Akmal Khan

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

Akmal Khan, or Akmal, (born 11 Nov 1929, Lahore, Pakistan, died 11 June 1967) was a Pakistani film actor and singer. With a very short film career, he touched the heights of fame in the history of Pakistani filmdom. After Sudhir he was the second most loved one Punjabi artist whose name was guarantee of any Punjabi films. His persona, dashing personality, looks of typical Ghabroo of Punjab supplemented with unique style of dialogues delivery made him a most suitable film hero of Punjabi cinema of Pakistan. One of his films Malangi is the movie which was whenever released did a box office business. He died once he was young and one can imagine the height of his popularity that many years after his demise his films remained the favorite choice of film gores. Indeed a symbolic hero of Punjabi Cinema of Pakistan.

Early Life

On 11 November 1929, A Child Was Born In Old Walled City Of Lahore and was named Muhammad Asif Khan The Striking baby soon became the blue eyed of the family, his parents had a humble source of income thus were not been able to give him good Educational Platform. So As Teenager He Deviated Towards The activities which were conducted by his age fellows at that time which included kite flying and pigeon Keeping.

Early Career

Asif Khan was once getting out of his teenage bracket he started realizing his charming and attractive personality. Following his elder brother M Ajmal’s footsteps who was a renowned actor of that time, to become an actor that to Leading as Heor became Asif Khan’s top most phantasy. At that time stepping into the magic world of moving image was not that easy as to ensure acceptance for film makers and film gores was a difficult venture. So instead of getting into the field of acting he was able to enter the Industry as makeup man through his brother M. Ajmal who was at that time a recognized artist of film industry. Soon he achieved the expertise of makeup techniques which were the requirement of Cinematographers and artists themselves. Asif Khan was able to make his recognition as makeup artists. But during this period he never elapse his ultimate aim of becoming an actor so whenever he found opportunity he tried to get some role in films as artist. Soon Director Luqman gave him very tiny chance of appearance in his film Mehbooba but it went unnoticed. But Asif Khan never lost hope and kept on trying for other chances of film entry. He approached film director Anwar Kamal Pasha and requested for the chance. The experienced eyes of Anwar Kamal Pasha picked up the appearance and devotion of Asif Khan so gave him small role in his next film Qatil. After the release of film Qatil, Asif Khan was able to get entry as an extra boy in films like Dulla Bhatti and Khyber Mail.

