Ali Sufiyan Afaqi

Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 – 27 January 2015; sometimes spelled Sufyan Afaqi) was a Pakistani film producer, director, writer, and journalist. He made his debut in Lollywood films with his first ever Urdu film Thandi Sarak in 1957, and later contributed to other films as a writer and director, however he earned recognition as a film producer. He wrote about twenty-eight books on travel documentary and biographies, including Filmi Alif Laila, a book on the history of Pakistani cinema.