Razia Butt

Razia Butt  was a Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. Her novels typically have strong female protagonists, and have been dramatised in movies and television plays.^[1][2][3]

Background

Born Razia Niaz in Rawalpindi on 19 May 1924,^[4] she spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.^[5]

Career

Her name first appeared in a literary journal around 1940 when she was in her teens. She later developed her first published story into a novel, Naila.^[6]Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She was later hailed as one of the prolific writers of her time, with some 51 novels and 350 short stories to her credit.^[7] She also wrote many radio plays. Being a contemporary of many famous names in Urdu fiction writing, Razia Butt carved a niche and a market for herself by perfecting a particular brand of storytelling. Not surprisingly, many of her novels, such as Saiqa and Naila, were adapted for the big screen, and Noreena, Najia, Saiqa and Bano for TV drama serials. Popular with many generations of readers, Razia Butt came up with an autobiography Bichhray Lamhe.^[8][9]

Death

Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after protracted illness.^[10][11]

Bibliography

Novels

• Aadhi Kahani (Lit: Half a story)
• Aag (Lit: Fire)
• Aaina (Lit: Mirror)
• Aneela
• Bano
• Beena
• Chahat
• Darling
• Faslay (Lit: distances)
• Mein kon hon (Lit: Who am I?)
• Naila
• Najia
• Nasoor
• Noreena
• Reeta
• Roop
• Sabeen
• Saiqa
• Sawaneh
• Zindgi (Lit: Life)
• Amma (mother) was adopted as tv Drama written by Ahmed Naveed.
• mehru

Others

• Bichhray Lamhe (autobiography)

Dramatisation of Works

Television

• Amma (mother) dramatized by Drama writer Ahmed Naveed.PTV
• Bano as Dastaan – Hum TV 2010
• Naila
• Noerena(PTV 1995)

• Saiqa – Hum TV – 2009

Films

• Naila
• Saiqa