W.Z.AHMAD passes away
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/17/top9.htm
W.Z. Ahmed passes away
By Shoaib Ahmed
LAHORE, April 16: W.Z. Ahmed, 91, one of the most outstanding film
directors of the subcontinent, passed away at a local hospital late on
Sunday night. He was suffering from an infection of the lung. He was
laid to rest at the Bagh-i-Rehmat graveyard on Monday afternoon.
After coming up with a series of films in only five years, Wahiduddin
Ziauddin Ahmed, was not as prolific as some of his successors in the
film industry. He directed-produced five films before the partition of
the sub-continent: ‘Aik Raat’, ‘Mann Ki Jeet’, ‘Prem Sangeet’,
‘Prithaviraj- Samyukta’ and ‘Mira Bai’ all released between 1942 and
1947.
After partition, he made just two films ‘Roohi’ and ‘Wada’, while a
third one, ‘Wafa Ki Ada’, remained incomplete. The country’s environment
was obviously not suited to his brand of cinema and his creation as one
of his masterpieces, ‘Roohi’, has the distinction of being the
first-ever film to be banned in Pakistan. The government said the film
generated ‘class hatred’, and if that was not bad enough, portrayed a
‘rich married woman having an affair with a young, unmarried man’.
The ban was later revoked and ‘Roohi’ was released in 1954. The same
year W.Z. Ahmed was at the forefront of the campaign against the
screening of Indian films. The protest was known as ‘Jaal agitation’
after a Dev Anand-starrer of the same name that had been imported out of
East Pakistan’s quota a limited number of Indian films were allowed
into Pakistan until then and then brought over to West Pakistan. The
protest led to the arrest of Mr Ahmed and many others in Lahore.
Mr Ahmed owned the Shalimar Pictures in Pune and another studio in
Madras before 1947. Some very famous writers and lyricists worked for
Shalimar, including Josh Malihabadi, Krisan Chander, Ramanand Sagar,
Akhtar-ul-Iman and Sagar Nizami. He established the W.Z. Studio at
Wahdat Road in Lahore after some years after partition. He spent many
years of his life pursuing the ideal of a filmmakers’ cooperative.
Sanaullah Khan Gandapur, who worked as an assistant to W.Z. Ahmed,
remembers his guru as an excellent story-writer and a director with a
vision and skill to mould actors according to his requirement. He was a
man of diversified interests and immense knowledge, Mr Gandapur says.
Mr Ahmed was born in Gujarat, India, in 1916 where his father was a
senior police officer. He is said to have been moved into entering
filmdom by K.L. Sehgal’s Dev Das. It is said Mr Ahmed went to watch Dev
Das and was so disappointed with the production that he decided to
direct films himself.
He married twice. His first wife was a daughter of Sir Ghulam Husain
Hidayatullah. Later on, he married Shahida, who acted in films under the
adopted name of Neena. She died a few years ago. Mr Ahmed had a son,
Fariduddin Ahmed, and a daughter, Afia Rabbani.
Fariduddin Ahmed, well known as Farid Ahmed, was a talented filmmaker
who married television and stage actor and producer, Samina Ahmed. Farid
died in 1993.
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May God rest his soul in peace.
Urzung Khan
pali...@gmail.com
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> Urzung Khan
Man Ki Jeet was his master piece production with it's
lilting music
which haunts me even today . His wife Neena was a very good looking
actress . Samyukta Prithviraj failed at the box office .
In early 50's Kardar and Mehboob visited pakistan with a desire to
move
their production but didnot find the atmosphere condusive and so
abandoned the plan .
WZ Ahmed - RIP
K
surhall
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> May God rest his soul in peace.
