Khalique Ibrahim Khalique

Khalique Ibrahim Khalique (Urdu: خلیق ابراہیم خلیق) (b. 1926 - d. 2006) was a Pakistani poet, critic and documentary filmmaker.

Life and Works

Khalique Ibrahim Khalique was born into a clan of Kashmiri Brahmins who had converted to Islam and settled in Lucknow. The family practised Greek Medicine, established educational and literary institutions of renown and participated in the freedom movement.

Khalique received his early education in Lucknow and graduated from Punjab University, Lahore. He began his film career in Mumbai and moved to Karachi in 1953.

He excelled as the pioneering documentary filmmaker of Pakistan. His films were exhibited world over including at Cannes, Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow, Leningrad (St Peter’s Burg), New York and Beijing during the 1960s and ’70s. He won more than 20 prizes including merit awards from international festivals, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 1969 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Karafilm Festival in 2003. He was an acclaimed poet and writer of Marxist persuasions. His memoirs "Manzilein Gard Ke Manand" gained special recognition.

Major Documentary Films

* "Ghalib" (Urdu)
* "Pakistan Story" (English) and its Urdu version "Pakistan ki kahani"
* "Pathway to Prosperity" (English) and its Urdu version "Khushhali ka rasta"
* "One Acre of Land" (English)
* "The Coconut Tree" (English)
* "Pakistan siqafat kay ai'nay main" (Urdu) and its English version "Cultural Heritage of Pakistan"
* "Architecture" (English)
* "Journey through Darkness" (English)
* "Buddha in Stone" (English)
* "Quaid-i-Azam" (Urdu)

Books

* "Manzilein Gard Ke Manand" (Memoirs)
* "Ujalon Ke Khwaab" (Poetry)
* "Pakistan Story" (History)
* "Kamyab Nakam" (Short Stories)
* "Aurat Mard Aur Dunya" (Play)
* "Urdu Ghazal Ke Pachchees Saal" (Literary Criticism)
* "Chund Tahreerein" (Selected writings compiled by Rahat Saeed)

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