INTRODUCTION IN DETAIL BY ZEESHAN BUTT S/O MUHAMMAD AFTAB BUTT:
IT WAS 21st AUGUST 1933 MORNING OF MONDAY WHEN MR. MUHAMMAD AFTAB BUTT CAME INTO BEING IN THIS COLORFUL COSMOS BY THE GRACE OF GOD.MY GRAND FATHER REHMAT ULLAH BUTT AND MY GRAND MOTHER MUMTAZ BEGUM AND MY FATHER’S MATERNAL UNCLE ATTA UR REHMAN NAMED MUHAMMAD AFTAB IQBAL ON THE NAME OF ALLAMA IQBAL’S SON.MY FATHER’S UNCLE WAS BOSOM FRI
END OF ALLAMA IQBAL. LIFE STARTED TO CONTINUE MY FATHER WAS JUST IN 2nd GRADE THAT MY FATHER MADE A FIGURE,THEN MY GRAND FATHER WHO WAS NOT AN ARTIST TOLD TO ME DRAW IT LIKE THIS AND TOLD THAT A MAN’S FACE IS LIKE THIS AND IF WE PROLONG IT LIKE THIS THEN IT BECOMES THE HOURSE FACE. AFTER MY FATHER STARTED THE PRACTICE TO DRAW THESE FACES AND CONTINUED TO DRAW THINGS.IN FORTH GRADE MY FATHER WAS THE ARTIST OF PRIMARY SCHOOL.MY FATHER KEPT ON DRAWING THE CHARTS OF SCHOOL,THE BULLOCK CART,THE CLEAN HOUSE AND SO ON. AFTER DOING INTERMEDIATE MY FATHER DRAW SOME COLORFUL DRAWINGS AND 1.5 SIZE CLAY STATUE AND REACHED TO MAYO SCHOOL OF ARTS THAT IS NOW NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ARTS ( N.C.A. ) TO GET ADMISSION THERE. LATEEF CHUGHTAI WHO WAS THE TEACHER THERE EXAMPTED 1st YEAR AND ADMITTED IN 2nd YEAR .AFTER 5 YEARS MY FATHER GOT DEGREE FROM THERE. MY FATHER STARTED WORK AS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST IN THE MARKET. IN THOSE DAYS MY FATHER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW THE PICTURES OF FILM ACTRESS MUSSARAT NAZIR IN A MAGAZINE FILM LIGHT.THE OWNER OF THAT MAGAZINE PRAISED A LOT.BUT ITS REACTION WAS OPPOSITE.THOUGHT OF QUITTING THAT ART AND TO WORK IN FILM INDUSTRY WHICH WANTED TO DO FROM CHILDHOOD BECAUSE MY FATHER GO TO CINEMA TO WATCH MOVIES.MY GRAND FATHER USED TO PLAY MOVIES IN CINEMAS. SO IN 1965 MY FATHER BECAME THE ASSISTANT OF AN INDIAN DIRECTOR SIBTAIN FAZLI.THE NAME OF THAT MOVIE WAS “ANNKH KA NASHA” IN WHICH THE MAIN CAST WAS SUDHEER, MUSSARAT NAZIR AND SABIHA KHANUM AND ASLAM PERVAIZ. MY FATHER JOINED DIRECTOR ASLAM IRANI AFTER 1 AND A HALF YEAR. MY FATHER ASSISTED HIM IN 2 OR 3 MOVIES.LATER MY FATHER JOINED THEIR BROTHER IN LAW DILJEET MIRZA. AGHA ANWAR WHO WAS THE BROTHER OF AGHA GEE,THE OWNER OF EVERNEW STUDIOS WAS MY FATHER’S FRIEND. HE HAD NOT MUCH EXPERIENCE IN DIRECTION.HE HAD TO START A MOVIE “YEH JAHAN WALAY”. MY FATHER HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE OF SEVEN YEARS SO IT WAS USEFUL IN THAT MOVIE. MUHAMMAD AFTAB BUTT GOT A JOB OF 16th SCALE IN PUNJAB SMALL INDUSTRIES.THE WORK LOAD WAS TOO MUCH THAT MY FATHER HAD TO QUITE THE FILM INDUSTRY.MANY OF MY FATHER’S FILMY FRIENDS JOINED PTV.THEY USED TO JOIN PTV BUT MY FATHER COULD NOT DO THAT. SO