Saifuddin Saif

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Saifuddin Saif
Nigar Awards
(1957)
Best Film Saat Lakh (1957)
Best Script/Story Writer for Saat Lakh (1957)

Saifuddin Saif (20 March 1922 – 12 July 1993) was a Pakistani lyricist, poet, film producer-director, and the founder of Rehnuma Films, a film studio of 1954.[1]

He was involved in writing poems and lyrics before and after the

Teri Yaad, which helped him to appear among the prominent writers.[4][5]

As a poet, he wrote eleven

gazals and four nazms on various subjects, including fifteen on friendship, fifteen on social, one on hope, and a poetic book titled Kham-e-Kakul, also known as Khan-e-Kamal (amazing ruler).[6][7][4]

Early life and education

Saifuddin was born and raised in

Khaksar Movement, a social movement aimed at freeing India from the British Raj.[2][1]

Career

Saif started his career as a lyricist, but his childhood was originally associated with poetry writings and after leaving the college, he pursued poetry as a career.[1] He migrated to Pakistan following the partition and settled in Lahore where he initially worked as a dialogue writer and lyricist in the cinema of Pakistan. He later established Rahnuma Films, a full-fledged filmmaking production. He also wrote lyrics before partition, but none of the films was released. After his migration to Pakistan, all the films he worked for were released, and he was subsequently considered one of the prominent filmmakers of Pakistan.[2]

His first film as a lyricist was Hichkolay (1949), and later wrote songs for

Kartar Singh (1959), which is claimed to have covered real events and bloodshed of the 1947 partition.[9][10] He wrote "Payal Main Geet Hain Chham Chham Ke" song for film Gumnaam (1954) and also for film Qatil (1955).[11]

couplet by Saifuddin Saif

Dekha to phir vaheen thay chalay thay jahan se hum,
Kashti kay saath saath kinaray chalay gaye.

Translation: We found ourselves to be where we had begun our journey,
The coast moved as did the boat.[12]

Besides films, he primarily used to write poems which were sung by the prominent Pakistani singers, including

gazals.[2]

Work

Key
† Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.
# Title Year Type/Credited as Remarks
1
Teri Yaad[1]
 1948 Lyricist
2 Hichkoley[4][1] 1949 Lyricist
3 Amanat[4] 1950 Lyricist
4 Naveli[1] 1952 Lyricist
5 Ghulam 1953 Lyricist
6 Mehbooba 1953 Lyricist
7 Raat Kee Baat 1954 Writer, producer-director[2] The film flopped under the Rehnuma Films banner
8 Gumnaam[1] 1954 Song-writer
9 Qatil 1955 Song-writer
10 Saat Lakh[4][1] 1957 Writer, producer-director[2] It was Pakistan's first film that won Nigar Awards[13]
11
Kartar Singh[4][1]
 1959 Writer, producer-director[2] After the success of film Kartar Singh, he became one of the most sought-after producer/directors in Pakistan[2]
12 Roopmati Baaz Bahadur 1960 lyricist
13 Darwaza[1] 1962 producer-director
14 Madr-e-Watan[1] 1966 Producer-director[14]
15 Kham-e-Kakul 1992 Poetry Also known as Khan-e-Kamal

Awards and recognition

Bibliography

Death

Saifuddin Saif died on 12 July 1993 in Lahore, Pakistan and is buried near Model Town, Lahore cemetery.[2][1][16] His life is covered in a MPhil thesis book titled Shair-e-Kujkulah by Robina Shaista.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Profile of Saifuddin Saif". Cineplot.com website. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "26th death anniversary of lyricist Saifuddin Saif observed". The Express Tribune. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ Amarjit Chandan (13 August 2017). "Unfinished epic of grief & shame". The Tribune (Indian newspaper). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Saifuddin Saif remembered". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 13 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Death anniversary of famous poet, filmmaker Saifuddin Saif observed". Associated Press of Pakistan website. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Saifuddin Saif Poetry – Urdu Shayari, Ghazals, Nazams & Poems". UrduPoint.
  7. ^ "Saifuddin Saif Poetry – Love & Sad Shayari, Ghazals, Nazams". UrduPoint.
  8. ^ "Famous Poet Saifuddin Saif Remembered On His Death Anniversary". UrduPoint.
  9. ISBN 9789351508533
    – via Google Books.
  10. ISBN 9780199088621
    – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Encore, NOS, The News International". jang.com.pk.
  12. ^ Rehman, Asha’ar (30 November 2018). "Corridors and other peace openings". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  13. ^ "In-Depth – Film Special". DAWN.COM. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  14. ^ Wazir, Hamid Khan (5 September 2019). "Masheer Kazmi and Naseem Begum became eternal through "Aye Rah-e-Haq Ke Shaheedo"". Dispatch News Desk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Nigar Award for Saifuddin Saif for film Saat Lakh (1957)". Cineplot.com website. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  16. ^ Parveen, Aqsa (12 July 2019). "Remembering Poet, Filmmaker 'Saifuddin Saif'".
  17. ^ "Saifuddin Saif's book presented in entertaining style". The News International.

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