| Names |
KAMAL AMROHI
(Birth name: Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi) |
| Date of
Birth |
January 17, 1918
– Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
February 11, 1993
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
| Identity |
Indian film
director, screenwriter, and dialogue writer. |
| Special
Achievements / Events |
- He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet.
- He is well remembered for his Hindi films such as Mahal
(1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983).
- He established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and
Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
- He made his debut as a director in 1949, with Mahal,
starring Madhubala and Ashok Kumar, which was a musical hit,
with songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Rajkumari Dubey.
- The great actress, Meena Kumari, was his third and last
wife.
- He was one of the four dialogue writers for the famous
1960 movie, Mughal-e-Azam, for which he won the Filmfare
Award.
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