Khalique Ibrahim Khalique

Khalique Ibrahim Khalique
Born 1 February 1926
Hyderabad
Died 29 September 2006
Occupation Documentary Filmmaker

Khalique Ibrahim Khalique (Urdu: خلیق ابراہیم خلیق) (b. 1926 - d. 2006) was a Pakistani documentary filmmaker and writer.

Life and works

Khalique Ibrahim Khalique was born in Hyderabad in 1926. He received his early education in Lucknow and later, Lahore. He began his film career as a script and dialogue writer with Information Films of India, in 1945 after moving from Lahore to Mumbai. Later, he decided to settle in Karachi in 1953.

Khalique was a well-known early documentary filmmaker of Pakistan. His films were exhibited the world over including at Cannes, Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow, Leningrad, New York and Beijing during the 1960s and ’70s, and he won more than 20 prizes including merit awards from international festivals, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 1969 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Karafilm Festival in 2003 . He was also a poet and writer of some merit, with a number of publications.

Major documentary films

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