Akmal as Actor

Asif Khan’s appearance in so far films was restricted to very small roles in films. During same point of time Asif Khan was picked by former film director Muzaffar Tahir who decided to cast him in his next Punjabi film Jabroo against Yasmin. During making of this film Muzaffar Tahir received very discouraging response but he remained determined and completed the film while utilizing his utmost expertise. On the other hand Asif Khan who renamed himself as Akmal Khan did his best in all fields of his performance. Regarding Jabroo, an inexperienced and new comer film unit did a great job with the film Jabroo which met box office success. The film was made by Syed Faqir Salah u din from Gambit (Sind) who selected a makeup man and second grade film heroine Yasmin and carried out all outdoor shooting of the film which was based on the subject of freedom fighter’s movement against British rule. It was a unique subject which was not presented before in film media. Director Muzaffar Tahir the brother of actress Muanwar Sultana came from Bombay but being a new in the film line like musician Ashiq Hussain did a great job. On completion once this film was released on July 6, 1956 it hit the box office success in complete circuit.After the success of Jabroo, it opened the doors of success for Akmal who also established his position as lead solo actor. He was started casting in movies one after the other but mostly Punjabi because Akmal dialogues delivery in Punjabi was very natural and full of fluency. During dialogues delivery his face expressions were up to the mark and once his wide eyes used to come on the screen close frame even it used to convey his meaning. After Jabroo next he was casted in mostly Punjabi films. Since that era was of Urdu films and great stars like Santosh Kumar, Aslam Pervaiz, Habib, Darpan, Sudhir were appearing as established lead heroes so in their presence, survival of fresh face was not impossible but it was comparatively difficult. But Akaml was able to reserve his place in Urdu films as well. Shamim Ara was lead actress, at that point of time her two films were released named Alam Ara and Mazloom. Nayyar Sultana debut her film career with Mazloom and she appeared as younger sister of Akmal in the film. It may be of coincidence that Nayyar Sultana’s first Punjabi film was Behrupia in which again she appeared as sister of Akmal. It is also worth mentioning that that in Behrupia, Mazhar Shah performed against Akmal as villain and it worked so well that in their coming films their pair gave a wonderful piece of their performance and this partnership was lasted till demise of Akmal. This pairing idea was floated by the director of film Mr. Aslam Irani. On the other hand character of Akmal as Peero became talk of the town. Before the release of Behrupia, in 1957, he appeared in a secondary role in Palkaan but in Choorian he was paired with Laila and its success gave very strong boost to the career of Akmal. That’s way … the director of Choorian casted Akmal in his films as well like Zamindar, Pedagir and Dushman but in these films he hired Firdous against Akmal in lead role. Akmal used to give powerful performance against seasoned villain Mazhar Shah, their pair became a public demand but with this Akmal also had a strong grip while picturing songs especially romantic songs. Background playback singing of renowned singer Masood Rana used to be very fit on Akmal. Masculine looks, his height and wonderful dressing of Akmal made him a symbolic Ghabroo of Punjab. According to former lyricist and writer Hazin Qadri, he used to write the character of films while keeping in view the dashing persona of Akmal who afterward performed those characters so well with deep versatility. It was his performance that he was casted against very emotional performer like Muhammad Ali in film Khandan which was an Urdu film mores o Akmal did young to old character very impressively. Not only the positive heroic character, Akmal also appeared as villain in Baghawat as a cruel Roman and then in Inayat Hussain Bhatti’s Waris Shah. Due to his exuberance performance indian versatile actor Dilip Kumar honored Akmal as “Dilip Kumar of Pakistani Films”. As regard to his heroines, Akmal was paired with Firdous, Shiren, Rani, Bahar, Meena Shori, Husna, Shamim Ara, Laila, Nasira, Neelo, Musarrat Nazir. For the first time Naghma appeared as extra in Rani Khan but afterward she performed as heroine with Akmal in film Choudhry which was debut film of Naghma as heroine. But their paired was confirmed after the release of Hath Jori which lasted for long time. After sudden demise of Akmal, there were many films which were under production so they were completed with bit modifications and camera angels. These films are mentioned below, however, in films in which his role was picturized compatively less were completed by casting other actors like Ejaz Durrani in Mirza Jutt, Habib in Do Mutiyaran and other actors like Sudhir, Yousaf Khan etc.

Demise of the Artist

Akmal was at his prime but termination of his second matrimonial life affected his life and career both. As he was emotionally involved so he to disremember his scarcity Akmal landed in the world of tranquilization and with the passage of each day he increased the frequency of liquor. This over dozing affected his health and on 9 June 1967 he was admitted in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore due to enteric fever. But on 11 June 1967, he died at the age of 38 years due to liver failure. Although insiders claimed that there was more to his death than just death as promulgated but it remained myth ever after. His funeral prayers were offered by a large number of his fans and persons related to Pakistan filmdom. He was buried in Muslim Town graveyard, Lahore.

