Shaukat Hussain Samrat ( ur, ) best known by his screen name Pappu Samrat ( ur, ) is a Pakistani veteran

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. He has choreographed for music videos, stage shows and has done about more than seventy films including ''

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'' for which he won Nigar Award of Best Choreographer at 44th Nigar Awards and recently he has won "Best Choreographer" at

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for ''

Main Hoon Shahid Afridi ''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'' (), is a 2013 Pakistani sports film directed by Syed Ali Raza Usama and produced by Humayun Saeed & Shahzad Nasib. The film features Humayun Saeed, Javed Shaikh and Noman Habib in the lead roles. Nadeem Baig, ...

''. He is part of Pakistani choreographer's ''Samrat Family''.

Personal life

Pappu born on 24 feb. 1970 as a Shaukat Hussain to a Pakistani veteran choreographer family, ''The Samrat Family''. Pappu's grandfather, Master Aashiq Hussain where he was a choreographer and dancer, due to his service to dance he was awarded an alias of ''Samrat'' Meaning: Mighty and Powerful Pappu's father Akbar Hussain Samrat was also a Pakistani Film choreographer and Papu's brother Khanu was also a veteran choreographer, Family's young sibling and Pappu's niece Vicky is an active choreographer along with his uncle.

Career

Pappu started his career at the age of 19, where he learned dance from his father. He is a trained classical dancer and has done choreography in number of Pakistani films since early 90s to present day and established himself as a firm choreographer. Due to the lack of films and no scope of dancing in Pakistan Pappu describe in an interview on

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he said "Choreographers are given very limited time here. There isn't any time for rehearsing. Indians excel because Bollywood directors give a free hand to choreographers and over the years, Indian dancing has won a status for itself. Here, not many films are produced and directors don’t let the choreographers work freely. Dancing is poetry of the body, but here it often becomes an exhibition of the body."

Selected filmography

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Majajan ''Majajan'' is a 2006 Pakistani Punjabi drama film directed by Syed Noor which was released across theaters in Pakistan on 24 March 2006. ''Majajan'' is a love story Syed Noor says he "made most passionately". Inspired by the life of Baba Bu ...

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Love Mein Ghum ''Love Mein Ghum'' (; , earlier titled ''Kitni Haseen Hai Zindagi'') is a 2011 Pakistani Urdu language romance/musical film, directed and produced by Reema Khan. It stars Moammar Rana, Khan herself, Nabeel Khan and Araida. The first part ...

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Awards

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 ...

: Best Choreographer - ''Mujhe Chaand Chahiye'' *

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: Best Choreographer - ''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samrat, Pappu Pakistani choreographers Living people Nigar Award winners 1970 births People from Lahore