Ajit (Hindi film actor)

For the Pakistani singer of the same birth name, see Hamid Ali Khan.

Ajit
Ajit in Aan Baan (1956)
Born
Hamid Ali Khan

(1922-01-27)27 January 1922
Golconda, Hyderabad State, British India
Died22 October 1998(1998-10-22) (aged 76)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActor
ChildrenShehzad Khan
Arbaaz Ali Khan

Hamid Ali Khan (27 January 1922 – 22 October 1998), better known by his stage name Ajit, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films. He acted in over two hundred movies over a period of almost four decades.[1][2]

Ajit is also credited for starring as a lead actor in popular Bollywood movies such as Beqasoor,[3] Nastik, Bada Bhai, Milan, Bara Dari, and later as a second lead in Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur.[1]

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  2. ^ Kuldip Singh (7 November 1998). "Obituary: Ajit". The Independent newspaper. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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