Kamal Amrohi or Kamaal Amrohi or Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (17 January 1918 - 11 February 1993) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and dialogue writer. He was a Shi'a Muslim and also a Urdu and Hindi poet
He is most known 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 .
Syed Amir Haider Kamal, was born on 17 ...
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Kamal Amrohi or Kamaal Amrohi or Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (17 January 1918 - 11 February 1993) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and dialogue writer. He was a Shi'a Muslim and also a Urdu and Hindi poet
He is most known 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 .
Syed Amir Haider Kamal, was born on 17 January 1918, in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh in India and later took on the name Kamal 'Amrohi'.
In 1938, he left Amroha to study in Lahore, where singer K. L. Saigal discovered him and took him to Mumbai (Bombay) to work for Sohrab Modi's Minerva Movietoon, where he started his career working on films like, Jailor (1938), Pukar (1939), Bharosa(1940), Kardar (Shohjeban 1946). He made his debut as a director in 1949, with Mahal, starring Madhubala and Ashok Kumar, which also was a musical hit, with songs by Lata Mangeshkar .
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