Allauddin Butt, better known as simply Allauddin (Urdu: علاءُ الدین; 2 February 1920 – 13 May 1983) was a Pakistani actor who worked in Pakistani Lollywood movies.
[1] Allauddin Butt was born into a Kashmiri family in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India in 1920.
[1][3] Initially wanting to be a singer, he trained as a musician who frequented the likes of Ustad Alla Rakha, the noted tabla player, in Bombay.
[3] Then he met the veteran producer/director A. R. Kardar in Bombay who was originally from Lahore.
[1] Allauddin was the older brother and mentor of Pakistani film director Riaz Ahmad 'Raju' who was active in the Pakistani film industry from the 1960s to the 1980s.