| Rafiq Ghaznavi | |
| Birth Date: | 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India |
| Death Date: | 4 March 1974 |
| Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Occupation: | Music composer, actor |
| Spouse: | Anwari Begum |
| Relatives: | Salma Agha (granddaughter) Zara Khan (great-granddaughter) |
| Family: | Agha–Khan family |
Rafiq Ghaznavi (1907 - 4 March 1974)[1] was a British Indian and later a Pakistani musician and actor in pre-partition Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema.[2]
He is known for his contributions in Abdul Rashid Kardar's Heer Ranjha (1932), Sohrab Modi's film Sikandar (1941 film), Mehboob Khan's Taqdeer (1943), Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945) among others.[3]
Rafiq Ghaznavi's ancestors were from Ghazni, Afghanistan. He was born in Rawalpindi, British India.[4] He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Due to his passion for music, he sought classical music training from Patiala gharana ustads Ashiq Ali and Asif Ali and became a popular singer in Lahore, British India.[4]
After the partition of India in 1947, he settled in Lahore, Pakistan and later moved to Karachi.[4] In Pakistan, he composed music for director Ashfaq Malik's film Parwaaz (1954) and director Aziz Ahmed's film Mandi (1956). He later joined Radio Pakistan and dedicated himself exclusively to radio programs as a music director.[4]
He died in Karachi at the age of 67 on 4 March 1974.[4] [1]