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Ali Sufiyan Afaqi
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi
	Ali Sufiyan Afaqi
Born	Ali Sufiyan; August 22, 1933; Sehore district, Bhopal, British India
Died	January 27, 2015 (aged 81); Lahore, Pakistan
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Occupations	Journalist; Film producer; Director; Writer;
Years active	1953 – 2015
Era	1958
Awards	Won 8 Nigar Awards during his career

Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 – 27 January 2015; sometimes spelled Sufyan Afaqi) was a Pakistani film producer, director, writer, and journalist. He made his debut in Lollywood films with his first ever Urdu film Thandi Sarak in 1957, and later appeared in other films as a writer and director, however he earned recognition as a film producer.^[1] He wrote about twenty eight books on travel documentary and biographies, including Filmi Alif Laila, a book containing history of Pakistani cinema.^[2]

Early life

Ali Sufiyan Afaqi was born on 22 August 1933 as Ali Sufiyan in British India (in modern-day Sehore district of Bhopal, India).^[3]^[4] Following the Partition of India in 1947, he along with his family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore. At the time of migration, he was fourteen. In 1951, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts^[3] degree.

After obtaining his BA degree in 1951, he worked for an insurance company, and later joined newspapers where he used to write columns on various subjects. He first joined Daily Tasneem and Jamaat-e-Islami. He also worked at Chattan, a weekly newspaper established by Agha Shorish Kashmiri, and later worked at Nawaiwaqt Group. In later years, he joined Daily Afaq newspaper where he choose his last name "Afaq" and became known as Ali Sufiyan Afaqi. He wrote first-ever film review in Afaq newspaper and then chose it as a regular job. As an editor, he worked at Aqwam weekly and as joint editor at Daily Aasar. Following the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état, he left journalism and moved to film industry.^[3]

Career

He first joined the Urdu cinema as a storywriter and later wrote dialogues for Aadmi and Ayyaz films. In 1965, he worked as a producer of Kaneez film. Prior to his association as a producer, he first worked in Thandi Sarak film as a storywriter. As a storywriter, producer and director, he produced Urdu language films such as Joker, Aaj Kal, Aasra Aik Hi Rasta and Shikwa among others.^[3] During a film festival held in Russia by the Tashkent International Film Festival selected his films such as Aas, Saiqa and Ajnabi and translated them into Russian language.^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Key
†	Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.

#	Title	Year	Notes
1	Thandi Sarak^[3]	1957
2	Kaneez^[3]	1965	co-producer
3	Aaj Kal^[3]	1959	dialogues only
4	Joker	1966	dialogues only
5	Aik Hi Rasta^[3]	1968
6	Mera Ghar Meri Jannat	1968	co-producer
7	Aasra	1969	dialogues only
8	Shikwa^[3]	1963
9	Diwangi	1983
10	Aar Par	1973
11	Kabhi Alwida Nah Kehna^[3]	1983
12	Andleeb^[3]	1969	dialogues only
13	Merey Hamsafar	1972	dialogues only
14	Gumnam	1983	dialogues only
15	Bandagi	1972
16	Kamyabi^[3]	1984	dialogues only
17	Saiqa	1968	screenplay only
18	Play Boy^[3]	1978
18	Miss Colombo	1984
19	Daman Aur Chingari^[3]	1973	dialogues only
20	Devar Bhabi	1967	dialogues only
21	Dil Aik Aaina	1972
22	Mohabbat^[3]	1972	screenplay only
23	Intizar	1974
24	Insaniat^[3]	1976
25	Dosti^[3]	1971
26	Namak Haram	1974
27	Beta	1994
28	Moamla Garh Barh Hai	1996
29	Very Good Duynia Very Bad Log^[3]	1998
30	Aas^[3]	1973	co-producer

Awards

He was the recipient of eight Nigar Awards, six Graduate Awards and one Musawar Award and one Kartak Award.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Death

He was suffering from health complications over the past few years and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 January 2015 of cancer.^[3]^[5]^[6]

Bibliography

Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Europe ka koh e kaf. Maqbul Academy. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Chand chehre, Madhu Bala, Mina Kumari, Rekha, Lata. Sarang. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Gorion ka des. Sarang. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Sufyan Afaqi, Ali. Travelogue of Europe: Urdu. Urdu-Books. p. 120. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Sufyan Afaqi, Ali (1995). Ajaibat e Firang. Maqbul Academy. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Sufyan Afaqi, Ali (2001). Filmi Alif Laila. Haq. Retrieved 29 July 2020.