Sarmad Sehbai (Urdu: سرمد صہبائی), born 1945,[1][2] is a Pakistani poet, playwright, film and theatre director, who has worked in Urdu, Punjabi and English.[3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

He was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India, and pursued his studies at Government College Lahore, where he gained recognition for his Urdu poetry.[1]

Actor Manzar Sehbai is his brother.

Career

Television and movie scripts

Sarmad first made his career breakthrough in 1968 by getting a job with PTV as a scripts producer.[5]

He adapted Manto's Naya Qanoon and Toba Tek Singh for Pakistan Television.

He wrote the play Mor Mahal in 2016 for television[4] and the same year produced the script of the film Mah e Mir, Pakistan nomination in the foreign language Academy Awards in the United States.[7]

Poet and playwright

Sarmad Sehbai appeared on the Pakistani literary scene as a poet and made his theatre debut in the early 1970s.[5] His poetry collection includes Neeli Kay Su Rung, Un Kahi Baton Ki Thakan, Mulaqat, Raja ka Beya. He wrote theater play The Dark Room,[5] two Punjabi-language plays Panjawan Chiragh, Auss Gali Na Jaween and a documentary Mughals of the Road.[5][8]

Novelist

In late 2024 Sarmad Sehbai released his first English-language novel, The Blessed Curse, a fiction which serves as a satire on the contemporary conditions of Pakistan, and it received critical acclaim from writers such as Mohammed Hanif and Mohsin Hamid.[9]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ a b Sarmad Sehbai Poetry - Sarmad Sehbai Shayari, Urdu Ghazal, Nazam Collection UrduPoint website, Retrieved 21 October 2021
  2. ^ "Sarmad Sehbai: A leading modern Urdu poet and playwright from Pakistan". rekhta.org website.
  3. ^ "Sarmad Sehbai: The rebel-artiste returns". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Sadaf Haider and Sadaf Siddique (6 May 2016). "For Sarmad Sehbai, films like Mah e Mir seek to subvert Pakistan's contempt for itself". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ali Khan. "Our whole culture reeks of sickening nostalgia: Sarmad Sehbai (original interview published in October 1984, updated 11 April 2019)". Dawn Group of newspapers (Herald magazine). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. ^ Altaf Hussain Asad (June 2011). "Interview: Sarmad Sehbai". Newsline (magazine). Retrieved 21 October 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Mah-e-Mir selected as Pakistan's official submission to 2017 Oscars". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 22 September 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  8. ^ Sarwat Ali (31 January 2021). "The accidental playwright - Sarmad Sehbai's Aarhay Terchay Aainay explores his journey of becoming an acclaimed playwright". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  9. ^ Mustafa, Waqar (12 January 2025). "The Manto of our times". The News International.
  10. ^ (Associated Press of Pakistan) President confers civil awards Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 March 2021, Retrieved 22 October 2021
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