Yawar Hayat Khan

Yawar Hayat Khan (born 18th October 1943), is a former producer and director of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) from 1964-65 onwards.

Origins

Yawar Hayat Khan was born in Lahore, in October 1943[1] the eldest son of Brigadier Azmat Hayat Khan[2] and grandson of Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, the Punjabi Jatt Khattar aristocrat and statesman.[3] From his mother's side he was the nephew of Anwar Kamal Pasha, a famed early film director of Pakistan and a grandson of the famous Urdu poet and writer, Hakim Ahmad Shuja.[4] He was initially educated at the Aitchison College,[5] and then went on for his Bachelor of Arts degree to the Forman Christian College.[6]

Creative Work

As a young producer-director, he directed the immensely popular rural folk drama Jhok Siyaal (1973), based on a work written earlier by Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, the Punjabi writer (husband of the classical singer Malika Pukhraj and father of Ghazal singer Tahira Syed). This was followed by serials such as Samandar, Nasheman, Dehleez, Sahil, Gumshuda and others, between the 1980s and 1990s.[7] He retired in 2004.[8]

The influence of British film director Sir David Lean is often visible on Khan's work, especially his epic, panoramic shots of natural scenes.[9]

Dramas

References

  1. ↑ Aitchison College Yearbook, 1959, pub. Lahore: Aitchison College Press, 1959, List 3, Senior School Students and Award Winners
  2. ↑ Brigadier (retd) Azmat Hayat Khan, 1921-1981, was commissioned in the 4/12th Frontier Force Regiment in the British Indian Army in January 1942, and served in the Burma campaign in World War 2 and later as a Captain at HQ Northern Command, Rawalpindi, circa 1944. He was promoted a Major and joined the new Pakistan Army in 1947, later promoted Colonel and then Brigadier, commanding Kohat, NWFP Brigade, in 1956. He retired in 1967. For further details please see the British Indian Army Officers of World War 2 site here , Retrieved 28th August 2014
  3. ↑ Yawar Hayat Interview, PTV Silver Jubilee function, Lahore, Pakistan, 1985
  4. ↑ Interview with Mehr Hassan, Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Yearbook, 1959
  6. ↑ Khan in PTV Home channel Interview, August 21st 2015
  7. ↑ PTV Home channel interview, August 21st 2015
  8. ↑ Interview 2015
  9. ↑ Interview, August 21st 2015


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