Agha Jani Kashmiri
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| Born |
Syed Wajid Hussain Rizvi 16 October 1908 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 27 March 1998 (age 89) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Urdu Poet |
| Years active | 40 years |
| Spouse(s) | Khursheed Kashmeri (neé Kazi) |
| Children | Zuhair Kashmeri and Sarwar Kashmeri |
Syed Wajid Hussain Rizvi (Urdu: سيد واجد حسین رضوی, Hindi: सैय्यद वाजिद हुसैन रिज़वी, (16 October 1908 – 27 March 1998), better known by his Bollywood film name, Aghajani Kashmeri (Urdu: آغاجانی کشمیری, Hindi: आग़ाजानी कश्मीरी) or Kashmiri (Urdu: کشمیری, Hindi: कश्मीरी), also Agha Jani and Aga Jani, was an Indian screenwriter, former actor and Urdu poet.
Kashmeri was born on 16 October 1908, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He ran away from home in his late teens to star in an early Bollywood film, Shan e Subha (variously listed as Shan e Subhan and Shane Subhan), which was being shot in Rangoon. In part, he was inspired by his first cousin, Nawab Kashmiri, also of Lucknow, the best-known character actor in early Indian cinema, with hits such as Yahudi ki Ladki (Daughter of the Jew), in which Nawab played an elderly Jew. Subsequently, Aghajani returned to Calcutta, did bit roles and a few lead roles, two of them opposite Begum Akhtar. Two of the movies he acted in were Miss Manorama and Anokhi Ada, both in the 1930s.
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