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Filmmaker · Pakistan

Nazir Ahmed Khan

Died in 1983

Nazir Ahmed Khan, known by the single name Nazir, was born in Lahore in 1904 (in 1910 according to Pakistan Today). Having left for Calcutta in 1929, he got his first roles there in A. R. Kardar's films, then settled in Bombay, where he produced and directed under the Hind Pictures banner and opened a studio. He married the actress Swaran Lata. In 1947 the couple moved to Pakistan and settled in Lahore, where Nazir was among the founders of local production. He died in August 1983.

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