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The film
goers, family and friends all were shocked to hear the sad news of
Pervez Malik’s passing away in Islamabad on 18th November’2008.
Waheed
Murad and we all friends intimately called him “pozy”. On completion of
film making course in California, USA, Pervez returned to Pakistan,
starting his career with a bang, in 1964 with Waheed Murad’s two
memorable films “Heera aur Pathhar” and “Armaan”. These two films had
Waheed Murad and Zeba, Masroor Anwar’s lyrics and my music. While “Heera
aur Pathhar” did Golden Jubilee “Armaan” broke all the previous records
and turned out to be the first Pakistani film that did Platinum Jubilee
earning country’s prestigious |
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“Nigar
Awards” for The Best Picture, Best Director, Best Music Composer, Best
Male Singer and Best Song “Akele and jaana”. Soon after this Pervez and
I jointly produced yet another landmark musical “Do Raha”. From here
onwards Pervez went into independent production. He produced and
directed 24 films winning Awards and Appreciation.
Pervez
was a very jovial person. His films will always be remembered for he had
a message in almost each one of them, Anmol, Pehchaan, Qurbani,
Meherbani, Saughaat, Mere Humsafar being some of them. For the past few
years as we learnt, he was not enjoying good health. The man who worked
so hard and earned so much appreciation from the masses quietly left on
November 18th’2008. Creative artistes always mature with time, and
failures and successes in their life, only help them reach the top:
Pervez Malik, Waheed Murad, Mohammad Ali, Santosh Kumar, Guru Dutt,
Mehboob Khan, Khawaja Khursheed Anwar, Naushad and Raj Kapoor being some
of them.
It is
our humble prayer may Allah rest Pervez’s soul in heaven and at this
juncture, we offer our heartfelt condolences to Pervez Malik’s family in
particular. May Allah grant his family and friends patience and courage
to bear this irreparable loss. - Sohail Rana
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