Masood Parvez (1918 10 March 2001), also spelled as Masud Pervaiz, was a Pakistani film director known for his work in Lollywood.
He also worked in Indian films before partition of India and after migrating to Pakistan, he produced most of his work in Pakistani films where he made his directorial debut with film Beli (1950).(Associated Press of Pakistan)
Beli (1950) was the first film of Sabiha Khanum and Santosh Kumar besides being directorial debut of Parvez. The film flopped at the box office due to political instabilities caused by the 1947 partition. It was also the debut film of Rashid Attre in Pakistan.
Biography A nephew of Saadat Hasan Manto, who was his uncle, Parvez was born in Amritsar, British India in 1918. Following the partition of the Indian subcontinent, he migrated to Pakistan along with Saadat Hasan Manto.
He obtained his Master of Science in Physics from the Government College, Lahore (in modern-day the Government College University, Lahore). He wanted to obtain doctorate degree in Germany, but his uncle Saadat Hasan Manto asked him to change his plan and he subsequently joined with Manto in Bombay, where he worked in a number of films as an actor. After 1947, he settled in Lahore, Pakistan where he directed and produced Urdu and Punjabi films, including Heer Ranjha.
Death Masood Parvez died in Lahore, Pakistan on 10 March 2001.
Awards and recognition Won 2 Nigar Awards as 'Best Director' for Punjabi film Heer Ranjha (1970) and then directing Khak Aur Khoon (1979), an Urdu-language film.
Filmography # Title Year Film Director Producer1Beli19502Intezar19563Zehr-e-Ishq19584Koel19595Jhoomer19596Sarhad19667Heer Ranjha19708Naya Suraj19779Haider Ali197810Khaak Aur Khoon1979
References
External links