Ali Sufiyan Afaqi

Ali Sufiyan Afaqi
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi
Born	Ali Sufiyan (1933-08-22)August 22, 1933 Sehore district, Bhopal, British India
Died	January 27, 2015(2015-01-27) (aged 81) Lahore, Pakistan
Education	Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Occupation	Journalist Film producer Director Writer [1]
Years active	1953–2015
Era	1958
Awards	Nigar Award (8)

Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 – 27 January 2015; sometimes spelled Sufyan Afaqi), was a Pakistani film producer, 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.^[2] He wrote about twenty eight uncertain books on travel documentary and biographies, including Filmi Alif Laila, a book containing history of Pakistani cinema.

He was born on 22 August 1933 as Ali Sufiyan in British India (in modern-day Sehore district of Bhopal, India).^[3] Following the split of Indian subcontinent, he along with his family migrated to Pakistan and stayed in Lahore. At the time of migration, he was fourteen. In 1951, his obtained Bachelor of Arts with Hons.

Early life[]

After he obtained his BA, he worked for an insurance company during his initial career span, and later joined newspapers where he used to wrote columns and other subjects such as social, politics and culture. 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 Afaq. He wrote first-ever film review in Afaq newspaper and then choose it as 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.^[4]

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.^[4] During a film festival held in Russia by the selected his films such as Aas, Saiqa and Ajnabi and translated them into Russian language.^[3]

Filmography[]

Key

Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.

#	Title[4]	Director	Producer	Screenwriter
1	Thandi Sarak
2	Kaneez
3	Aaj Kal
4	Joker
5	Aik Hi Rasta
6	Aasra
7	Shikwa
8	Diwangi
9	Aar Par
10	Kabhi Alwida Nah Kehna
11	Andleeb
12	Merey Hamsafar
13	Gumnam
14	Bandagi
15	Kamyabi
16	Saaiqa
17	Play Boy
18	Miss Colombo
19	Daman Aur Chingari
20	Daewar Bhabhi
21	Dil Aik Aaina
22	Mohabat
23	Intizar
24	Insaniat
25	Dosti
26	Namak Haram
27	Beta
28	Moamla Garh Barh Hai
29	Very Good Duynia Very Bad Log
30	Aass
31	Saaiq

Awards[]

He was the recipient of eight Nigar Awards, six Graduate Awards and one Musawar Award and one Kartak Award.^[3]

Death[]

He was suffering from health complications over the past few years and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 January 2015 of cancer.^[5][6]

Bibliography[]

• Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Europe ka koh e kaf. Maqbul Academy. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
• Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Chand chehre, Madhu Bala, Mina Kumari, Rekha, Lata. Sarang. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
• Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Gorion ka des. Sarang. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
• Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Travelogue of Europe: Urdu. Urdu-Books. p. 120. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
• Sufyan Afaqi, Ali (1995). Ajaibat e Firang. Maqbul Academy. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
• Sufyan Afaqi, Ali (2001). Filmi Alif Laila. Haq. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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