- Rauf Khalid
Abdul-Rauf Khalid, is a
Pakistan i filmmaker, and television writer/director. The Ex-serviceman (bureaucrat), Rauf Khalid has been famous for hisKashmir based patriotic plays. He was work in very limited films and television plays.Rauf Khalid started his career as a writer for
Radio Pakistan when he was still a junior school student. His play "Rozgaar" was an instant hit, and all regular radio listeners still remember the play, which was later taken up by Pakistan Television.He also has a few short stories to his credit including the quite famous at one time, "Neeli Gurya" . He kept writing for Pakistan television and gave some memorable masterpieces like "Payya aur Patri", "Lambee Sarak", "Bara Ghantay", and "Bhola" which brought outstanding popularity and critical acclaim.
In
1989 , he wrote and partially directed PTV's first-ever thriller, "Madaar", a seven-episode serial exposing drug trafficking telecast from PTV Quetta centre. In1991 , he started with a bang when Rauf wrote "Guest House" a 52-episode comedy series that turned out to be the money-making machine for PTV. Its characters became household names. Film starAfzal Khan , who played "Rambo" in the serial, came to be permanently known with the name even in his career in the filmdom.In
1995 , Rauf Khalid rose with a masterpiece called "Angaar Wadi", a 15-episode serial for which he was an actor, director and a producer apart from writing it. It was a great hit and broke all the previous popularity records. Moreover, it was also rated as the most-watched programme in the whole subcontinent. TheGovernment of Pakistan awarded Rauf with the prestigiousPride of Performance award in appreciation of the play.In
1998 , Rauf Khalid struck again with "Laag", a 27-episodes serial (again written, directed, produced and acted in by him), which broke the previous rating-records of PTV programmes.In
2003 , Rauf Khalid released his debut film "Laaj ", as (writer, director, producer and actor), which was flopped film.In
2008 , Rauf Khalid make his third television serial "Mishaal" (as writer, director & producer), the play was telecast from "Pakistan Television" on every Tuesday evening [http://ptv.com.pk/Prime-Time-Drama.asp] .External links
* [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/030914/images1.htm Inspired by a legend (Interview) - DAWN.com]
* [http://www.showbiz.com.pk/onthesets/set_01.htm Laaj movie (on the set) - showbiz.com.pk]
* [http://www.mag4you.com/spotlight/Rauf+Khalid/4170.htm Rauf Khalid's interview]
* [http://www.mazhar.dk/film/history/00s/2003.htm#laaj Laaj - Mazhar.dk]
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