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Bedil Masroor | |
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بيدل مسرور بدوي | |
| Born | 11 July 1947 |
| Occupations | Television producer, television director, writer, poet, musician, lyricist, and record producer |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Television | Dil Ji Duniya Hathen Gul Mendi Mohabatoon Ke Safeer Roshan Tara |
| Spouse | Beena Masroor |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent | Faqeer Ghulam Ali Masroor |
| Awards | Shaikh Ayaz Award |
Bedil Masroor (Sindhi: بيدل مسرور بدوي; born 11 July 1947) is a PTV producer and a writer and singer of Sindhi poetry.[1][2][3]
Personal life and education
[edit]Early life
[edit]His father, Faqeer Ghulam Ali Masroor, was a Sufi poet who used to sing his own ‘kalam’.[4] Masroor inherited this tradition from his father and began to write his own poetry.
Education
[edit]Masroor was born at Shikarpur and attended primary school Kasai Muhalla, Shikarpur and Government High School Shikarpur.[citation needed] He graduated from the University of Sindh.[5]
Kidnapping of son
[edit]On 18 July 2023, his son Hans Masroor, 43, was kidnapped by people wearing police-like uniforms on Shahrah-e-Faisal outside his Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) office in the FTC building.[6]
Background
[edit]According to Bedil Masroor, his son left his office at 8:45pm in his car. Unknown people travelling in a white Vigo stopped him at Shahrah-e-Faisal and kidnapped him. Later, Bedil, filed a FIR at Saddar Police Station, Karachi.[6]
Investigation
[edit]CCTV footages obtained by the police showed Hans getting out of the FTC building and his car being escorted by the white Vigo.[6]
Aftermath
[edit]Sindhi Adabi Sangat, an organization of the writers of Sindhi language, demanded the immediate release of Hans Masroor.[7]
Career
[edit]He joined PTV as a producer in 1974.[5] He produced many prominent Sindhi and Urdu Dramas, these included Hathen Gul Mendi, Dil Ji Duniya, Mohabatoon Ke Safeer.[5] He had also presented programmes in Brahvi language when he was posted in PTV Quetta station.[citation needed]
Awards
[edit]He was awarded the "Shaikh Ayaz Award" by Shah Abdul Latif University[8]
Bibliography
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Rafi, Haneen (12 April 2015). "From the common man's hut, to the palaces". Dawn. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ "Concert held in Shaikh Ayaz's memory". Pakistan Press Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ "HYDERABAD: English translation of Ayaz soon". DAWN. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ Badvi, Faqeer Mian Ghulam Ali “Masroor” (2011). "Heer Ranjho". International Research Journal of Arts & Humanities. 39. ISSN 1016-9342.
- 1 2 3 asim.siddiqui (27 November 2015). "Learning Sindhi through Song and Music". Habib University | News & Media. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- 1 2 3 Ali, Imtiaz (20 July 2023). "Poet Bedil Masroor's son goes 'missing' in Karachi". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ↑ "SAS demands release of Hans Masroor". Pakistan Observer. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ↑ "Shah Abdul Latif University". Archived from the original on 11 July 2024.
- ↑ "Books - Library". lib.sindh.org. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ↑ Bedil Masroor (1995). ڪليات مسرور - فقير غلام علي "مسرور" بدوي (حصو پهريون) (in Sindhi). Masroor Publication, Karachi.
- ↑ Bedil Masroor Badwi (2011). Shaheed-e-Haq Mansoor Hallaj (Urdu).