Rafiq Ghaznavi was born in 1907 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India. He was a composer and actor, known for Wah Rahe Zamane (1958), Zeenat (1945) and Laila Majnu (1945). He was previously married to Anwari. He died on March 2, 1974 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.