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Zeba Muhammad Ali migrated to Pakistan immediately after the partition of the Subcontinent in 1947 and settled in Hyderabad (Sindh), where he was introduced to Radio Pakistan by the then Director General Radio Pakistan Z A Bokhari. he was given a role of hero in the film titled 'Chirag Jalta Raha', directed by Sibtain Fazli in 1962. Formed a favourite couple with actress Zeba Dam Mast Qalandar. His last movie screened in late 1980s whereafter Ali led a secluded life and ran Ali-Zeb Foundation.- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
Saadat Hassan Manto was born in a village near Ludhiana. He had a wife and 3 daughters to support and lived the last years of his life in Lahore, Pakistan where he stayed politically very active till the last days of his life. He also played a commendable and very supportive role in helping to build the film industry in newly-created nation of Pakistan after 1947. Earlier during his stay in India, he had written the film story for an award-winning Indian movie Mirza Ghalib (1954) and then his original short story 'Jhumke' was adapted for Pakistani hit film Badnam (1966). He is known as the most controversial short story writer in Urdu language. Government of Pakistan issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring him in 2005. In 2012, President of Pakistan awarded him Nishan-I-Imtiaz (Distinguished Service to Pakistan Award) .When Manto died on January 18, 1955, at age 42, thousands of people in Lahore walked in his funeral procession, a rare tribute which the public pays to a writer.- Badi Uzzaman was born on 8 March 1939 in Phulpur, Azangarh, India. He was an actor, known for Eastern Promises (2007), Red Eagle (1994) and Another Year (2010). He died on 14 June 2011 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Anjuman Shehzadi was an actress, known for Jabroo Te Nizam (2010), Reshma Te Shera (2011) and Libaas (2013). She died on 16 May 2011 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- He came, saw and conquered, this was Munawar Zareef. He was not only the younger brother of Zareef he was also a great fan and follower of his brother. His showbiz journey was started with film Dandian (1961).
Almost 300 films are on his credit, each and every one has excellent performance and it is very hard to tell which one is better. Out of 300 some of them are Mooj Mela, Pupli Saab, Bharia Mela, Hamrahi, Chakar Baaz, Banarsi Thug, Dou Putran Anarada, Manjhi Khitay Dhanwa, Bad Tameez, Shukan Melay Dee, Shararat, Daman Aur Chingari, Ishaq Deewana, Baharo Phool Barsao, Zeenath, Mastana Mahi, Heer Ranjaha etc.
He was awarded three times with the Nigar Award on his out-standing performance in Bharo Phool Barsao, Zeenath and Ishaq Deewana. - Music Department
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- Editor
Shaukat Ali is a folk singer and a film playback singer from Pakistan.He is known to show a lot of respect for the poets he selects to sing and really puts a lot of emotion and energy into his singing.His career as a folk singer now spans for over 50 years in 2015.He was born into a family of musicians in Punjab, Pakistan.He was musically trained by his elder brother Inayat Ali Khan.Shaukat Ali began singing while at college in the 1960s. He was first introduced into the Pakistani film world as a playback singer by the renowned film music director Manzoor Ashraf in Punjabi film Tees Mar Khan (1963). He has dozens of films to his credit as a playback singer.He received Voice of Punjab award in 1976 by the Pakistan Institute of Language,Art and Culture (P.I.L.A.C.).He has been awarded the prestigious Pakistani civilian award Pride of Performance in 1990 by the President of Pakistan.He gave a live performance at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.Shaukat Ali is most famous for singing Sufi poems with great vigor and a wide vocal range like Heer Waris Shah and Saif- UL- Maluk written by great Sufi poet of the 19th century Mian Mohammad Baksh.He also performs at live shows on Pakistan Television.He has trained his son Mohsin Shaukat Ali to replace him as he is semi-retired now in 2015 due to his old age.- Actor
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Afzaal Ahmad was an actor, known for International Gorillay (1990), Aakhri Muqabala (1977) and Loha (1990). He died on 2 December 2022 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Director
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- Writer
Sibtain Fazli was born on 9 July 1916 in Allahabad, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India. He was a director and producer, known for The College (1943), Bhai-Bahen (1943) and Dupatta (1952). He died on 25 July 1985 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Producer
Ilyas Kashmiri was born on 25 December 1925 in Lahore, Punjab, British India [now Pakistan]. He was an actor and producer, known for Ishq Mera Naa (1974), Soorat Aur Seerat (1975) and Waada (1957). He died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Nazir,as film director,became well-known in Old India with the release of film Laila Majnu (1945) which celebrated its success with a Silver Jubilee.Nazir & Swaran Lata (husband & wife team) migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and made several commercially successful movies in Pakistan...Pheray (1949),Shehri Babu (1953),Heer (1955)and Noor-E-Islam (1957).Nazir was instrumental in building up the film industry based in Lahore,Pakistan...in the early years of Pakistan as a new country.Nazir and his wife Swaran Lata are credited with encouraging music director Ghulam Ahmad Chishti,playback singers Inayat Hussain Bhatti and Zubaida Khanum in the early years of their professional careers when they needed it most.He made his films both in the Punjabi and Urdu languages.Chhoti Begum (1956) was another landmark movie for him as an actor.His acting performance was widely acclaimed among the Pakistani public for this movie.He died in 1983 after a very successful professional career.Nazir is considered one of the pioneers and founders of Pakistan film industry.- Actress
