Masood Parvez

Masood Parvez
مسعود پرویز
Born1918 (1918)
Amritsar, British India
Died10 March 2001(2001-03-10) (aged 82–83)
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationsFilm director, producer and actor
Years active1950 – 2001
Known forProducing and directing the popular Punjabi-language film Heer Ranjha (1970 film)
RelativesSaadat Hasan Manto (his maternal uncle - called Maamoon in Urdu)
AwardsWon 2 Nigar Awards in 1970 and 1979

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).

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

Filmography

# Title Year Film Director Producer
1Beli 1950 Yes
2Intezar 1956 Yes
3Zehr-e-Ishq 1958 Yes
4Koel 1959 Yes
5Jhoomer 1959 Yes
6Sarhad 1966 Yes
7Heer Ranjha 1970 Yes Yes
8Naya Suraj 1977 Yes
9Haider Ali 1978 Yes
10Khaak Aur Khoon 1979 Yes

References

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  2. ↑ "Sabiha Khanum, the 'First Lady of Pakistani Cinema', Passes Away". The Wire (India) website. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Sahkeel, Chand (18 December 2018). "Musician Rasheed Attre Remembered on his Death Anniversary". UrduPoint.com website. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Death anniversary of renowned film director Masood Parvez observed". Radio Pakistan website. 10 March 2024. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Malik, Farid (5 October 2021). "Immortalising Kaido". The Nation newspaper. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Nigar Awards (1957 - 1971)". The Hot Spot Online Film Reviews website. 17 June 2002. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "The Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986)". The Hot Spot Online Film Reviews website. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 Hameed Haroon (2 August 2013). "In-Depth - Film Special - Another take for Pakistani cinema (scroll down to read film reviews of 2 of Masood Parvez films)". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2026.