What is Riaz Shahid?
{{nosources|date=November 2012}} '''Riaz Shahid''' (1927 - October 1, 1972) was a noted [[Pakistani]] filmmaker, movie writer, and journalist. His real name was ''Sheikh Riaz'', but was called by his nickname ''Shahid''. Riaz was from [[Lahore]] where he started his career as a journalist for newspaper ''Chataan'' and later joined [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]]'s ''Lail-o-Nihar''. He also wrote a novel named ''Hazar Dastaan''. In 1962, Riaz started his movie career as a director for the movie ''Susraal''. From this point onwards, he went on to direct several hits like ''[[Zarqa]]'', ''Shaheed'', ''Farangi'', and ''Yeh Aman''. Riaz Shahid was married to then famous actress [[Neelo]] and had three children. The first child their daughter was named ''Zarqa'' followed by two sons [[Shaan (actor)|Shaan]], who is now a well known Pakistani movie actor and ''Sarosh'', who also worked in a couple of Pakistani movies. Riaz died of [[leukemia]] in 1972. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahid, Riaz}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:1972 deaths]] [[Category:Cinema of Pakistan]] [[Category:Pakistani entertainers]] [[Category:Writers from Lahore]] [[Category:Pakistani journalists]] [[Category:Movie directors]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Pakistan]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] {{bio-stub}}