Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
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Early life and career
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi was born in the city of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh in 1914.[2] He began his career as an assistant projectionist in Calcutta in the early 1930s.[3] Then he was given a job in the editing department of Madan Theatres.[3][2] By 1942, Rizvi was promoted to a film director and was assigned by the producer Dalsukh M. Pancholi to direct a film named Khandan (1942) starring Pran and Noor Jehan in the lead roles.[3][4]
The script of this film was written by Imtiaz Ali Taj.[5] 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.[6]
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Rizvi along with his wife Noor Jehan and their 3 children moved to Pakistan and later made several films in Pakistan.[2] His marriage to Jehan ended in 1953 with a divorce.[1] He later married a Pakistani actress Yasmin.[3][7] He had two children with Yasmin: Shehnshah Hussain Rizvi and Ali Hussain Rizvi.
Death and legacy
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi died on 19 August 1999 at Lahore, Pakistan at age 85.[2] Pakistani actors Sonya Jehan, Sikander Rizvi are his grandchildren.[8]
Filmography
Following are his notable works:[1]
Director
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- Naukar (1943)[10][3]
- Dost (1944)[10][3]
- Zeenat (1945)[9][10][3]
- Jugnu (1947)[10][9][3][4]
- Chanway (1951) (a Punjabi language Pakistani film)[9][3]
- Gulnar (1953)[3]
- Jaan-e-Bahar (1958)[9]
References
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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
- Mass media people from Lahore
- Indian emigrants to Pakistan