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KAMAL AMROHI , BEST DIRECTOR OF  HINDI CINEMA  BORN 1918 JANUARY 17-1993 FEBRUARY 11 Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi (Urdu: سیّد امِیر حَیدر کمال نقوی ‎), popularly known as Kamal Amrohi (Urdu: کمال امروہی ‎), (17 January 1918 – 11 February 1993) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet.[5][3] 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.[4 Early life Kamal Amrohi was born in Amroha, United Provinces in British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh) and later took on the name Kamal Amrohi (or Amrohvi).[6] He was a first cousin to Pakistani writers Jaun Elia and Rais Amrohvi.[7] Career In 1938, he left Amroha to study in Lahore, now part of Pakistan, where singer K. L. Saigal discovered him and took him to Mumbai (Bombay) to work for Sohrab Modi's Minerva Movietone film company, where he started hi...

MEENA KUMARI - BIOGRAPHY The soulfulness of India’s greatest tragedienne was born of an abiding love for reading and writing. Raza Rumi reviews a biography of the alluring star arri Bechari Hai  Meena Kumari Jisko Lagi Hai Dil ki Bimari Meena Kumari ruled the world of Indian cinema until her death in 1972 due to liver cirrhosis. Since her death her popular image has been that of a suffering tragic heroine who died of loneliness and excessive drinking. However, the story of Mahjabeen (Meena Kumari’s real name) is neither as simple nor stereotypical as painted by her panegyrists and detractors alike. I recall the days in my childhood when Meena Kumari’s last film Pakeeezah was scheduled to be shown on Doordarshan. The excitement was incredible and everyone I knew anticipated watching it via (illegal) TV signals from across the border. Such was her magic and appeal. And needless to state, sheer beauty. Harper Collins have republished well known Indian ...