Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (1914 – 1999) was a Pakistani actor, film producer and director. He is widely considered as a pioneer of the
Pakistani film industry
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood ( ur, ), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad.
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Early life and career
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi was born in the city of
Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh in 1914.
[ He began his career as an assistant projectionist in ]Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
in the early 1930s. Then he was given a job in the editing department of ''Madan Theatres''.[ By 1942, Rizvi was promoted to a film director and was assigned to direct a film named ''Khandan'' starring Pran and Noor Jehan in the lead roles. The script of this film was written by ]Imtiaz Ali Taj
Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj ( ur, ; ; 1900–1970) was an Pakistani dramatist who wrote in the Urdu language. He is remembered above all for his 1922 play ''Anarkali'', based on the life of Anarkali, that was staged hundreds of times and was adapted ...
. After the huge success of this film, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi later married Noor Jehan in 1944. Their marriage produced three children: Akbar Hussain Rizvi, Asghar Hussain Rizvi and a daughter Zil-e-Huma
Zil-e-Huma( ur, ) (26 February 1944 – 16 May 2014) was a Pakistani singer and daughter of Noor Jehan.
Early life
Born to Jehan-Rizvi family, she was the youngest daughter of Noor Jehan and Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi from Noor Jehan's first ...
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After the independence of Pakistan
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in 1947, Rizvi along with his wife Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan ( Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Pres ...
and their 3 children moved to Pakistan and later made several films in Pakistan.[
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Death and legacy
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi died on 19 August 1999 at Lahore
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, Pakistan at age 85.[ Pakistani actors ]Sonya Jehan
Sonya Rizvi ( ur, ; born 24 April 1980), better known by her stage name Sonya Jehan, is a Pakistani film actress who predominantly works in Urdu and Hindi-language films. She is the granddaughter of legendary singer Noor Jehan and filmmaker S ...
, Sikander Rizvi
Sikander “Xander” Rizvi ( ur, سکندر رضوی) is a Pakistani restaurateur and film actor who is the founder of Xander's.
Born in Karachi to the Jehan-Rizvi family; where his grandparents Noor Jehan and Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and other ...
are his grandchildren.
Filmography
Following are his notable works:
Director
* '' Khandaan'' (1942)[
* '' Jugnu'' (1947)Movies by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi as film director]
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* ''Chanwey'' (1951) (a Punjabi language Pakistani film)][
* ''Gulnar'' (1953)
* ''Jaan-e-Bahar'' (1958)][
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References
External links
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1914 births
1999 deaths
Muhajir people
Pakistani film directors
Pakistani male film actors
Pakistani film producers
Hindi film editors
Film directors from Uttar Pradesh
People from Azamgarh
Hindi-language film directors
Punjabi-language film directors
Punjabi film editors
Film editors from Punjab, India
People from Lahore