Introduction
Razia Butt (Urdu رضیہ بٹ) was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. Her novels typically have strong female protagonists, and have been dramatised in movies and television plays.
Background
Razia Niaz was born in Wazirabad on 19 May 1924. She spent most of her childhood in Peshawar.
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.
Married in 1946, Razia Butt resumed writing in 1950s after a break of some years. She has 51 novels and 350 short stories to her credit. She also wrote radio plays. Some 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.
Death
Razia Butt died in Lahore on 4 October 2012 after a protracted illness.
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 (1965)
- Saiqa (1968)
- Anila (1969)
- Noreen (1970)
- Mohabbat (1972)
- Khalish (1972)
- Payasa (1973)
- Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989)
- Gulabo (2008)