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> Urzung Khan
>>>>dhall<< very very sad news for me & music lover allah rest his soul in peace.
i have somme woeds said josh muradabai >>>>>>
Josh is reputed to have had a masterful command
over Urdu language and was quite strict about respecting the grammar
and rules of the language. The first collection of his poetry was
published in 1921. The collection of his poetries include Shola-o-
Shabnam, Junoon-o-Hikmat, Fikr-o-Nishaat, Sunbal-o-Salaasal, Harf-o-
Hikaayat, Sarod-o-Kharosh (all Urdu titles). On the advice of film
director W.Z.Ahmed, he also wrote songs for Shalimar Pictures. During
this time, he was staying in Pune. His autobiography is titled Yaadon
ki Baarat.
god help to all
Abhay Phadnis
Josh *Malihabadi* (not Muradabadi).
You have taken the entire extract above from Wikipedia (except that
the name is right there). It is good practice to acknowledge the
source when reproducing anything verbatim.
Warm regards,
Abhay
surhall
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Dhall>>> you are worng brother ? what ever
you show 100% not right. I have news paper cuting .
AAp se ye bataya gya nahi. last week i give
picture one movie . ONe song but no body have awnser.
here you show you take this newsWik.........
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surhall
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> May God rest his soul in peace.
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> Urzung Khan
Dhall>>> Name of the film: Man Ki Jeet
Direction: W.Z. Ahmed (1944)
Production: Shalimar Pictures Music: S.K. Pal & Gyan Dutt
Artiste 1: Neena Artiste 2: Shyam Artiste 3: Tiwari
Category : Social
Language: Hindi
you can me Abhay Phadnis ji were this
come please .
surhall
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> May God rest his soul in peace.
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> Urzung Khan
dhall>> I found this i have news paper cutting>>>>
Leading film personalities were
arrested in Lahore agitating at Regent Cinema against the release of
Indian film Jaal (Starring :- Geeta Bali, Dev Anand). It was illegally
imported through the quota of the then East Pakistan and brought to
West Pakistan by Bari Malik. The agitation was led by W.Z.Ahmed,
Shaukat Husain Rizvi, Saifuddin Saif, Sibtain Fazli and almost all
famous talent followed including Noor Jahan, Neena, Santosh, Sudhir,
Bibbo, Allaudin, and M. Ismail.
now you tell me were this come Abhay Phadnis ji pleas>>>>>>>>
dhall
Abhay Phadnis
In which case you should have credited the newspaper as the source.
[It is another matter that whoever wrote that piece in the newspaper
obviously borrowed it from online sources - I wonder if that person
gave due credit!]
Warm regards,
Abhay
surjit singh
which newspaper, which city, what date?
> dhall
surhall
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THis from LAHOR city I got from EGAL MUSIC SHOP ANARKALI BAZAR
IN 1996. & i have some old books from
INDIA. can tell me all this what ever i post
news W.Z. Ahmed worang
thanks
dhall
sjh...@gmail.com
Listen Surhall:
You indeed is a passionate guy..but lack pinpointedness...you just
beat about yhr bush...neither here nor there with half hearted info
gathered from titbits. Please understand your failings and work over
them.
Shalimar Pics, Pune owned by W.A.Zaidi produced Mun Ki Jeet; Ek Raat;
Prithviraj Sanyukta; Prem Sangeet;Meera Bai; Shahzadi;and if I am not
mistaken, even Rangila Rajasthan.
Music Director S.K.Pal was permanent for all the films but in the last
one Bharat Vyas too composed music for a couple of songs.
Now a querry for all of you:
Y
Tell me honestly:
How many of you have really heard the music of Prithviraj Sanyukta &
Shahzadi & Prem Sangeet. If at all you have heard, can you comment on/
of the music. Can you identitify the voices?
Let me guage the depth of your involvement in music...the passion /
curiosity in discovering new vistas in the field of gilm music.
Your way/ manner & content of reply is what I look forward.
=Jay=
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Deepak Sabnis
news:1177037649.5...@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Listen Surhall:
> You indeed is a passionate guy..but lack pinpointedness...you just
> beat about yhr bush...neither here nor there with half hearted info
> gathered from titbits. Please understand your failings and work over
> them.