MY FATHER SPENT 30 YEARS IN PUNJAB SMALL INDUSTRIES.AT LAST MY FATHER RETIRED IN 1993 AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR. IN THIS WHOLE LIFE MY FATHER EARNED THE PALMISTRY AND THE ASTROLOGY.MY FATHER STARTED TO STUFF THE BIRDS AND THE ANIMALS BUT MY FATHER STOPPED IT AFTER THE WAR OF 1965. BECAUSE MY FATHER COULD MADE THE STATUES OF EVERY THING WITH THE GRACE OF ALLAH SO THERE WAS NO NEED TO KILL THE ANIMALS. MY FATHER & MY MOTHER MADE TWO MUGHAL SOLDIER SCULPTURE IN PAPER MACHEE FOR WASHINGTON MUSEUM USA ON THE ORDER OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO IN 1973 ALMOST. MY FATHER MADE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO. IN DIFFERENT SIZES & PRESENT TO FORMER PRIME MINISTER ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO. AFTER SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN FILM INDUSTRY MY FATHER GOT THE SENCE OF MANY THINGS LIKE MUSIC,PHOTOGRAPHY,STORY WRITING & DIALOGUE WRITING. MY FATHER GOT THE CHANCE TO HAVE COMPANY WITH FAMOUS CELEBRITIES OF PAKISTAN & INDIA. MY FATHER MADE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF PRIME MINISTER MR. MUHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF IN HIM HOME MODEL TOWN LAHORE. MY FATHER DO MANY WORK FOR PAKISTAN ON THE ORDER OF GHULAM HAIDER WINE. AFTER RETIREMENT MY FATHER STARTED MADE DIFFERENT SCULPTURES & WALL MURALS ALONG WITH MY MOTHER & BROTHERS.. WE HAVE DONE WORK FOR MANY FAMOUS HOTELS AND BUILDINGS AND PARKS OF PAKISTAN LIKE THE STATUES FOR PC BHURBAN. A BULL WITH CART IN GUJRANWALA IN MARIAN HOTEL,THE BRIDE AND HER FRIENDS,GROOM AND DANCING PEOPLE IN FRONT OF PAYAL MARRIAGE HALL. A PAKISTANI SOLDIER 1965 IN NOWSHERA CANTT AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. AFTER FEW DAYS WE ARE GOING TO PUBLISH THE BOOKS OF MY FATHER’S PENCIL SKETCHES SO THAT THE COMPOSITION,IDEAS AND DRAWINGS CAN BE USED BY NEWCOMERS. MY FATHER WANT TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL PAKISTAN & WE ALL CARRY ON THEIR AIM. MY MOTHER IS WORKING IN FIBER GLASS & PAPER MACHE. MY BROTHER MR. MOHAMMAD FARAN BUTT IS TECHNICAL ENGINEER & FIBER GLASS MASTER. MY SECOND BROTHER MR. MOHAMMAD IRFAN BUTT IS GOOD ARTIST, DESIGNER & SCULPTOR.HE MADE SHALIMAR BUILDING MONUMENT ON THE ORDER OF GOVT. OF PUNJAB PARKS & HORTICULTURE AUTHORITY ( PHA ) & WENT IRAN BY GOVT OF PUNJAB & WON 1ST PRIZE FOR PAKISTAN WITHIN 14TH COUNTRIES. MY 3RD BROTHER MR. MOHAMMAD SHAHID BUTT IS ALSO GOOD MOLD FIBER GLASS MASTER. I MR. MOHAMMAD ZEESHAN BUTT IS ALSO GOOD ARTIST,PALMIST,ASTROLOGER & MEDIA RELATED. CONTACT NUMBERS #
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WRITER : ZEESHAN BUTT S/O MUHAMMAD AFTAB BUTT
