Razia Butt

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Razia Butt
رضیہ بٹ
Saiqa, Naila, Bano
, Najia

Razia Butt (

popular fiction writer of the 1960s and 1970s, she is often compared with English writer Barbara Cartland due to her popularity among the household readers.[1][2][3]

Some of her works have been adapted into television serials and films, including Bano.[4]

Background

Razia Niaz was born in Wazirabad on 19 May 1924.[5] She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.[6]

Career

She first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens.[7] She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila.[2] Butt also wrote radio plays. Films such as Naila, Saiqa and television serials such as Saiqa and Dastaan are based on her novels.[2][8][9]

Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She wrote 51 novels and 350 short stories.[10]

Butt wrote an autobiography, Bichhray Lamhe.[11][12]

Death

Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after a protracted illness.[13][14]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Aadhi Kahani (Lit: Half a story)
  • Aag (Lit: Fire)
  • Aaina (Lit: Mirror)
  • Aneela
  • Bano (adapted as TV drama Dastan)[citation needed]
  • Beena
  • Chahat
  • Darling
  • Faslay (Lit: Distances)
  • Mein kon hon (Lit: Who am I?)
  • Naila
  • Najia
  • Nasoor
  • Noreena
  • Reeta
  • Roop
  • Sabeen
  • Saiqa (novel)
  • Wehshi
  • Samina
  • Sawaneh
  • Shabbo
  • Zindgi (Lit: Life)
  • Amma (Mother) (adapted as TV drama written by Ahmed Naveed)[citation needed]
  • Mehru
  • Zari

Others

  • Bichhray Lamhe (autobiography)

Dramatisation of works

Television

  • Amma (mother) dramatized by drama writer Ahmed Naveed.PTV
  • Bano as Dastaan – Hum TV 2010
  • Naila
  • Noerena (PTV 1995)
  • Saiqa – Hum TV – 2009
  • Wehshi (HUM TV) 2022

Films

  • Naila (1965)
  • Saiqa (1968)
  • Anila (1969)
  • Noreen (1970)
  • Mohabbat (1972)
  • Khalish (1972)
  • Payasa (1973)
  • Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989)
  • Gulabo (2008)

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Popularity, literary finesse and some Urdu bestsellers". dawn.com. 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c عارف وقار بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور (1 January 1970). "BBC Urdu – فن فنکار – ناول نگار رضیہ بٹ انتقال کر گئیں". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ^ Abbas Akhtar (18 May 2008). "Writer & Novelist Razia Butt in Brunch w/ Bushra P-3/5". Vidpk.com. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Dastaan: History on TV". Express Tribune. 24 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Great Urdu novelist Razia Butt passes away aged 89". Samaa Tv. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Razia Butt is no more". Paklinks.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. ^ Rayan Khan (July 10, 2011). Rasheed Butt: The life and times of a calligrapher, The Express Tribune
  8. ^ Gul, Aijaz (4 January 2019). "Lok Virsa to screen classical film 'Saiqa' tomorrow". The News.
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  10. ^ "Novelist Razia Butt passes away at 89". The News Tribe. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Novelist Razia Butt is no more". Dawn.Com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  12. ^ شائستہ جلیل، کراچی (4 October 2012). "مشہور ناول نگار رضیہ بٹ انتقال کرگئیں". Urduvoa.com. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Novelist Razia Butt dies at 89". The Nation. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Fiction writer Razia Butt dies". Central Asia Online. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  15. ^ Gul, Aijaz (4 January 2019). "Lok Virsa to screen classical film 'Saiqa' tomorrow". The News.
  16. ^ "THE NIGAR AWARDS 1957 - 1971". The Hot Spot. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008.

External links

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