Английская Википедия:Ali Sufiyan Afaqi

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Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 Шаблон:Endash 27 January 2015; sometimes spelled Sufyan Afaqi), was a Pakistani film producer, director, writer and journalist. He made his debut in Lollywood films with his first ever Urdu film Thandi Sarak in 1957, and later appeared in other films as a writer and director, however he earned recognition as a film producer. He wrote about twenty eight books on travel documentary and biographies, including Filmi Alif Laila, a book containing history of Pakistani cinema.

Early life

Ali Sufiyan Afaqi was born on 22 August 1933 as Ali Sufiyan in British India (in modern-day Sehore district of Bhopal, India). Following the Partition of India in 1947, he along with his family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore. At the time of migration, he was fourteen. In 1951, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree.

After obtaining his BA degree in 1951, he worked for an insurance company, and later joined newspapers where he used to write columns on various subjects. He first joined Daily Tasneem and Jamaat-e-Islami. He also worked at Chattan, a weekly newspaper established by Agha Shorish Kashmiri, and later worked at Nawaiwaqt Group. In later years, he joined Daily Afaq newspaper where he choose his last name "Afaq" and became known as Ali Sufiyan Afaqi. He wrote first-ever film review in Afaq newspaper and then chose it as a regular job. As an editor, he worked at Aqwam weekly and as joint editor at Daily Aasar. Following the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état, he left journalism and moved to film industry.

Career

He first joined the Urdu cinema as a storywriter and later wrote dialogues for Aadmi and Ayyaz films. In 1965, he worked as a producer of Kaneez film. Prior to his association as a producer, he first worked in Thandi Sarak film as a storywriter. As a storywriter, producer and director, he produced Urdu language films such as Joker, Aaj Kal, Aasra Aik Hi Rasta and Shikwa among others. During a film festival held in Russia by the Tashkent International Film Festival selected his films such as Aas, Saiqa and Ajnabi and translated them into Russian language.

Filmography

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Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.

#	Title	Year	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes
1	Thandi Sarak	1957			Шаблон:Ya
2	Kaneez	1965		Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	co-producer
3	Aaj Kal	1959			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
4	Joker	1966			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
5	Aik Hi Rasta	1968			Шаблон:Ya
6	Mera Ghar Meri Jannat	1968		Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	co-producer
7	Aasra	1969			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
8	Shikwa	1963			Шаблон:Ya
9	Diwangi	1983			Шаблон:Ya
10	Aar Par	1973			Шаблон:Ya
11	Kabhi Alwida Nah Kehna	1983			Шаблон:Ya
12	Andleeb	1969			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
13	Merey Hamsafar	1972			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
14	Gumnam	1983			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
15	Bandagi	1972			Шаблон:Ya
16	Kamyabi	1984			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
17	Saiqa	1968			Шаблон:Ya	screenplay only
18	Play Boy	1978			Шаблон:Ya
18	Miss Colombo	1984			Шаблон:Ya
19	Daman Aur Chingari	1973			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
20	Devar Bhabi	1967			Шаблон:Ya	dialogues only
21	Dil Aik Aaina	1972			Шаблон:Ya
22	Mohabbat	1972			Шаблон:Ya	screenplay only
23	Intizar	1974			Шаблон:Ya
24	Insaniat	1976			Шаблон:Ya
25	Dosti	1971			Шаблон:Ya
26	Namak Haram	1974	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya
27	Beta	1994			Шаблон:Ya
28	Moamla Garh Barh Hai	1996			Шаблон:Ya
29	Very Good Duynia Very Bad Log	1998			Шаблон:Ya
30	Aas	1973	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	co-producer

Awards

He was the recipient of eight Nigar Awards, six Graduate Awards and one Musawar Award and one Kartak Award.

Death

He was suffering from health complications over the past few years and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 January 2015 of cancer.

Bibliography

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External links

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