian

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, and screenwriter.

Life

Early life

Rizvi was born to Dr. Akhtar Hassan Rizvi, a former member of the

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Bandra Bandra (Indian English, æːɳɖɾa also known as Vandre (Help:IPA/Marathi, �aːn̪d̪ɾe is an upscale coastal suburb located in Mumbai (Bombay) area of the Konkan division, Maharashtra, India. The suburb is located to the immediate nor ...

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, Maharashtra. Rizvi lived in Mumbai with his wife and son. Rizvi was director of the Rizvi Group and CEO of his father's real estate company Rizvi Builders. His uncle Sibte Hassan Rizvi directed the films ''Khamoshi'' (1986) and '' Joshilay'' (1989). His cousin Anjum Rizvi is the producer of '' Ahista Ahista'' (2006) and ''

A Wednesday ''A Wednesday!'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Anjum Rizvi and Shital Bhatia under UTV Motion Pictures and Friday Filmworks. Though a work of fiction, the s ...

'' (2008).

Film career

Rizvi was producer and co-writer of the Indian feature films '' Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans'' (2014) and

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Hindi-Punjabi docu-drama ''He-Man'' (2016). He worked last on the drama film '' T for Taj Mahal''. He was founder of film company ARF Films (Abis Rizvi Films), the company behind the latter two films.

Death

While on holiday in Turkey with friends, Rizvi was one of the victims of the terrorist attack in the Reina nightclub in

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on 1 January 2017 in which 39 people were killed.

Filmography

Movies Produced

References

External links

Official Site
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