- Producer
- Music Department
Swaran Lata was born in 1924 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India. She was an actress and producer, known for Ratan (1944), Heer (1955) and Tasveer (1943). She died on 8 February 2008 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Mumtaz Shanti was born in 1926 in Punjab, India. She was an actress, known for Basant (1942), Ghar Ki Izzat (1949) and Putli (1949). She died on 19 October 1994 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Editor
- Producer
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi was born in 1914 in Azamgarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India. He was a director and editor, known for Jugnu (1947), Jaan-E-Bahaar (1958) and Zeenat (1945). He was married to Noor Jehan. He died in 1999 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Rangeela was born on 1 January 1937 in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. He was an actor and director, known for Dev.D (2009), Diya Aur Toofan (1969) and Rangeela (1970). He died on 24 May 2005 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Sudhir was born in 1922 in Lahore, Punjab, British India [now Pakistan]. He was an actor and producer, known for Baghawat (1963), Soorat Aur Seerat (1975) and Black Warrant (1982). He was married to Zeba. He died on 19 January 1997 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
M. Sadiq was born on 10 March 1910 in Lahore, Punjab, British India [now Pakistan]. M. was a director and writer, known for Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Bahu Begum (1967) and Baharo Phool Barsao (1972). M. died on 3 October 1971 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Music Department
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Reshma was a renowned folk singer of Pakistan who, due to her unique husky and folksy voice and personality, was popular both in India and Pakistan. Her folk songs were used both in Indian and Pakistani films. She was born in a family of gypsies in Rajasthan, British India in 1947. The family later migrated to Pakistan. She was discovered by a Radio Pakistan director Saleem Jeelani back in 1968. Before that, she used to sing,as a young girl, at small private village concerts in the rural areas of Pakistan. She started singing,as a hobby,at the young age of 12 in 1960. She had never received any formal training for singing until 1968, when Saleem Jeelani, impressed by the quality of her singing voice and the obvious self-confidence of this young girl, finally convinced her to get some basic music training at Pakistan Television. Then she started appearing on Pakistan Television music shows and her talent was instantly recognized by the public. Her big breakthrough came in 1972 with one of her Pakistan TV folk songs becoming a run-away super-hit nationwide in Pakistan and thereafter she stayed popular all through the 1980s and 1990s until she came down with some kind of cancer and then she finally died on 3 November 2013 at age 66. She has left behind dozens of hit folk songs as her legacy.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Allauddin was born in 1923 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. He was an actor, known for Dara Sikandar (1981), Baghi (1956) and Shama (1974). He died on 13 May 1983 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
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- Director
Sheikh Iqbal was an actor and writer, known for Shahbaz (1960), Ishq Pecha (1984) and Yakke Wali (1957). He died on 13 June 1990 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actress
- Producer
Meena Shorey was born on 15 September 1921 in Raiwind, Punjab, British India. She was an actress and producer, known for Aag Ka Dariya (1953), Ek Thi Larki (1949) and Sarfarosh (1956). She was married to Roop K. Shorey, Zahur Raja, Al Nasir, Raza Mir and Asad Bukhari. She died on 17 September 1987 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Najam Naqvi was born on 11 April 1913 in Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, British India [now India]. He was a director and actor, known for Samrat (1954), Punar Milan (1940) and Naghma-E-Dil (1959). He died on 26 January 1982 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Soundtrack
Rafi Khawar better known by his nickname Nannah was a famous TV and film actor/comedian from Pakistan. He became popular as a comedian after his super-hit Punjabi language film Dubai Chalo (1979). During the early 1980s, he was at the peak of his popularity when he had many hit films and TV shows one after the other. Nannah successfully paired off with other comedians including Ali Ejaz and Munawar Zarif in more than 50 Pakistani films. He also had a widely popular TV comedy show called "Alif Noon" in the early 1980s.- Music Department
Syed Mohsin Naqvi, son of a saddle-maker and food vendor Syed Chirag Hussain, was an Urdu language poet from Pakistan. He belonged to a Syed family and was born in a predominantly Syed neighbourhood near the city of Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan. He was an active member of Shia Muslim community which is believed to be the reason behind his assassination.
