| Abis Rizvi | |
| Birth Name: | Abis Hasan Rizvi |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Bandra, West Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Death Cause: | Gunshot wounds (Istanbul nightclub shooting) |
| Years Active: | 2013 - 2016 |
| Notable Works: | (2014) |
Abis Hasan Rizvi[1] (27 February 1968 - 1 January 2017) was an Indian businessman, film producer, and screenwriter.[2]
Rizvi was born to Dr. Akhtar Hassan Rizvi, a former member of the Rajya Sabha in Bandra, West Mumbai, Maharashtra.[3] Rizvi lived in Mumbai with his wife and son.[4] Rizvi was director of the Rizvi Group and CEO of his father's real estate company Rizvi Builders. His uncle Sibte Hassan Rizvi directed the films Khamoshi (1986) and Joshilay (1989). His cousin Anjum Rizvi is the producer of Ahista Ahista (2006) and A Wednesday (2008).
Rizvi was producer and co-writer of the Indian feature films (2014) and bilingual Hindi-Punjabi docu-drama He-Man (2016). He worked last on the drama film T for Taj Mahal. He was founder of film company ARF Films (Abis Rizvi Films), the company behind the latter two films.[5]
While on holiday in Turkey with friends, Rizvi was one of the victims of the terrorist attack in the Reina nightclub in Istanbul on 1 January 2017 in which 39 people were killed.[6]
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ||
| 2016 | He-man | |
| 2017 | T for Taj Mahal |