Native name عبدالرؤف خالد Movies Laaj Role Filmmaker | Name Rauf Khalid | |
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Died November 24, 2011, Pakistan Nominations Lux Style Award Best Director Film Similar People Zara Sheikh, Resham, Talat Hussain, Ashfaq Hussain | ||
Years active 1989-2011; his death | ||
Rauf Khalid R I P
Abdul Rauf Khalid (Urdu: عبدالرؤف خالد; 19 December 1957 in Peshawar – 24 November 2011) was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director. An ex-serviceman and bureaucrat, he worked in films and television plays after attending Islamia College, Peshawar.
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Career
1989: he wrote and partially directed PTV's thriller, Madaar, a seven-episode serial exposing drug trafficking, telecast from Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)-Quetta Center.
1991: he wrote Guest House, a 52-episode comedy series that turned out to be a popular comedy series for PTV.
1994: Khalid directed Angar Wadi, a 15-episode serial for which he was an actor and a producer apart from writing it.
1998: Khalid made Laag, a 27-episodes serial (he wrote, directed, produced and acted in it).
2003: Khalid released his debut film Laaj as (writer, director, producer and actor), although it reportedly did poorly at the box office. Laaj won 12 Bolan Awards, 14 Graduate Awards, 4 National Film Awards and the Lux Style Awards.
2007: Khalid established a college of TV & Film Direction in Lok Virsa, Shakrparian, Islamabad. He was the chairman of National Institute of Cultural Studies.
2008: Khalid made his third television serial (Mishaal), for which he served as writer, director and producer, which was telecast on Tuesday evenings.
Art
His paintings have been exhibited in the World Fine Art Gallery, New York City and the Omma Art Gallery in Crete, Greece.
Dramas
Death
Rauf Khalid died on 24 November 2011, aged 53, in a traffic accident near Sheikhupura as he was coming to Islamabad from Lahore via motorway.