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Filmmaker · Pakistan

Masood Parvez

Died in 2001

Masood Parvez, whose name is also written Masud Pervaiz, was born in Amritsar in 1918. He was the nephew of Saadat Hasan Manto, studied physics in Lahore and acted in films in Bombay before the partition. Settled in Pakistan in 1947, he directed his first film in 1950, which brought Sabiha Khanum and Santosh Kumar to prominence, and often worked with the composer Khwaja Khurshid Anwar. He twice received the Nigar Award for best director and died in Lahore on 10 March 2001.

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