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Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Director	Music	Other Player's
1953–1970
1953	Mehbooba	Urdu	Luqman	Master Inayat Hussain	Shammi, Santosh, Shola, Allauddin, Ajmal, Nazar, Majeed, Ghulam Mohammad, Nighat Sultana, Ghulam Qadir, Haseena, Darpan
1954	Gumnam	Urdu	Anwar Kemal Pasha	Master Inayat Hussain	Sabiha, Sudhir, Nasrin, Ragni, M. Ismael, Asif Jah, Ghulam Mohammad
1955	Qatil	Urdu	Anwar Kemal Pasha	Master Inayat Hussain	Sabiha, Santosh, Musarrat Nazir, Nayyar Sultana, Aslam Parvez, Asif Jah, Bibbo, Azad, Ajmal
	Toofan	Urdu	Haidar Shah	G.A. Chishti, I.H. Qureshi	Sabiha, Sudhir, Shola, Asha Poslay, Zarif
1956	Dulla Bhatti	Punjabi	M.S. Daar	G.A. Chishti	Sabiha, Sudhir, Allauddin, Asha Poslay, Asif Jah, Sheikh Iqbal, M. Ismael, Rakhshi, Zeenat, Rekha, Ghulam Mohammad
	Jabroo	Punjabi	Muzaffar Tahir	Ashiq Hussain	Yasmin, Talish, Sikandar, Shahana, Sikedar
	Sehti	Punjabi	M.J. Rana	G.A. Chishti	Musarrat Nazir, Neelo, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Talish, Ghulam Mohammad
	Alam Ara	Urdu	Daud Chand	Rehman Verma	Shamim Ara, Ilyas Kashmiri, Asha Poslay, Rafi Ganja, Ghulam Mohammad
	Bodi Shah	Punjabi	S.M. Ahmad Qalandar	Tufail Farooqi	Bahar, Zarif, Nasira, Ajmal, Ghulam Mohammad, Talish
	Bacha Jamoora	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	Master Rafiq Ali	Meena Shori, Nayyar Sultana, Zarif, Ilyas Kashmiri, Ajmal, Mazhar Shah
1960	Behrupia	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	Tufail Farooqi	Meena Shori, Laila, Zarif, Nayyar Sultana, Ajmal, M. Ismael, Mazhar Shah
	Khaibar Mail	Urdu	Agha Hussaini	G.A. Chishti	Neelo, Aslam Parvez, Nayyar Sultana, Nasira, Talish, Sultan Rahi
	Rani Khan	Punjabi	M.J. Rana	G.A. Chishti	Husna, Laila, Nazar, Zarif, Saba, Ajmal, Mazhar Shah, Naghma (xtra)
1961	Aabroo	Punjabi	Abdur Rehman Sheikh	G.A. Chishti	Bahar, Zeenat, Rekha, Ghulam Mohammad, Sikkedar, Ilyas Kashmiri
	Muftbar	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	Tufail Farooqi	Musarrat Nazir, Laila, Zarif, A. Shah, Mazhar Shah
1962	Chodhary	Punjabi	Muzaffar Tahir	Tufail Farooqi	Laila, Naghma, Asif Jah, Zeenat, Sultan Khoost, Asad Bukhari, Mazhar Shah
	Aawaz Day Kahan Hay	Urdu	T.H. Riaz	Khursheed Qais	Yasmin, Ghulam Mohammad, Talish
1963	Baghawat	Urdu	Sudhir	G.A. Chishti	Shammi, Sudhir, Akmal, Nayyar Sultana, Talish
	Choorian	Punjabi	Amin Malik	Tufail Farooqi	Laila, Nasira, Mazhar Shah, A. Shah, Asif Jah, Razia, Ajmal
	Chacha Khamkhah	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	G.A. Chishti, Wazir Afzal	Laila, Sudhir, Saba, A. Shah, Asif Jah, Nasira, Sawan, Mazhar Shah
	Maa Beti	Urdu	Chodhary Latif	Safdar Hussain	Yasmin, Yousuf Khan, Rukhsana, Meena Shori
1964	Khandan	Urdu	Riaz Ahmad	Rehman Verma	Bahar, Habib, Mohammad Ali, Hinna, Naghma, Firdous, Talish
