K. Asif

K. Asif was born on 14 June 1922 in Etawah; his name is given as Karimuddin Asif or Asif Karim. Arriving in Bombay at around seventeen, he first ran a tailor's shop obtained for him by his uncle, the actor and director Nazir Ahmed Khan, whom he later assisted in the cinema. His first film as director was a success in 1945. He directed only three films: he died in Bombay on 9 March 1971, aged forty-eight, leaving the last unfinished, and it was not released until 1986.

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• CinemaMughal-e-Azamमुग़ल-ए-आज़मK. Asif · 1960Cinema