His birth name was Ghulam Abbas which he later changed to Syed Ghulam Abbas Mohsin Naqvi or Mohsin Naqvi for short.
Naqvi published several books of poetry during his life time. He had a Masters degree in Urdu from University of the Punjab, Lahore. Along with being a prolific poet, he also flexed his political muscles by working for Pakistan Peoples Party and running in an election but this turned out to be a short-lived venture.
Naqvi penned a song titled "Lehron Ki Trha Tuhjy Bikharny Nahi Dain Gy" for Bazar-e-Husn (1988) for which he won National Film Award.
Being a prominent member of Shia Muslim minority Naqvi openly expressed his religious and political views in his poetry. He was an open critic of sectarian violence which saw a sharp rise throughout 1980's and 1990's in Pakistan. Unfortunately, Naqvi himself became a victim of same violence.
He was assassinated at his residence in Lahore on January 15, 1996. He was buried in his home town of Dera Ghazi Khan.- Actor
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Ali Ejaz was an actor, known for Ishq Mera Naa (1974), Akbari Asghari (2011) and Kommissar X jagt die roten Tiger (1971). He died on 18 December 2018 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Music Department
- Actress
- Composer
Naseem Begum was a Pakistani female film playback singer active in the 1950s to 1960s period. She was born in Amritsar, British India. Her family had a liking for music and her mother was also a singer.She got her initial musical training from Mukhtar Begum who was the elder sister of famous Pakistani classical singer Farida Khanum . She also trained with Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan.Her big breakthrough came when famed music director Ghulam Ahmed Chishti had her sing some songs in film Guddi Gudda (1956).Then the composer Sheharyar used her voice in his film Begunah (1958)and was impressed with her wide vocal range.She won the prestigious Nigar Awards for Best Female Playback Singer in years 1960,1961,1963 and 1964 in Pakistan.People were shocked to hear the news of her sudden death on 29 September 1971,when she passed away during childbirth related complications in a Lahore hospital at the young age of only 35. Her hit film songs are still fondly remembered and still listened to in 2015 in Pakistan.- Actor
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- Director
Santosh Kumar, whose real name was "Syed Musa Raza", son of Syed Daud Musa, successfully graduated with higher grades, from Usmania University, Hyderabad Deccan. After independence, Santosh migrated to Lahore, Pakistan, along with his family. "Ahensa" was the first film of Santosh as a hero, which was released in 1948, under the banner of "Kashmir films". Furthermore, film 'Shaam Dhalay' was the only movie in his film career, which he produced, directed and played the lead role, as well. Over and above, in Pakistan television's popular quiz show, 'Neelam Ghar', Santosh won the car by answering the required number of questions through his exceptionally high I.Q. and his immense general knowledge. Santosh left for the eternal journey on June 11, 1982.- Tariq Aziz was born in 1936 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He was an actor, known for Afshan (1971), Qasam Us Waqt Ki (1969) and Nishani (1979). He died on 17 June 2020 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Soundtrack
Mazhar Shah was an actor, known for Moti Dogar (1983), Jatt in London (1981) and Agg Te Khoon (1975). He died on 11 October 1989 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Sultan Khoosat was an actor, known for Saath Laakh (1957), Pholay Khan (1957) and Pattan (1955). He died on 17 February 1965 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Actor
Syed lmtiaz Ali Taj, prose and drama writer, was born in Lahore on October 13, 1900. After his education, he was able to partake in his father's publishing institution, Dar-ul-Ishaat Punjab.
