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Ali Sufiyan Afaqi

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{{short description|Pakistani film producer-director, writer (1933 - 2015)}}

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| name = Ali Sufiyan Afaqi

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| caption = Ali Sufiyan Afaqi

| birth_name = Ali Sufiyan

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|08|22}}

| birth_place = Sehore district, Bhopal, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|01|27|1933|08|22}}

| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan

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| education = Bachelor of Arts

| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|Film producer|Director|Writer}}

| era =

1958

| years_active = 1953 {{endash}} 2015

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| notable_works =

| awards = Won 8 Nigar Awards during his career

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Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 {{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.{{cite web | title=صحافی اور فلم ساز علی سفیان آفاقی انتقال کر گئے | website=BBC News اردو | date=2015-01-28|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/2015/01/150127_ali_sufian_afaqi_dead_rh | language=ur | access-date=2023-07-22}} He wrote about twenty eight books on travel documentary and biographies, including Filmi Alif Laila, a book containing history of Pakistani cinema.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/831867-revisiting-the-golden-era |title=Revisiting the Golden Era (scroll down to read about Ali Sufiyan Afaqi)|author=Omair Alvi|date=9 May 2021|newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|access-date=22 July 2023}}

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).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Jan-2015/ali-sufiyan-afaqi-passes-away|title=Ali Sufiyan Afaqi passes away|date=28 January 2015|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|access-date=22 July 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1159923|title=A.S. Afaqi passes away|date=28 January 2015|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=22 July 2023}}

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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!scope="col" width=25%| Title

!Year

!scope="col" | Director

!scope="col" | Producer

!scope="col" | Screenwriter

!scope="col" | Notes

scope="row" align="left" |1||Thandi Sarak

!1957

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scope="row" align="left" |2||Kaneez

!1965

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|co-producer

scope="row" align="left" |3||Aaj Kal

!1959

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |4||Joker

!1966

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |5||Aik Hi Rasta

!1968

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |6||Mera Ghar Meri Jannat

!1968

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|{{ya}}

|{{ya}}

|co-producer

scope="row" align="left" |7||Aasra

!1969

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |8||Shikwa

!1963

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |9||Diwangi

!1983

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |10||Aar Par

!1973

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |11||Kabhi Alwida Nah Kehna

!1983

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |12||Andleeb

!1969

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |13||Merey Hamsafar

!1972

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |14||Gumnam

!1983

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |15||Bandagi

!1972

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |16||Kamyabi

!1984

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |17||Saiqa

!1968

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|{{ya}}

|screenplay only

scope="row" align="left" |18||Play Boy

!1978

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |18||Miss Colombo

!1984

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scope="row" align="left" |19||Daman Aur Chingari

!1973

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |20||Devar Bhabi

!1967

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|{{ya}}

|dialogues only

scope="row" align="left" |21||Dil Aik Aaina

!1972

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scope="row" align="left" |22||Mohabbat

!1972

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|{{ya}}

|screenplay only

scope="row" align="left" |23||Intizar

!1974

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |24||Insaniat

!1976

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |25||Dosti

!1971

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scope="row" align="left" |26||Namak Haram

!1974

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |27||Beta

!1994

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |28||Moamla Garh Barh Hai

!1996

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |29||Very Good Duynia Very Bad Log

!1998

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|{{ya}}

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scope="row" align="left" |30|| Aas

!1973

|{{ya}}

|{{ya}}

|{{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.{{Cite web|url=https://arynews.tv/en/renowned-name-film-industry-ali-sufiyan-afaqi-dies-81/|title=Renowned name of Pakistani industry, Ali Sufiyan Afaqi dies at 81|date=28 January 2015|access-date=22 July 2023|website=ARY TV News website}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1160331|title=The missing story|first=Asha’ar|last=Rehman|date=30 January 2015|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=22 July 2023}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last=Sufyan Afaqi | first=Ali | title=Europe ka koh e kaf | publisher=Maqbul Academy | year= | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cNGNQAACAAJ | access-date=2020-07-29 | page=}}
  • {{cite book | last=Sufyan Afaqi | first=Ali | title=Chand chehre, Madhu Bala, Mina Kumari, Rekha, Lata | publisher=Sarang | year= | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B9FUHQAACAAJ | access-date=2020-07-29 | page=}}
  • {{cite book | last=Sufyan Afaqi | first=Ali | title=Gorion ka des | publisher=Sarang | year= | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNhFHQAACAAJ | access-date=2020-07-29 | page=}}
  • {{cite book | last=Sufyan Afaqi | first=Ali | title=Travelogue of Europe: Urdu | publisher=Urdu-Books | year= | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VEdzAgAAQBAJ | access-date=2020-07-29 | page=120}}
  • {{cite book | last=Sufyan Afaqi | first=Ali | title=Ajaibat e Firang | publisher=Maqbul Academy | year=1995 | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xp0OGwAACAAJ | access-date=2020-07-29 | page=}}
  • {{cite book | last=Sufyan Afaqi | first=Ali | title=Filmi Alif Laila | publisher=Haq | year=2001 | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEY1twAACAAJ | access-date=2020-07-29 | page=}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|3753561}}

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Category:Nigar Award winners