	Waris Shah	Punjabi	S.A. Ashrafi	Ashiq Hussain	Bahar, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Meena Shori, Nasira, Asif Jah, Sultan Khoost
	Pani	Punjabi	Jafar Bukhari	G.A. Chishti	Shirin, Akmal, Nasreen, Asif Jah, Saba, Zeenat, M. Ismael, Mazhar Shah
	Bharjai	Punjabi	Haidar Chodhary	Manzoor Ashraf	Shirin, Akmal, Bahar, Asad Bukhari, Asif Jah, Ajmal, Zahoor Shah, Sawan
	Ladli	Punjabi	Haidar Chodhary	Manzoor Ashraf	Nasira, Akmal, Zeenat, Zamarrud, Seema, Asif Jah, Rangeela, Sawan
	Wallayet Pass	Punjabi	Muzaffar Tahir	Ashiq Hussain	Shirin, Akmal, Zeenat, Asif Jah
	Mera Mahi	Punjabi	M.J. Rana	G.A. Chishti	Neelo, Akmal, Nazar, Zeenat, Asad Bukhari, Ilyas Kashmiri
	Andhi Mohabbat	Urdu	Amin Malik	Manzoor Ashraf	Laila, Akmal, Meena Shori, Nusrat Kardar, Talish
	Wah bei Wah	Urdu	Rasheed Akhtar	Master Abdullah	Laila, Akmal, Yousuf Khan, Shirin, Ajmal
	Hath Jori	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	G.A. Chishti	Naghma, Akmal, Mazhar Shah, Ajmal, Salma Mumtaz, Munawar Zarif, Rangeela, Isamel Qamar
1965	Doli	Punjabi	Haidar Chodhary	Manzoor Ashraf	Naghma, Akmal, Asif Jah, Razia, M. Ismael, Zeenat, Mazhar Shah, Sawan, Talish
	Punjab Da Sher	Punjabi	K.D. Mirza	Saleem Iqbal	Naghma, Akmal, Zamarrud, Mazhar Shah
	Soukan	Punjabi	Arif Nizami	Feroz Nizami	Yasmin, Akmal, Shirin, Mazhar Shah, Ajmal, A. Shah, Munawar Zarif
	Heer Syal	Punjabi	Jafar Bukhari	Bakhshi Wazir	Firdous, Akmal, Nasira, Asif Jah, Salma Mumtaz, M. Ismael, Baloch
	Pilpli Sahb	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	G.A. Chishti	Naghma, Akmal, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Mazhar Shah, Nasira, ChunChun
	Mann Mouji	Punjabi	M.J. Rana	Tufail Farooqi	Shirin, Sudhir, Akmal, Firdous, Asif Jah, Munawar Zarif, Mazhar Shah
	Malangi	Punjabi	Rasheed Akhtar	Master Abdullah	Shirin, Akmal, Firdous, Yousuf Khan, Mazhar Shah, Sawan, Talish, Munawar Zarif
1966	Chughalkhor	Punjabi	Riaz Akhtar	Bakhshi Wazir	Neelo, Akmal, Saba, Munawar Zarif, M. Ismael, A. Shah, Asad Bukhari
	Zamindar	Punjabi	Amin Malik	G.A. Chishti	Firdous, Akmal, Gulrukh, Tahira, Munawar Zarif, Ilyas Kashmiri
	Bharia Mela	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	G.A. Chishti	Naghma, Akmal, Munawar Zarif, Rangeela, Razia, ChunChun, Sawan, Talish
	Goonga	Punjabi	Haidar Chodhary	Manzoor Ashraf	Rani, Akmal, Shirin, Sawan, Ilyas Kashmiri, Zeenat, Rangeela, Zulfi, Khayyam
	Soorma	Punjabi	Rasheed Akhtar	Tufail Farooqi	Shirin, Akmal, Firodus, Mazhar Shah, Munwar Zarif, Rangeela, Razia
	Prohna	Punjabi	Anwar Kemal Pasha	Saif Chughtai	Shirin, Akmal, Mah Rukh, Sheikh Iqbal, Rangeela
	Paidagir	Punjabi	Malik Amin	Nazir Ali	Firdous, Akmal, Yousuf Khan, Nabeela, Ilyas Kashmiri, Khalifa Nazir, Ajmal
	Banki Naar	Punjabi	M. Akram	G.A. Chishti	Shirin, Akmal, Mazhar Shah, Talish, Saba, Munawar Zarif, Rangeela, Ragni
	Khedan Day Din 4	Punjabi	Haidar Shah	Ashiq Hussain	Naghma, Akmal, Shirin, Mazhar Shah
