Akmal Khan

Akmal
Born Mohammad Asif Khan [1]
(1929-11-11)11 November 1929[2]
Lahore, Pakistan
Died 11 June 1967(1967-06-11) (aged 37)[1]
Lahore, Pakistan
Occupation Actor
Years active (1955-67)
Spouse(s) Firdous (wife)
Children Shehbaz Akmal (son) and 6 daughters
M. Ajmal Khan (older brother and also an actor)

Akmal Khan, or Akmal, (born 11 November 1929,[3] Lahore, Pakistan, died 11 June 1967) was a Pakistani film actor and singer.[2]

Early life and career

Akmal Khan first became a film make-up artist and then he was introduced as an actor by the Pakistani film producer-director Anwar Kamal Pasha in his film Qatil (1955).[4] In 1956, he appeared as a lead actor in the Punjabi language film Jabroo (1956). This was a hit film and Akmal got his breakthrough into the Pakistani film industry from this film.[2][1]

Selected filmography

TitleReleasedLanguage
Qatil[4] 1955 Urdu
Jabroo[5] 1956 Punjabi
Dulla Bhatti 1956 Punjabi
Palkaan 1957 Punjabi
Bodi Shah 1959 Punjabi
Bacha Jamoora 1959 Punjabi
Rani Khan 1960 Punjabi
Muftbar 1961 Punjabi
Choorian 1963 Punjabi
Malangi[1][5] 1965 Punjabi
Heer Sial 1965 Punjabi
Doli 1965 Punjabi
Imam Din Gohavia[5] 1967 Punjabi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Profile of Akmal Khan on urduwire.com website Retrieved 22 December 2017
  2. 1 2 3 "Filmography and profile of Akmal Khan on PAKfilms website". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Profile of film actor Akmal Khan". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 Akmal Khan's debut film Qatil (1955) on IMDb website Retrieved 22 December 2017
  5. 1 2 3 Filmography of Akmal Khan on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Retrieved 22 December 2017
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