Shaukat Hussain Rizvi

Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
Born1914 (1914)
Azamgarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died19 August 1999(1999-08-19) (aged 84–85)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
OccupationsFilm director, film producer
and cinematographer
Spouses
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(m. 1942; div. 1953)​
ChildrenZil-e-Huma (daughter)
Akbar Rizvi (son)
Asghar Rizvi (son)
Relatives

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]

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]

Filmography

His notable works include:[1]

Director

References

  1. 1 2 3 Adnan Lodhi (19 August 2016). "Film-maker Shaukat Hussain Rizvi remembered". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Death anniversary of Shaukat Hussain Rizvi observed". Radio Pakistan website. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Zulqarnain Shahid (27 September 2009). "Shaukat Hussain Rizvi profile". Cineplot.com website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Shaukat Hussain Rizvi filmography". Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation (Cinemaazi.com) website. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Mohammad Taqi (24 July 2013). "Actor Pran, Noor Jehan and Khandan (1942 film)". Daily Times newspaper. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Zille Huma passes away". Dawn newspaper. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Bapsi Sidhwa, ed. (2005). City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore ('Awaaz De Kahan Hai: A Portrait of NoorJehan' by Khalid Hasan) (pages 205, 206 and 207). Penguin Global. ISBN 978-0-14-303166-6.
  8. ↑ "Ahmed Ali Butt, Sonya Jehan and Sikander Rizvi (grandchildren of Shaukat Hussain Rizvi)". Daily Times newspaper. 8 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Aijaz Gul (12 March 2021). "Tribute to Noorjehan at PNCA (Noor Jehan's films)". The News International newspaper. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Movies by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi as film director". MuVyz.com website. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
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