Riaz ur Rehman Saghar

Riaz ur Rehman Saghar
Riaz ur Rehman Saghar

Riaz-Ur-Rehman Saghar (Urdu: ریاض الرحمٰن ساغر‎, born 1 December 1940, Bathinda, British India; died 1 June 2013, at Lahore, Pakistan) was a poet and lyricist active in Pakistani cinema.[1] He had been awarded numerous awards in recognition of his services to the Pakistani film industry. He is credited with having written over 2,000 songs in his lifetime, including many for noted Pakistani singers such as Hadiqa Kiani ("Dupatta Mera Malmal Da" [دوپٹہ میرا ململ دا], "Yaad Sajan Di Ayi" [یاد سجن دی آوے]) and a duet song with Asha Bhosle and Adnan Sami Khan ("Kabhi to Nazar Milao" [کبھی تو نظر ملاؤ]). Saghar also wrote prose and film dialogue.

Biography

Riaz-ur-Rehman Saghar was born on 1 December 1941 in Bathinda(بٹھنڈا), India to Molvi Muhammad Azeem (مولوی محمد عظیم) and Sadiqan Bibi (صدیقن بی بی). In 1947, his family emigrated to Pakistan as refugees following the independence of Pakistan in 1947. During the journey, Saghar's father was murdered by a Sikh extremist, and his infant brother died of starvation. In Walton Cantonment and later Multan, where Saghar and his mother settled, they made their living making and selling paper bags in the marketplace. Saghar enrolled in Millat High School where he discovered his love of poetry. He later entered Emerson College Multan for Intermediate Studies, where his poetry readings attracted large crowds. After several warnings, he was expelled from Emerson, after which he traveled to Lahore to begin his career.

Career

In journalism

In Lahore, Saghar found a job at Lail o Nahar, an Urdu-language weekly, where he worked for a year but soon realized it was not his place of interest. He moved on to Nawa-i-Waqt and while there, he did his Intermediate and Bachelors in Punjabi Fazil. He worked as a culture and film editor at Nawa-i-Waqt and Weekly family magazine till 1996.

As a newspaper columnist

Saghar was the first columnist to write on national political situations in form of ballad. His first column was published in 1996 by the title of "Arz Kia Hai" (Urdu عرض کیا ہے), covering political, social and cultural Issues. His last column was published in Nawa-i-Waqt on 24 March 2013 by the title of "Subah ka sitara chup gya ha" (صبح کا ستارہ چُھپ گیا ہے) .

Career in the film industry

As a songwriter

While working as a journalist, Saghar's love for poetry remained strong. In 1958, he wrote his first song for a film that was never released. His first released song was in the film Alia, but his first real successes came with the song s"Mere dil k sanam khane mei ek tasveer aisi hai" from the film Shareek e Hayat and "Chalo kahin door yeh samaj chor dain" from Samaj.He wrote lyrics for a punjabi movie "Ishq Khuuda"(2013) which was released after his death.

Film dialogue and script writer

Saghar worked as a dialogue and story writer for about 75 films, including Shama, Naukar, Susraal, Shabana, Nazrana, Aurat aik paheli, Aawaz, Bharosa and Tarana.

As a film songwriter

Saghar has written over 20,000 songs for different singers for film, radio and TV.[2]

Publications

Song books
Prose
Poetry

Awards

Saghar has received thousands of awards in recognition of his services to the film industry of Pakistan. Prominent ones are:

Death

After being ill for a few months only, Riaz ur Rehman Saghar lost his battle to cancer in Jinnah Hospital,Lahore on 1 June 2013.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3763299/, Riaz Ur Rehman Saghar filmography on IMDb website, Retrieved 6 Jan 2016
  2. ↑ Staff (2 June 2013). "Celebrated Pakistani lyricist Riaz-ur-Rehman Saghar dies". The News International.
  3. ↑ , Riaz ur Rehman Saghar reciting his poem on Pakistan Television- an online videoclip, Retrieved 6 Jan 2016

Further reading

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