Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
Pakistani film producer and director (1914-1999)
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Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (1914 – 19 August 1999) was a Pakistani actor, film producer and director. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of the Pakistani film industry.[1][2]
and cinematographer
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | |
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| Born | 1914 Azamgarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died | 19 August 1999 (aged 84–85) |
| Occupations | Film director, film producer and cinematographer |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Zil-e-Huma (daughter) Akbar Rizvi (son) Asghar Rizvi (son) |
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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 married Noor Jehan in 1944. Their marriage produced three children: sons Akbar Hussain Rizvi, and Asghar Hussain Rizvi, and a daughter, Zil-e-Huma.[6]
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Rizvi, Noor Jehan and their three children moved to Pakistan and later made several films in Pakistan.[2] His marriage to Jehan ended in a divorce in 1953.[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, and Sikander Rizvi are his grandchildren.[8]