Razia Butt

{{Short description|Pakistani novelist and playwright (1924-2012)}}

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رضیہ بٹ

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|05|19}}

| birth_place = Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|10|04|1924|05|19}}

| death_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

| occupation = Writer, playwright, novelist

| nationality = Pakistani

| genre = Fiction

| subject = Socialism, romance

| notableworks = Saiqa, Naila, Bano, Najia

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Razia Butt ({{langx|ur|{{Nq|رضیہ بٹ}}}}) was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. One of the famous popular fiction writer of the 1960s and 1970s, she is often compared with English writer Barbara Cartland due to her popularity among the household readers.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1652895/popularity-literary-finesse-and-some-urdu-bestsellers|title=Popularity, literary finesse and some Urdu bestsellers|date=2021-10-19|website=dawn.com}}{{cite web|author=Abbas Akhtar |url=http://vidpk.com/12317/Writer--Novelist-Razia-Butt-in-Brunch-w-Bushra-P-35/ |title=Writer & Novelist Razia Butt in Brunch w/ Bushra P-3/5 |publisher=Vidpk.com |date=18 May 2008 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}

Some of her works have been adapted into television serials and films, including Bano.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/8103/dastaan-history-on-tv?|title=Dastaan: History on TV|date=2011-09-24|website=Express Tribune}}

Background

Razia Niaz was born in Rawalpindi on 19 May 1924.{{cite web|url=http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=54797 |title=Great Urdu novelist Razia Butt passes away aged 89 |publisher=Samaa Tv |date= |accessdate=21 October 2012}} She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.{{cite web|url=http://www.paklinks.com/gs/culture-literature-and-linguistics/578971-razia-butt-is-no-more.html |title=Razia Butt is no more |publisher=Paklinks.com |date=5 October 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}

Career

She first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens.Rayan Khan (July 10, 2011). [http://tribune.com.pk/story/206755/rasheed-butt-the-life-and-times-of-a-calligrapher/ Rasheed Butt: The life and times of a calligrapher], The Express Tribune She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila.{{cite web|author=عارف وقار بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/entertainment/2012/10/121005_novel_razia_butt_died_tk.shtml |title=BBC Urdu – فن فنکار – ناول نگار رضیہ بٹ انتقال کر گئیں |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate=21 October 2012}} Butt also wrote radio plays. Films such as Naila, Saiqa and television serials such as Saiqa and Dastaan are based on her novels.{{cite news |last1=Gul |first1=Aijaz |title=Lok Virsa to screen classical film 'Saiqa' tomorrow |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/414451-lok-virsa-to-screen-classical-film-saiqa-tomorrow |website=The News|date=January 4, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/8103/dastaan-history-on-tv|title =Dastaan: History on TV|publisher=Express Tribune|date=September 24, 2011|first=Taneeya|last=Hasan}}

Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She wrote 51 novels and 350 short stories.{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/10/05/novelist-razia-butt-passes-away-at-89/#.UIMcj47e7dk |title=Novelist Razia Butt passes away at 89 |publisher=The News Tribe |date=5 October 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}

Butt wrote an autobiography, Bichhray Lamhe.{{cite web|url=http://dawn.com/2012/10/05/novelist-razia-butt-is-no-more/ |title=Novelist Razia Butt is no more |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=5 October 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}{{cite web|author=شائستہ جلیل، کراچی |url=http://www.urduvoa.com/content/noted-urdu-novelist-razia-dies/1520721.html |title=مشہور ناول نگار رضیہ بٹ انتقال کرگئیں |publisher=Urduvoa.com |date=4 October 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}

Death

Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after a protracted illness.{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Oct-2012/novelist-razia-butt-dies-at-89 |title=Novelist Razia Butt dies at 89 |publisher=The Nation |date=5 October 2012 |access-date=21 October 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/10/05/newsbrief-03 |title=Fiction writer Razia Butt dies |publisher=Central Asia Online |date=5 October 2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}

Bibliography

=Novels=

Aadhi Kahani (Lit: Half a story)
Aag (Lit: Fire)
Aaina (Lit: Mirror)
Aneela
Bano (adapted as TV drama Dastan){{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
Beena
Chahat
Darling
Faslay (Lit: Distances)
Mein kon hon (Lit: Who am I?)
Naila
Najia
Nasoor
Noreena
Reeta
Roop
Sabeen
Saiqa (novel)
Wehshi
Samina
Sawaneh
Shabbo
Zindgi (Lit: Life)
Amma (Mother) (adapted as TV drama written by Ahmed Naveed){{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
Mehru
Zari

=Others=

Bichhray Lamhe (autobiography)

Dramatisation of works

=Television=

Amma (mother) dramatized by drama writer Ahmed Naveed.PTV
Bano as Dastaan – Hum TV 2010
Naila
Noerena (PTV 1995)
Saiqa – Hum TV – 2009
Wehshi (HUM TV) 2022

=Films=

Naila (1965)
Saiqa (1968)
Anila (1969)
Noreen (1970)
Mohabbat (1972)
Khalish (1972)
Payasa (1973)
Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989)
Gulabo (2008)

Awards

1969 - Nigar Award for Best Scriptwriter of Saiqa.{{cite news |last1=Gul |first1=Aijaz |title=Lok Virsa to screen classical film 'Saiqa' tomorrow |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/414451-lok-virsa-to-screen-classical-film-saiqa-tomorrow |work=The News |date=January 4, 2019}}{{cite web |title=THE NIGAR AWARDS 1957 - 1971 |url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm |website=The Hot Spot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803194443/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm |archive-date=3 August 2008}}
2012 - Hum Honorary Most Challenging Subject Award for Dastaan