Bashir Niaz (July 9, 1936 - August 5, 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 "

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" (1980). He won 15

Nigar Awards The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards ...

as a dialogue/scriptwriter.

Early life

''Bashir Niaz'' was born on July 9, 1936, in

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(now

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). He graduated from

Government Islamia College Government Islamia College Civil Lines ( ur, اسلامیہ کالج ), formerly called Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, is a government college in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded by Arya Samaj as the school of Dayanand Anglo Vedic on June 1, 1 ...

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. Then he joined journalism and worked for several magazines and journals. Later he turned towards film journalism and served for weekly Nigar.

Career

''Bashir Niaz'' started his career as a screenwriter in 1963 when he wrote a script for 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 ''Nazar-ul-Islam'' (1939 – 11 January 1994) was a Pakistani film director known for his movies like, "Ehsaas"(1972), "Sharafat"(1974), "Aina", and "Bandish"(1980). Early life ''Nazar-ul-Islam'' was born in Calcutta in 1939 and later migr ...

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''Bashir Niaz'' was known as "the magician of dialogues" and he was exceptionally good at creating witty, emotional, and dramatic dialogues for general public. In 1980, he was asked to write a Pakistani version of a

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film

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(1942) and he came up with a brilliant script for "''

''", a platinum jubilee hit of the year. 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 ''Ehsaas - Kahani Ek Ghar Ki'' is a Hindi serial that was launched on DD National channel in India. It is the story of people who don’t believe in only " life, but also feeling" the life. Plot The family saga is the story of Parvati ( Bha ...

(1972) *

Naukar Wohti Da ''Naukar Wohti Da'' ( Punjabi: ﻧﻮﮐﺮ ﻭﻭﮨﭩﯽ ﺩﺍ) is a 1974 Pakistani, Punjabi film, starring Munawar Zarif in the lead role, opposite actress Aasia. The film tells the story of a hired husband. It was remade in Hindi as ''Na ...

(1974) * Aina (1977) * Ambar (1978) * Parakh (1978) * Zindagi (1978) *

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(1978) * Khushboo (1979) *

(1980) * Noukar te maalik (1982) *

Doorian ''Doorain'' is a Pakistani film directed by Hassan Askari, based on a story by Bashir Niaz, and produced by S. A. Gul under banner ''Evernew Pictures''. It stars Shabnam, Mohammed Ali and Faisal Rehman with Agha Talish in the supporting cast alo ...

(1984) * Dhee rani (1985) * Hum eik hain (1986) * Janbaaz (1987) * Mukhra (1988) * Zakhmi Aurat (1989) * Chahat (1992) * Rani Beti Raaj kare Gi (1994)

Awards

''Bashir Niaz'' received his first

Nigar Award The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards ...

for movie, "Ehsaas" (1972). Then,as a story/dialogue/screenwriter, he won record 15

from 1972 to 1994 for both

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and Punjabi films .

Death

Bashir Niaz suffered from first heart attack in 1998. He died on August 5, 2002, in

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and was buried in Samanabad graveyard,

References

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