| Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | |
| Death Place: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Birth Place: | Azamgarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | Zil-e-Huma (daughter) Akbar Rizvi (son) Asghar Rizvi (son) |
| Occupation: | Film director, film producer and cinematographer |
Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (1914 – 1998) was a Pakistani actor, film producer and director. He is widely considered as a pioneer of the Pakistani film industry.[1] [2]
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi was born in the city of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh in 1914.[2] He began his career as an assistant projectionist in Calcutta in the early 1930s. Then he was given a job in the editing department of Madan Theatres.[2] By 1942, Rizvi was promoted to a film director and was assigned to direct a film named Khandan starring Pran and Noor Jehan in the lead roles. The script of this film was written by Imtiaz Ali Taj.[3] After the huge success of this film, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi later married Noor Jehan in 1944. Their marriage produced three children: Akbar Hussain Rizvi, Asghar Hussain Rizvi and a daughter Zil-e-Huma.[4]
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Rizvi along with his wife Noor Jehan and their 3 children moved to Pakistan and later made several films in Pakistan.[2] His marriage to Jehan ended in 1953 with a divorce.[1] He later married the actress Yasmin.[5] He had two children with Yasmin: Shehnshah Hussain Rizvi and Ali Hussain Rizvi.
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi died on 19 August 1999 at Lahore, Pakistan at age 85.[2] Pakistani actors Sonya Jehan, Sikander Rizvi are his grandchildren.[6]
Following are his notable works:[1]