Guddu (film archivist) explained
Guddu |
Birth Name: | Zahid Guddu Khan |
Birth Place: | Karachi |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Occupation: | Film archivist |
Zahid Guddu Khan, or just Guddu, is a Pakistani film archivist from Karachi. He is the owner of Guddu Film Archive.
Work
Coming from a Pathan family and residing in Karachi, Guddu has been collecting film-related material since his boyhood. Reportedly, he has more than 15000 old and rare Lollywood film posters, photographs, magazines, books, postcards, CDs, and audio cassettes in his personal collection from 1948 to 1990s. He also runs a YouTube channel Guddu Film Archive.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Guddu has exhibited his collection on several occasions.[6] [7] [8] In 2016, the French cultural center Alliance Francaise de Karachi managed to display his collection to the general public. That exhibition was named "Filmistan".[9] [10] [11] [12]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Guddu's Love Affair . Dawn News . October 26, 2011.
- News: Soomro . Farooq . Guddu: The last of lollywood aficionados . Dawn . March 24, 2015.
- News: کراچی کا" گڈو بھائی فلم آرکائیو "۔ پاکستانی فلموں کادیوانہ . Geo News . 3 November 2013.
- News: Ali Sayeed . Raza . NON-FICTION: THE PHOENIX OF PAKISTANI CINEMA . Dawn . October 11, 2020.
- News: Saleem . Shahjehan . Guddu Is The Only Fan in Pakistan To Archive EVERYTHING About Lollywood – Here's Why You Need To Follow Him! . Diva . November 19, 2020.
- News: Ameen . Nida . Dancing through Lollywood's grand era . The News . March 2016.
- News: Faheem Khan . Manal . The lost art of dance in Pakistani cinema . Something Haute. . March 4, 2016.
- News: Soharwardi . Najam . Remembering the lost days of Pakistani cinema . The News . April 20, 2015.
- News: Siddiqui . Waseem . گڈو پاکستانی فلموں کا آخری پرستار، اب شاید ہی کوئی دوسرا ملے . Voice of America (Urdu) . 24 April 2015.
- News: From Guddu's collection . Dawn . May 3, 2015.
- News: Guddu's film world . Dawn . July 26, 2015.
- News: A tribute to Lollywood . Dawn . January 10, 2016.