Kamal Amrohi

Kamal Amrohi, born Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi on 17 January 1918 in Amroha into a Shia family, was a cousin of the Pakistani writers Jaun Elia and Rais Amrohvi. He left for Lahore in 1938, where he studied Persian and Urdu at the Oriental College; the singer K. L. Saigal noticed him and took him to Bombay to write for Sohrab Modi's Minerva. He then worked for Kardar and K. Asif, founded his own company in 1953 and the Kamalistan studios in 1958, married the actress Meena Kumari and directed only four films. He died in Bombay on 11 February 1993.

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