Masood Parvez
{{Short description|Pakistani film director (1918–2001)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Masood Parvez
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1918}}
| birth_place = Amritsar, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|3|10|1918|df=y}}
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
| other_names =
| relatives = Saadat Hasan Manto
| occupation = Film director
| years_active = 1950–2001
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| notable_works =
| awards = 2 Nigar Awards in 1970 and 1979
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Masood Parvez (1918 {{endash}} 10 March 2001), also spelled as Masud Pervaiz, was a Pakistani film director known for his work in Lollywood. He also worked in Indian films before partition of India and after migrating to Pakistan, he produced most of his work in Pakistani films where he made his directorial debut with Beli (1950).
Beli (1950) was the first film of Sabiha Khanum and Santosh Kumar besides being directorial debut of Parvez. The film flopped at the box office due to political instabilities caused by the partition.{{cite web | title=Sabiha Khanum, the First Lady of Pakistani Cinema, Passes Away | website=The Wire | date=2020-06-14 | url=https://thewire.in/external-affairs/sabiha-khanum-tribute | access-date=2021-10-22}} It was also the debut film of Rashid Attre in Pakistan.{{cite web | last=Sahkeel | first=Chand | title=Musician Rasheed Attre Remembered On His Death Anniversary | website=UrduPoint | date=2018-12-18 | url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/showbiz/musician-rasheed-attre-remembered-on-his-de-509488.html | access-date=2021-10-22}}
Biography
A relative of Saadat Hasan Manto, who was his maternal uncle, Parvez was born in Amritsar, British India in 1918. Following the partition of the Indian subcontinent, he migrated to Pakistan.{{cite web | title=Renowned film director Masood Parvez being remembered | website=Samaa TV | date=2001-03-10 | url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2011/03/renowned-film-director-masood-parvez-being-remembered/ | access-date=2021-10-22}}
He obtained his Master of Science in Physics from the Government College, Lahore (in modern-day the Government College University, Lahore). He wanted to obtain doctorate degree in Germany, but his maternal uncle Saadat Hasan Manto asked him to change his plan and he subsequently joined with Manto in Bombay where he worked in a number of films. After partition, he settled in Lahore, Pakistan where he directed and produced Urdu and Punjabi films, including Heer Ranjha.{{cite web | last=Malik | first=Dr Farid A | title=Immortalising Kaido | website=The Nation | date=2021-10-05 | url=https://nation.com.pk/05-Oct-2021/immortalising-kaido | access-date=2021-10-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm |date=17 June 2002|archive-date=24 July 2008|access-date=18 December 2021|url-status=dead |title=The Nigar Awards (1957 - 1971)|website=The Hot Spot Online website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724022517/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm}}
Death
Awards and recognition
- 2 Nigar Awards as 'Best Director' for Punjabi film Heer Ranjha (1970) and then Khak Aur Khoon (1979).{{cite web|url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm |date=5 January 2003|archive-date=25 July 2008|website=The Hot Spot Online website|title=The Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986)|access-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725090554/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width=100%
!scope="col" width=2%|# !scope="col" width=25%| Title !scope="col" | Year !scope="col" | Film Director !scope="col" | Producer !width=5%|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" align="left" |1||Beli
||1950 |{{ya}} || |
|---|
| scope="row" align="left" |2||Intezar
||1956 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |3||Zehr-e-Ishq
||1958 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |4||Koel
||1959 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |5||Jhoomer
||1959 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |6||Sarhad
||1966 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |7||Heer Ranjha
||1970 |{{ya}} |{{ya}} |
| scope="row" align="left" |8||Naya Suraj
||1977 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |9||Haider Ali
||1978 |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |10|| Khaak Aur Khoon
||1979 |{{ya}} || |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0675781}}
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Category:Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
Category:Government College University, Lahore alumni
Category:Film directors from Lahore
Category:Urdu-language film directors