During his college days he showed his literary qualities by translating and directing several English plays, and then staging them for the college. He sometimes played female roles as girls in his time were not allowed to act.
His earliest involvement with publications began with 'Phool', a children's periodical and 'Tahzeeb-e-Niswan' for women readership.
In 1918 he began the literary magazine called 'Kehkashan' in collaboration with his friend, Maulana Abdul Majeed Salik. In Phool he had the assistance of the famous short story writer Ghulam Abbas Ahmed as well as young Ahmed Nadeem Oasmi.
He translated into Urdu Shakespeare's play 'A Mid Summer Nights Dream' and entitled it in 'Sawan Rain ka sapna'. In 1922 he wrote 'Anarkali', which became a landmark in Urdu drama writing. This was later adapted into feature films in India and Pakistan.
In 1926 he wrote a play 'Chacha Chhakan' which was similar to the famous characters 'Uncle Podger' of the English dramatist Jerome, Chacha Chhakan remains until today the most humorous character in the Urdu literature.
Apart from criticism on drama, he also wrote radio plays, novels, short stories and several film stories, some of them directed by him. As the Director of 'Majlis' he republished many critical works of Urdu literature.
After the establishment of Pakistan, Syed lmtiaz Ali Taj conducted a daily feature 'Pakistan Hamara Hai' for Radio Pakistan. It was no doubt a popular programme.
On 19th April, 1970 while he was asleep, he was shot dead by some unknown persons. His wife Hijab lmtiaz Ali was seriously wounded.- Actor
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Ejaz Durrani was born on 18 April 1935 in Jalalpur Jattan, Punjab, British India. He was an actor and producer, known for Heer Ranjha (1970), Maula Baksh (1988) and Sholay (1984). He was married to Noor Jehan. He died on 1 March 2021 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Music Department
Zarif was born in 1938 in Gujranwala, Punjab, British India. He was an actor, known for Pholay Khan (1957), Jatti (1958) and Chhumantar (1958). He died on 30 October 1960 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actor
- Transportation Department
Akmal was born on 11 November 1929 in Lahore, Pakistan. He was an actor, known for Jigri Yaar (1967), Bharia Mela (1966) and Rani Khan (1960). He was married to Firdous. He died on 11 June 1967 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Masood Akhtar was born on 5 September 1940 in Sahiwal, Pakistan. He was an actor, known for Jatt in London (1981), Juram Te Insaf (1981) and Naag Muni (1979). He died on 5 March 2022 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Khayyam Sarhadi was born in 1948 in Bombay, British India. He was an actor, known for Makan Aka Home a Heaven (2006), Bol (2011) and The Blood of Hussain (1980). He was married to Saiqa and Atiya Sharaf. He died on 3 February 2011 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Yusuf Khan was born in 1929 in Kasur, Punjab, British India. He was an actor, known for Allah Rakha (1987), Bhavani Junction (1985) and Bikhare Moti (1971). He died on 20 September 2009 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Actress
Maya Devi was an actress, known for Nooran (1957), Bhanwar (1947) and Pheray (1949). She died on 1 February 1967 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Music Department
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Munawar Sultana was a film playback singer of Pakistan active in the 1950s. She started her career in the mid-1940s as a radio and film playback singer. She used to take music lessons from the renowned music director Ghulam Haider. After independence of Pakistan in 1947, Lahore film industry had to rebuild itself because most of the Hindu film studio owners decided to migrate to India and they left Lahore, Pakistan.Music Director Ghulam Ahmad Chishti, Munawar Sultana and Inayat Hussain Bhatti are mostly credited with bringing the dead music industry of Lahore back to life again.She also worked with music directors Rashid Attre,Safdar Hussain besides Ghulam Haider and Baba Chishti to produce many super-hit film songs in the 1950s. She continued to work at the Radio Station,Lahore and recorded many popular Punjabi folk songs there as well. Munawar Sultana was known for her melodious voice among the Pakistani public.In the late 1950s,she married the then Station Director of Radio Pakistan,Lahore-Ayub Roomani.Her marriage coupled with arrival of new playback singers-especially Zubaida Khanum and Naseem Begum ended her singing career.She started focusing more on her family life and kids. She died on 20 May 1995 in Lahore,Pakistan.- Razia Butt was born in 1923 in Pakistan. Razia was a writer, known for Dastaan (2010). Razia died on 4 October 2012 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Firdous was born on 8 August 1947 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. She was an actress, known for Heer Ranjha (1970), Ghadaar (1964) and Jaag Utha Insan (1966). She was married to Akmal. She died on 16 December 2020 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Zeenat Begum was born on 11 November 1931 in Malerkotla, Punjab, British India. She was an actress and producer, known for Heer (1955), Ayaz (1960) and Khul Ja Sim Sim (1959). She was married to Saqlain Rizvi and Abdul Jabbar. She died on 11 December 2007 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Music Department
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Zubaida Khanum was a film song playback singer who recorded over 250 film songs and, fortunately for her, majority of them ended up becoming hit songs in Pakistan in the 1950s. Her family migrated to Pakistan from India in 1947 after independence of Pakistan. People around her, in her childhood, including her school teacher,had noticed that she had an inborn talent for singing.
