Shabab Kiranwi (born Nazir Ahmed; 1925 5 November 1982) was a Pakistani film director, producer, and occasional screenwriter, lyricist and a novelist. He debuted in the

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as a producer and lyricist with ''Jalwa'' (1955) while he made his directorial debut with ''Surayya'' (1961). He directed more than fifty films out of seventy-five he produced. His films as a producer includes ''Surayya'' (1961) and ''Shama-e-Mohabbat'' (1977) among others. Most of his films revolve around

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concerning poor and rich besides creating comedy films. He made his first color motion picture film in 1969 with ''Tumhi ho Mehboob Meray''. ''Bemisaal'' is one of his films he worked as a scriptwriter.

Early life

He was born as Nazir Ahmed in 1926 in

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. He was originally a journalist who started his journalism career with film magazine titled ''Picture''. He was born as Nazir Ahmed, however when he memorized al-Quran during his

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ing, he became known as Hafiz Nazir Ahmed. At 15, he started writing poems and chose pseudonym "Shabab". He was a resident of

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and thus he became known as Shabab Kiranwi. He and his family migrated to Pakistan following the

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and he settled in

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. He spent his initial time in poetry and took poetry classes from Tajvar Najibabadi.

Career

Kiranwi started his career as a producer in 1955 with ''Jalwa''. He made more than seventy-five

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. His other films include ''Mehtab'', which became one of the superhit films at the box office, leading him to establish his own film production company Shabab Studio. The production house was established at

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, Lahore. It produced socio-romantic films until Kiranwi stopped working in films. It is now housing a film academy at the premises established by Syed Noor. Studio's first films was ''Insaniyat'' which also became a prominent film of his production company. It was a debut film of

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and

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. He later made ''Aina'' (1966), ''Sangdil'' (1968), ''Insan Aur Aadmi'', ''Insaaf Aur Kanoon'', ''Daman Aur Chingari'' (1973), '' Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'', ''Saheli'', ''Naukar'', ''Shamah'', ''Aaina Aur Soorat'' (1974), and ''Shama-E-Mohabbat'' (1977) under his company's banner. Most of his film music is composed by the music director

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. 80% of Ashraf's songs became superhit. Kiranwi is accused of producing

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films based on

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s than producing original works. Film ''Insaniyat'' (1967 film) is also said to be a replica of the Indian film ''

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'' (1963 film). As a lyricist, his two poems such as Mooj Shabaab and Bazar Sada were published before his death. He was a student of Pakistani poet

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. As a novelist, he wrote more than twenty-four novels, including ''Phool Ke Saye'', ''Ek Aurat Hazar Marhaley'', and ''Dard-e-Dil Aur Khalish'' among others.

As lyricist

Discography

*"Tu Jahan Kahin Bhi Jaye, Mera Pyar Yaad Rakhna" from ''Insan Aur Aadmi'' * "Kya Mila Zalim Tujhe" from ''Mein Bhi Insan Huun'' * "Yeh Wada Kiya Tha Mohabbat Karein Gay" from ''Daman Aur Chingari'' (1973 film) * "Aankhen Ghazal Hai Aapki" from ''Saheli'' (1978 film) *"Allah Teri Shaan" from ''Saheli'' *"Ek Dard Sa Dil Me Uthta Hai" from ''Jalwa''.

Introduced new talent

Shab Kiranvi is credited with introducing actors

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, Ghulam Mohiuddin,

and Anjuman into the

Awards

Won a Special

Nigar Award The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards a ...

for 30 years of excellence in

in 1981.

Death

Shabab Kiranvi died on 5 November 1982 at

, Pakistan. Among his survivors were two sons Zafar Shabab and Nazar Shabab.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiranwi, Shabab 1925 births 1982 deaths Muhajir people Film directors from Lahore Urdu-language film directors Pakistani film producers 20th-century Pakistani male writers Urdu-language lyricists Nigar Award winners People from Muzaffarnagar