Shaan with a photo of his father, Riaz Shahid.

Riaz Shahid (1927 – 1 October 1972) was a Pakistani filmmaker, film writer, and journalist. His real name was Sheikh Riaz, but he was called by his nickname Shahid. He was educated at Islamia College (Lahore), Pakistan. Riaz lived in Lahore, where he started his career as a journalist for the newspaper Chataan and later joined Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Lail-o-Nihar. He also wrote a novel called Hazar Dastaan. In 1962, Riaz started his film career as a director for the film Susraal. He went on to write or direct several hits like Zarqa (1969), Shaheed (1962), Farangi (1964) and Yeh Aman (1971). Riaz Shahid was married to then famous actress Neelo and had three children. The first child was a daughter and was named Zarqa followed by two sons Shaan (actor), who is now a well-known Pakistani film actor and Sarosh, who also worked in a couple of Pakistani movies. Death Riaz Shahid died of leukemia on 1 October 1972 at Lahore, Pakistan. Filmography As a film director Susral (1962) Zarqa (1969) (a diamond jubilee film) Gharnata (1971) Yeh Aman (1971) As a writer Shaheed (1962) Khamosh Raho (1964) (Riaz Shahid won the Nigar Award as a writer for this film) Kaneez (1965 film) Aag Ka Darya (1966) Badnam (1966) Awards and recognition Nigar Award as Best Director for film Zarqa (1969) Nigar Award as Best Writer for film Khamosh Raho (1964)