She was given a head-start as a child when she was given an opportunity to sing at the Lahore station of Radio Pakistan. Renowned Pakistani actress Swaran Lata and her film producer husband Nazir took a liking to her singing on the radio station and signed her up for their upcoming film Shehri Babu (1953) in which she then sang many super-hit film songs. Zubaida Khanum had made her film debut earlier with the help of renowned music director Ghulam Ahmad Chishti in film Billo (1951) but she got her big breakthrough from film Shehri Babu (1953) in which she had many run-away super-hit film songs.
Her hit films include Patay Khan (1955),Pattan (1955),Dulla Bhatti (1956) Chan Mahi (1956),Heer (1955),Guddi Gudda (1956), Mahi Munda (1956),Yakke Wali (1957),Kartar Singh (1959) and Raat Ke Rahi (1960).- Qamar Jehan was born in 1961 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She was an actress, known for Hum Dono (1980), Chhad Buray Di Yaari (1975) and Licence (1976). She died on 3 June 2008 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Chakori was an actress, known for Shah Behram (1985), Gernail Singh (1987) and Jatt in London (1981). She died on 1 November 2010 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Music Department
- Actor
Ghulam Haider was a pioneer music composer, an innovator in film music of India-Pakistan. After the era of A Silent Film ended in 1931, he quickly moved in and played a key role in starting a new film era which had films with sound and music in British India. He is credited with introducing the famous vocalist Shamshad Begum from Radio Lahore when it first started broadcasting on 16 December 1937. He composed a religious Naat, written by the renowned poet Walli Sahab for Shamshad Begum to sing on the radio. This was fascinating for the public in 1937 and the Naat became a super-hit..."Paigham saba laii hai gulzar-e-Nabi sey" and Ghulam Haider made history. Later in 1948, he is credited with introducing another music icon Lata Mangeshkar to the Hindi Film Industry. Lata herself publicly disclosed this in an interview on her 84th birthday in September,2013. She called him 'truly her Godfather' for introducing her to the Hindi Film Industry in film Majboor (1948). Film Khandaan (1942) starring Noor Jehan established him as a top film music director. He also introduced vocalists Sudha Malhotra and Surinder Kaur to the film industry. Ghulam Haider introduced the Punjabi folk music and instruments like 'Dholak' in the film music. His pioneering work inspired many Punjabi renowned music directors like Hansraj Behl, Shyam Sunder, Husanlal and Feroz Nizami.- Music Department
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Kaleem Usmani is known for Andaleeb (1969) and Dosti (1971). He died on 28 August 2000 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Composer
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- Director
Manzoor Ashraf was born in 1942 in Lahore, Punjab, British India [now Pakistan]. Manzoor was a composer and director, known for Knight of Cups (2015), Budha Gujjar (2002) and Josh-E-Inteqaam (1968). Manzoor died on 4 February 2007 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.- Farhad Humayun was born on 5 October 1978 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK. He was an actor, known for We Are One/Aae Khuda (2020), Coke Studio Pakistan (2008) and Lux Style Awards (2010). He was married to Asmaa Mumtaz. He died on 8 June 2021 in Lahore, Pakistan.
- Nizam Din was an actor, known for Billo (1951). He died on 4 July 1991 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Amanullah Khan was born in 1950 in Lahore, Pakistan. He was an actor, known for Janbaz (1987), Khabarnaak (2010) and Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013). He died on 6 March 2020 in Lahore, Pakistan.