Listen Jay
You indeed are often rude and lack common courtesy. You just blabber your
mouth trying to impress people with what you seem to think is deep knowledge
of music. You can not even write a single sentence in English that is
grammatically correct or is free of spelling errors. May be you should
understand your own flaws and focus on them instead of telling others.
> Let me guage the depth of your involvement in music...the passion /
> curiosity in discovering new vistas in the field of gilm music.
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> Your way/ manner & content of reply is what I look forward.
Who cares what you think? You don't even know what Surhallji looks like or
who he is and you are lecturing him like he was your grandson.
Deepak
Surjit Singh
surhall wrote:
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>>>>May God rest his soul in peace.
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>>>>Urzung Khan
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>>> dhall>> I found this i have news paper cutting>>>>
>>> Leading film personalities were
>>>arrested in Lahore agitating at Regent Cinema against the release of
>>>Indian film Jaal (Starring :- Geeta Bali, Dev Anand). It was illegally
>>>imported through the quota of the then East Pakistan and brought to
>>>West Pakistan by Bari Malik. The agitation was led by W.Z.Ahmed,
>>>Shaukat Husain Rizvi, Saifuddin Saif, Sibtain Fazli and almost all
>>>famous talent followed including Noor Jahan, Neena, Santosh, Sudhir,
>>>Bibbo, Allaudin, and M. Ismail.
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>>>now you tell me were this come Abhay Phadnis ji pleas>>>>>>>>
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> THis from LAHOR city I got from EGAL MUSIC SHOP ANARKALI BAZAR
> IN 1996. & i have some old books from
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Since you didn't answer my question, no reward for you :)
Abhay Jain
The voices are of Himesh Reshmaiyya and Richa Sharma :)
surhall
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hello,
pleas note what ever i post this my
view . i am also not cares to others. if give love get love,
i am not lecturing any members. i all
ways give back a manner& respact. but naver show as boss?
thanks
dhall
surhall
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back home new delhi i have song man ki jeet--ek raat & this year
month aug vist my home bering both movie song.
thanks
dhall
sjh...@gmail.com
> <sjhh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Mr D.Sabnis:
Accepted you are the best in pointing out my errors apart from the
rest:
You have not replied to the 'essence of my querrry" I repeat them with
FULL OF LOVE & with absolute politeness.
( now that solves your FIR ! ) What more complaints/grudge have you
still that makes discomforts you so much...FRUSTRATION , I guess !
The bottom line is: you & your accomplices JUST HAVE NO ANSWER to
simple querries. ACCEPT THIS WITH GRACE.. Ask your conscience: From my
side Ihave accepted my lackings openly...but thats not concerning the
topic in discussion.The fact is that you are frustrated like that WB
guy who has taken 'sanyas'. from RMIM posting.
I appreciate Prof in a way: He just refuses to be drawn into any
controversy...simply because he is unsure of himself.
One more thing Seepak. Even I have to learn so many things still...
unfortunately, I only get critical criticism that lacks PUNCH.
Try a forceful one, boy!
My questions still remain unanswered. Some of the mostbeatiful &
sizzling music of S.K.Pal can be discovered in the films I have
indicated. TO HEAR / LISTEN them intently is the TRUTH . Strive for
this possibility( use your MONEY power for accomplishment )...and
experience the PEACE OF MIND in return. Don't waste your precious time
in 'bakwas criticism'
=Jay=
21/4
Deepak
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> My questions still remain unanswered.
I thought Abhay already answered your question (see a few posts before
this one). I will save you the trouble of searching. I believe he said
that the "The voices are of Himesh Reshmaiyya and Richa Sharma". Did
you miss that??
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> =Jay=
> 21/4
Deepak
Prithviraj Dasgupta
Since AbhayP didn't respond to this "quiz", I'm "seizing" the
opportunity. The above quote seems to be cut-and-pasted from the
following Website, item 3 under memorable events.
http://oldpakfilms.tripod.com/pakistani_films_1954.htm
Like the text on the above Website, the portion posted above seems to
have missed a white/blank space between Z. and Ahmed in W.Z. Ahmed's
name.
-Prithviraj