Jarrar Rizvi is a Pakistani film director who directed ''Agent 009'', ''Jeetay Hain Shaan Sey'' and ''

Son of Pakistan ''Son of Pakistan'' ( ur, سن آف ٻاكستان, en, Son of Pakistan) is a 2011 Lollywood Urdu film written and directed by Jarrar Rizvi and released in summer 2011. It stars Sana Nawaz, Meera, Shamil Khan and Ghulam Mohiuddin, Baber Ali an ...

''. His films are usually patriotically themed. He is known as a 'star-maker' in Pakistani showbiz, introducing certain stars such as

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and

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. He has been in advertising for 32 years.

Early life

During the 60s, Rizvi worked with his father, Baqar Rizvi, who was a director in Karachi Studio working with the likes of Sahiba and Santosh. He continued to work in advertising in Karachi also.

Directing career

During the 1980s Rizvi started his directing career; his debut movie was ''Agent 009'', an Urdu film. It starred Mussarat Shaheen, Qavi, Aslam Pervez, Naghma and Nasir Chan. He directed ''Jeetay Hain Shaan Sey'' in 1996, starring

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, Nain Tara, Sonia and Abid Kashmiri. It did not succeed in the box office, leaving Rizvi a long gap in his directing career. In 2011 he released his film ''

'', on a budget of 40 million Pakistani rupees. It starred

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, Meera and

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. Rizvi is working on a mega-budget film, ''Aman ki Asha'', based on the idea of promoting peace in South Asia. “My subjects are always message-based and patriotically inclined. That’s why I never compromise on quantity over quality,” Jarar says while chalking out his plan. He changed the name to ''Deal''. Other movies Rizvi has announced are ''Janbaaz'', ''Insaaf Tay Hun Huway Ga'', ''

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in Pakistan'' and ''

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Punjaban''.

Filmography

Director

Assistant director

References

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