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'''Abis Hasan Rizvi''' (27 {{February}} 1967 &ndash; 1 January 2017) was an [[India]]n businessman, CEO of real estate company Rizvi Builders and film producer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170102/jsp/frontpage/story_128100.jsp|title=Indians among nightclub dead|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref>
'''Abis Hasan Rizvi''' (27 February 1967 &ndash; 1 January 2017) was an [[India]]n businessman, CEO of real estate company Rizvi Builders and film producer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170102/jsp/frontpage/story_128100.jsp|title=Indians among nightclub dead|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==

Revision as of 03:24, 14 February 2017

Abis Rizvi
Born
Abis Hasan Rizvi[1]

27 February 1967
Died (aged 49)
NationalityIndia
Occupation(s)Producer, writer, businessman
Years active2013–2016
Notable workRoar: Tigers of the Sundarbans (2014)

Abis Hasan Rizvi (27 February 1967 – 1 January 2017) was an Indian businessman, CEO of real estate company Rizvi Builders and film producer.[2]

Life

Early life

Rizvi was born to Dr. Akhtar Hassan Rizvi, a former member of the Rajya Sabha in Bandra, West Mumbai, Maharashtra.[3] Rizvi lived in Mumbai with his wife and son.[4] Rizvi was director of the Rizvi Group and CEO of his father's real estate company Rizvi Builders.[3] His uncle Sibte Hassan Rizvi directed the films Khamoshi (1986) and Joshilay (1989). His cousin Anjum Rizvi is the producer of Ahista Ahista (2006) and A Wednesday (2008).[5]

Film career

Rizvi was producer and co-writer of the Indian feature films Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans (2014) and bilingual Hindi-Punjabi docu-drama He-Man (2016). He worked last on the drama film T for Taj Mahal. He was founder of film company ARF Films (Abis Rizvi Films), the company behind the latter two films.[6]

Death

While on holiday in Turkey with friends, Rizvi was one of the victims of the terrorist attack in the Reina nightclub in Istanbul on 1 January 2017 in which 39 people were killed.[7]

Filmography

Producer

References

  1. ^ "Turkey victim's tiger trail". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Indians among nightclub dead". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Istanbul nightclub attack: Two Indians killed, including CEO of Rizvi Builders Abis Rizvi". DNA India. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ^ Shaikh, Zeeshan (1 January 2017). "Abis Rizvi, son of ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, among 2 Indians killed in Istanbul nightclub attack: Sushma Swaraj". India.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Abis Rizvi - Biography - Businessperson, Filmmaker". UpClosed website. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Abis Rizvi Films - Projects". abisrizvifilms.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Istanbul Nightclub Shooting: 2 Indians Including Filmmaker Abis Rizvi Among 39 Killed In Terror Attack". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.