Sharif Nayyar
{{short description|Pakistani film director and screenwriter (1922–2007)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1922}}
| birth_place = Lahore, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|04|24|1922}}
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
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| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|Screenwriter}}
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| years_active = 1936{{endash}}1994
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| awards = Won 3 Nigar Awards in 1965, 1971 and 1999
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Sharif Nayyar ({{Circa|1922}} {{endash}} 24 April 2007),{{Cite web|url=https://www.samaaenglish.tv/news/103466|title=4th death anniversary of film director Shareef Nayyar observed|date=24 May 2022|work=Samaa.TV|access-date=}} was a Pakistani film director. Having a career spanning over four decades, he directed his first film in 1947 in British India and directed a total of 13 films including a Punjabi film. In Pakistani cinema, Nayyar is known for directing one of Lollywood's earliest colour films, Naila (1965) and a Diamond jubilee film Dosti (1971). For directing these films, he received two Nigar Awards.
Life and career
Nayyar was born in Lahore. He began his career from acting in Laila Majnu, starring Swaran Lata and Nazer while Yadgaar was his first film as a director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tareekhepakistan.com/detail?title_id=598&dtd_id=729|title=Death of Sharif Nayyar, Film Director ({{Nq|شریف نیرّ کی وفات}})|work=Tareekh-e-Pakistan|access-date=24 May 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/movie/yadgar|title=Yadgar (1947) – film profile|date=|work=Indian Film History|access-date=24 May 2022}} He rose to fame from commercially successful Naila which released in 1965 and was based on the novel of the same name by Razia Butt. In 1966, he directed his first Punjabi film Laado. In 1971, he directed Dosti which was the second Diamond Jubilee film in the cinema at that time.{{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/directors/SharifNayyar.php|archive-date=28 April 2017|title=Filmography of Sharif Nayyar|website=Pakistan Film Magazine website|access-date=11 June 2022|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051401/http://pakfilms.net/directors/SharifNayyar.php}}
Filmography
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|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
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!scope="col" width=2%|# !scope="col" | Year !scope="col" | Director !scope="col" | Screenwriter !scope="col" | Notes !width=5%|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" align="left" |1||Yadgar
||1947 |{{ya}} |{{ya}} |Hindi film |
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| scope="row" align="left" |2||Anokhi Dastaan
||1950 |{{ya}} || |First film in Pakistan || |
| scope="row" align="left" |3||Bheegi Palkein
||1952 |{{ya}} |{{ya}} || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |4||Mehfil
||1955 |{{ya}} || || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |5||Masoom
||1957 |{{ya}} || || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |6||Ishq Par Zor Nahi
||1963 |{{ya}} |{{ya}} || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |7||Naila
||1965 |{{ya}} |{{ya}} || |
| scope="row" align="left" |8||Laado
||1966 |{{ya}} || |Punjabi film |
| scope="row" align="left" |9||Naaz
||1969 |{{ya}} |{{ya}} || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |8||Dosti
||1971 |{{ya}} || || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |11||Ek Thi Ladki
||1973 |{{ya}} || |co-director || |
| scope="row" align="left" |12||Shirin Farhad
||1975 |{{ya}} || || || |
| scope="row" align="left" |13||Jhoomar Chor
||1986 |{{ya}} || || || |
Awards and nominations
Nayyar received three Nigar Awards in his career;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803194443/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm |title=List of Nigar awards from 1957 to 1971|date=17 June 2002|website= The Hot Spot Online website|archive-date=3 August 2008|access-date=}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623322/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Sharif Nayyar on IMDb website]
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Category:Pakistani film directors