Bashir Niaz
{{Short description|Film screenwriter (1936-2002)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bashir Niaz
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| birth_date = 9 July 1936
| birth_place = Gujranwala, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|08|05|1936|07|09}}
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
| alma_mater = Government Islamia College, Lahore
| occupation = Screenwriter
| years_active = 1963–2002
| children = 4
| awards = 15 Nigar Awards
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Bashir Niaz (9 July 1936 – 5 August 2002) was a Pakistani film story, dialogue, and screenwriter. He is known for writing scripts/dialogues for blockbuster movies like Diya aur tofaan (1969), Aina (1977), and Bandish (1980). He won a total of 15 Nigar Awards as a dialogue/scriptwriter.
Early life
Bashir Niaz was born on 9 May 1936, in Jamke Chattha, Gujranwala District, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan). He graduated from Government Islamia College, Lahore. Then he joined journalism and worked for several magazines and journals. Later he turned towards film journalism and worked for the weekly Nigar.{{cite web |title=بشیر نیاز : ایک شاندار مکالمہ نگار |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2015-05-09/12898 |website=Roznama Duniya |access-date=10 September 2021}}
Career
Niaz started his career as a screenwriter in 1963 by writing a script for the movie Chhoti Behan. Initially he teamed up with directors like Shabab Kiranvi, K. Khurshid, and Haider Chowdhri. Later he developed a professional understanding with the director Nazar-ul-Islam.
Niaz was known as "the magician of dialogues", and was good at creating witty, emotional, and dramatic dialogues for the general public. In 1980, he was asked to write a Pakistani version of the Hollywood film Random Harvest (1942). He wrote the script for Bandish, a platinum jubilee hit of the year.{{cite web |title=Lok Virsa screening 'Bandish' on August 26 |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/225558-Lok-Virsa-screening-Bandish-on-August-26 |website=The News |access-date=10 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=Bandish: Pakistan's Superhit Movie |url=https://pakistaniat.com/2007/08/25/bandish-pakistans-superhit-movie/ |website=ALL THINGS PAKISTAN |date=25 August 2007 |access-date=10 September 2021}} During his long career as a screenwriter, he wrote stories and dialogues for many successful Urdu and Punjabi films.
Filmography
Some of the popular films of Bashir Niaz as a writer are:
- Ehsaas (1972)
- Naukar Wohti Da (1974)
- Aina (1977)
- Ambar (1978)
- Parakh (1978)
- Zindagi (1978)
- Shola (1978)
- Khushboo (1979)
- Bandish (1980)
- Noukar te maalik (1982)
- Doorian (1984)
- Dhee rani (1985)
- Hum eik hain (1986)
- Janbaaz (1987)
- Mukhra (1988)
- Zakhmi Aurat (1989)
- Chahat (1992)
- Rani Beti Raaj Kare Gi (1994)
Awards
Niaz received his first Nigar Award for the movie Ehsaas (1972). As a story/dialogue/screenwriter, he won a record 15 Nigar Awards from 1972 to 1994 for both Urdu and Punjabi films.{{cite web |title=THE NIGAR AWARDS 1972 - 1986 |url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm |website=The Hot Spot Film Reviews website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725090554/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm |access-date=10 September 2021|archive-date=2008-07-25 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/|url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2020|website=The Hot Spot Film Reviews website|title=Pakistan's 'Oscars': The Nigar Awards |date=24 November 2017|access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613171619/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/}}
Death
References
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Category:People from Gujranwala