Sharif Nayyar

Sharif Nayyar was born around 1922 in Lahore, and began as an actor before the partition. Moving into directing as early as 1947, he directed thirteen films in a little less than half a century, one of them in Punjabi. He twice received the Nigar Award for best director, for this drama based on Razia Butt and for a 1971 film that ran for a hundred weeks, then a special award in 1999. He died on 24 April 2007.

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• CinemaNailaSharif Nayyar · 1965Cinema