Pappu Samrat
| Pappu Samrat | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pappu Samrat 1970 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Residence | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Choreographer |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Notable work |
Mujhe Chaand Chahiye International Guerillas Main Hoon Shahid Afridi |
| Relatives |
Ashiq Hussain Samrat Akbar Hussain Samrat Khanu Hussain Samrat Vicky Hussain Samrat |
Shaukat Hussain Samrat (Urdu: شوکت حسین سمراٹ) best known by his screen name Pappu Samrat (Urdu: پپو سمراٹ) is an award winning Pakistani veteran choreographer. He has choreographed for music videos, stage shows and has done about more than seventy films including Mujhe Chaand Chahiye for which he won Nigar Award of Best Choreographer at 44th Nigar Awards and recently he has won "Best Choreographer" at 1st ARY Film Awards for Main Hoon Shahid Afridi. He is part of Pakistani famous choreographer's Samrat Family.
Personal life
Pappu born as a Shaukat Hussain to an Pakistani veteran choreographer family, The Samrat Family. Pappu's grandfather, Master Aashiq Husain was born in Rajistan India, where he was a famous choreographer and dancer, due to his service to dance he was awarded an alias of Samrat (Hindi: सम्राट ; Meaning: Mighty and Powerful) by the state before partition. Pappu's father Akbar Hussain Samrat was also a famous Pakistani Film choreographer and Papu's brother Khanu was also a veteran choreographer, Family's young sibling and Pappu's niece Vicky is an active choreographer along with his uncle.[1]
Career
Pappu started his career at the age of 19, where he learned dance from his father. He is a trained classical dancer and has done choreography in number of Pakistani films since early 90s to present day and established himself as a firm choreographer. Due to the lack of films and no scope of dancing in Pakistan Pappu describe in an interview on World Dance Day he said "Choreographers are given very limited time here. There isn't any time for rehearsing. Indians excel because Bollywood directors give a free hand to choreographers and over the years, Indian dancing has won a status for itself. Here, not many films are produced and directors don’t let the choreographers work freely. Dancing is poetry of the body, but here it often becomes an exhibition of the body."[2]
Selected Filmography
Awards
- Nigar Awards: Best Choreographer - Mujhe Chaand Chahiye
- ARY Film Awards: Best Choreographer - Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
References
- ↑ "Pappu Samrat in conversation with Usman Ghafoor". Usman Ghafoor Wordpress. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Shall we dance". Ali Usman. Express Tribune. April 29, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2014.