	Mem Sahb	Punjabi	Asif Jah	Talib Hussain	Shirin, Akmal, Asif Jah, Nasira, Mazhar Shah, Salma Mumtaz, A. Shah, ChunChun
	Tabedar	Punjabi	Arshad Kazmi	Rehman Verma	Shirin, Akmal, Aliya, Ilyas Kashmiri, Aslam Parvez, Rangeela, Faizi, Zeenat
1967	Jigri Yaar	Punjabi	Iftikhar Khan	G.A. Chishti	Naghma, Akmal, Mazhar Shah, Sawan, Allauddin, Rangeela, Munawar Zarif
	Yaaran Naal Baharan	Punjabi	Mushtaq Zaidi	Rehman Verma	Firdous, Akmal, Mazhar Shah, Rangeela, Munawar Zarif, Chakram, Shezad
	Chacha Jee	Punjabi	Waheed Dar	G.A. Chishti	Firdous, Akmal, Allauddin, Mazhar Shah, Munawar Zarif, Talat Siddiqi, Salma Mumtaz
	Jageerdar	Punjabi	Nazir Bukhari	Kalay Khan Shabbir	Naghma, Akmal, Mazhar Shah, M. Ismael, Rangeela, Zulfi, Aliya, Zeenat
	Lut Da Maal	Punjabi	Saifuddin Saif	Saleem Iqbal	Firdous, Akmal, Saloni, Asif Jah, Mazhar Shah, Rangeela
	Imam Din Gohavia	Punjabi	M. Saleem	G.A. Chishti	Firdous, Akmal, Yousuf Khan, Mazhar Shah, Sikedar, Ilyas Kashmiri, Talish
	Akbara	Punjabi	Rasheed Akhtar	Nazir Ali	Firdous, Akmal, Aliya, Munawar Zarif, Khalifa Nazir, Zulfi, Sultan Rahi, Sawan, Ilyas Kashmiri
	Muqabla	Punjabi	Aslam Irani	Tufail Farooqi	Naghma, Akmal, Rangeela, Nasira, Fazal Haq, Mazhar Shah, Sawan
	Dushman	Punjabi	Amin Malik	G.A. Chishti	Firdous, Akmal, Nasira, Mazhar Shah, Munawar Zarif, Rangeela, Khalifa Nazir
	Mera Veer	Punjabi	Basheer Malik	Saleem Iqbal	Naghma, Akmal, Habib, Ghazala, Talat Siddiqi, Rangeela, Sawan
1968	Roti	Punjabi	Haidar Chodhary	G.A. Chishti	Firdous, Akmal, Saba, Tariq Aziz, Salma Mumtaz, Naeem Hashmi, Rangeela, Asad Bukhari
	Yaar Dost	Punjabi	S. Suleman	Saleem Iqbal	Naghma, Akmal, Firdous, Mohammad Ali, Iqbal Hassan, Lehri, Sawan, Talish
	Kajla	Punjabi	Zafar Haidar	Bakhshi Wazir	Naghma, Akmal, Rangeela, Mazhar Shah
	Lal Bujhakkar	Punjabi	M.A. Rasheed	Saleem Iqbal	Shirin, Akmal, Rangeela, Sawan, Salam Mumtaz, Nazar, Farida, Changezi
	5 Darya	Punjabi	Jafar Malik	Bakhshi Wazir	Firdous, Akmal, Shirin, Zamurrad, Allauddin, Rangeela, Ajmal, Sawan
1969	Ghairatmand	Punjabi	K.D. Mirza	Saleem Iqbal	Shirin, Akmal, Iqbal Hassan, Mazhar Shah, Munawar Zarif
	Run Murid	Punjabi	Khurshid Chodhary	Akhtar Hussain Akhian	Firdous, Akmal, M. Ismael, Asha Poslay, Mazhar Shah, Rangeela, Sultan Rahi
	Sher Jawan	Punjabi	Mehboob Lodhi	Saif Chughtai	Shirin, Akmal, Mahrukh, Rangeela, Mazhar Shah, Talish
	Dhol Sipahi	Punjabi	Baba Qalandar	Mohammad Ali Shabbir	Firdous, Akmal, Zeenat, Munawar Zarif, Nazar, Sawan
1970	Bahadur Kissan	Punjabi	Zafar Daar	Tufail Farooqi	Firdous, Akmal, Munawar Zarif, Nazar, Razia, Sultan Rahi, Sawan
	Sajra Pyar	Punjabi	Sahil	M. Waris	Firdous, Akmal, Mazhar Shah, Zamurrad, Munawar Zarif, Rangeela, Salma Mumtaz
	Baloch	Punjabi - Unreleased	Rasheed Akhtar	Tufail Farooqi	Firdous, Akmal, Shirin, Razia, Zulfi, Rangeela, Fazal Haq, ChhamChham, Mazhar Shah

See also

• List of Lollywood actors

External links

• Akmal Khan at IMDb