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{{short description|Founding Father of Pakistan film industry (1904–1983)}}
{{other people|Nazir Ahmed|Nazir Ahmed (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nazir AhmadAhmed Khan
| image =
| birth_date = 1904
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = 26 August 1983 (aged 7978–79)
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| occupation = [[Actor]], [[film director]], [[film producer]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
| spouse = Sikandara Begum, Sitara Devi, [[Swaran Lata (actress)|Swaran Lata]]<ref name=pakfilms>[http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=2760 Profile of Nazir Ahmed Khan on pakfilms.net website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701090843/http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=2760 |date=1 July 2017 }}, Retrieved 3 September 2017</ref>▼
* Sikandara Begum
| children = Afzal Nazir, Akhtar Nazir (Cooki), Suraya Nazir (w/o Nasir Khan), Aslam Nazir, Ismat Nazir and 2 others▼
▲| spouse = Sikandara Begum, Sitara Devi,* [[Swaran Lata (actress)|Swaran Lata]]<ref name=pakfilms>[{{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=2760|title= Profile of Nazir Ahmed Khan on pakfilms|website=Pakfilms.net website]| {{Webarchive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701090843/http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=2760 |date=2 June 2016|archive-date=1 July 2017|access-date=29 January 2022}}, Retrieved 3 September 2017</ref>}}
| othername = Nazir Sahib, Bao Jee
▲| children = Afzal Nazir, Akhtar Nazir (Cooki), SurayaSuraiya Nazir (w/o Nasir Khan), Aslam Nazir, Ismat Nazir and 2 others
 
Asif Nazir Khan (Grandson, CEO Nazir Asif Arts)
| othername = 'Baau Jee' (a popular nickname for him in the [[Pakistani film industry]])
| awards = [[Nigar Award]] 'Special Nigar Award for 30 years of Excellence' in [[Pakistani film industry]] in 1982
}}
 
'''Nazir AhmadAhmed Khan''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|'''نذِیرنذیر '''احمد خان}}}}) (1904 – 26 August 1983) was the '''Founding Father of Pakistan Film Industry.''' He was a [[Pakistani]]versatile filmmaker, [[film actor|actor]], [[film director|director]] and [[film producer|producer]].
 
==Personal life==
Nazir was born in 1904 in a [[Kakazai]] family in [[PathanLahore]], family[[Punjab, British India]].<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name="PT"/> He had at least three wives over the years. He was first married to his cousin Sikandara Begum (who was the sister of [[K. Asif]], the legendary director of 1960 film [[Mughal-e-Azam]]). He later had a very short marriage with [[Sitara Devi]], the legendary [[Kathak]] dancer. After their divorce, Sitara Devi married none other than Nazir's cousin [[K. Asif]] himself. In other words, she married first the husband and then the brother of Sikandara Begum. Nazir's last wife was film actress [[Swaran Lata (actress)|Swaran Lata]].<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name=Urduwire/>

Nazir was the father of several children. He gave one of his daughters in marriage to actor [[Nasir Khan (actor)|Nasir Khan]] (brother of [[Dilip Kumar]]).
==Awards and recognition==
* [[Nigar Award]] 'Special Nigar Award for 30 years of excellence' in [[Pakistani film industry]] in 1982.<ref name=NigarAwards>{{cite web |title=Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards (1957 - 2002) |url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards |author=Swami Ji |website=The Hot Spot Film Reviews website |access-date=30 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111654/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Death==
Nazir Ahmed Khan died inon 26 August 1983.<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name=Urduwire>{{cite web |url=http://www.urduwire.com/people/Nazir-Ahmed-Khan_510.aspx | title=Nazir Ahmed Khan's Profile| publisher= urduwire.com |accessdateaccess-date=329 SeptemberJanuary 20172022|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306060959/http://www.urduwire.com/people/Nazir-Ahmed-Khan_510.aspx|archivedatearchive-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
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* ''Sawaal'' (1966)<ref name=PakFilms/>
* ''Azmat-e-Islam'' (1965)<ref name=citwf/>
* ''Haveli'' (1964)
* ''Billo Jee'' (1962)
* ''Shama'' (1959)
* ''[[Noor-e-Islam]]'' (1957)<ref name=PakFilms/>
* ''Sabira'' (1956)
*''Soteeli Maa'' (1956)
*''Wehshi'' (1956)
*''Hameeda'' (1956)<ref name=PakFilms/>
*''Nagin'' (1955)
*''Naukar'' (1955)<ref name=PakFilms/>
*[[Heer (1955 film)|Heer]] (1955)<ref name=citwf/>
*''[[Shehri Babu]]'' (1953)<ref name=Mpaop>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/53-2/shehri-babu/ |url-status=dead|title=Shehri Babu (1953 film)|website=Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan (Mpaop) website|archive-date=29 August 2017|access-date=31 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829072554/http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/53-2/shehri-babu/}}</ref>
*''Khatoon'' (1952)
*''Bheegi Palkain'' (1950)
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*''Ghalat Fahmi'' (1950)
*''Laraay'' (1949)
*[[Pheray]] (1949)<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name=PakFilms>{{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/actors/Nazir.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428050555/http://pakfilms.net/actors/Nazir.php |date=1 March 2016|archive-date=28 April 2017|website=PakFilms.net website|title=Filmography of Nazir Ahmed Khan|access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[Pheray]] (1949)
*''Sachchai'' (1947)
*''Heer'' (1946)
*''[[Wamaq Azra]]'' (1946)<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name=Urduwire/>
* [[Gaon Ki Gori]] (1945)<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name=Urduwire/>
*''Laila Majnu'' (1945)<ref name=pakfilms/><ref name=Urduwire/>
*''Naatak'' (1944)
*"''Aabroo".'' (1943)
* ''[[Ghar Sansar (1942 film)|Ghar Sansar]]'' (1942)
*''Maa Baap'' (1941)
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*''Iraq Ka Chor'' (1934)
*''[[Chandragupta (film)|Chandragupta]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Sultana (film)|Sultana]] (1934)
*''Night Bird'' (1933)
*''Abe Hayat'' (1933)<ref name=citwf>[{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person314562.htm |title=Nazir Ahmed Khan's (Nazir) filmography on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website] {{Webarchive| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904015859/http://www.citwf.com/person314562.htm |archive-date=4 September 2017 }},|access-date= Retrieved29 3January September 20172022}}</ref>
*''[[Lal-e-Yaman (1933 film)|Lal-e-Yaman]]'' (1933)
*''Zarina'' (1932)
*''[[Farebi Daku]]'' (1931)<ref name="PT">[http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/08/25/entertainment/a-walk-down-memory-lane-with-legendary-filmmaker-nazir-ahmed-khan/], Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 25 Aug 2011, Retrieved 329 SeptemberJanuary 20172022</ref>
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0623419}}, Nazir Ahmed Khan's Filmography
{{SpecialAwardfromNigarAwards}}
 
{{Authority control}}
 
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[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:PakistaniFilm Muslimsdirectors from Lahore]]
[[Category:PashtunMale peopleactors from Lahore]]
[[Category:Nigar Award winners]]
[[Category:Pakistani male film actors]]
[[Category:Pakistani film directors]]
[[Category:Pakistani film producers]]
[[Category:People offrom British India]]
[[Category:MalePunjabi-language actorsfilm from Lahoredirectors]]
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani male actors]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing]]
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