Death anniversary of iconic lyricist, filmmaker Saifuddin Saif being observed
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He established a film company in 1954
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The 31th death anniversary of legendary lyricist, poet and filmmaker Saifuddin Saif is being observed on Friday (today).
Fans, friends and family are paying him homage for his services in entertainment industry. Saifuddin Saif died on July 12, 1993, and was buried at a graveyard near Model Town.
Saif was born in Amritsar on July 20, 1922. Saif began indulging his lifelong fondness for poetry. After partition, he migrated to Lahore and began working as a dialogue writer and lyricist for Pakistani films.
In 1954, he established a film company of his own under the name of Rahnuma Films and thereby, ventured into full-fledged film-making.
Saif started his showbiz career as a lyricist before partition but none of the films he had worked on saw the light of day, for one reason or other. His career took off after he moved to Lahore.
The first film Saif penned the songs for was Hichkolay in 1949. After that, he worked on the songs of Amanat in 1950 and then Naveli in 1952.
He wrote the songs for the two super hit films of that year Ghulam and Mehbooba.
All the big singers of Pakistan – including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Noor Jehan, Mahdi Hasan and many others – have lent their voices to Saif’s words.
He produced and directed Raat Ki Baat, Kartar Singh, Saath Lakh and many other projects.
Saif’ impressive roster of work includes a book titled Khan-e-Kamal wherein he had compiled all of his ghazals and poems.
Other than this, he drafted the lyrics for numerous super hit films such as Shama Parwana, Anarkali, Qatil, Umrao Jaan Ada, Inteqaam, Suraiya Bhopali, Azra and Tehzeeb.
His words are still celebrated by fans of classics like Jaltay Hein Armaan Mera Dil Rota Hai, Main Tera Sheher Chhor Jaunga, Aaye Mausam Rangeelay, Chal Hat Re Hawa, etc.
