Kamal Amrohi

Kamal Amrohi
Kamal Amrohi in the 1950s
Born
Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi

17 January 1918 (1918-01-17)[1]
Amroha, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died11 February 1993 (1993-02-12) (aged 75)[1]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Burial placeRahmatabad cemetery, Mumbai
Other namesKamal Amrohvi, Chandan.
Occupation(s)film director and producer, screenwriter, dialogue writer[2]
Spouses
Bilkis Bano
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(died)​
Mehmoodi
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(died 1982)​
Children3
Awards1961: Filmfare Best Dialogue Award: Mughal E Azam[3]

Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (17 January 1918 – 11 February 1993), popularly known as Kamal Amrohi, was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet.[4][2]

His Hindi films include Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.[3]

  1. ^ a b Adrian Room (26 July 2010). "Kamal Amrohi". Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4.
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  4. ^ Derek Malcolm (4 August 1999). "Kamal Amrohi: Pakeezah". The Guardian (UK newspaper). Retrieved 14 October 2023.