Kamaal Amrohi
| Kamal Amrohi कमाल अमरोही کمال امروہی |
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Kamal Amrohi during 1950s
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| Born |
Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi 17 January 1918 Amroha, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died |
11 February 1993 (aged 75) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Other names | Kamal Amrohvi, Chandan. |
| Occupation | film director and producer, screenwriter, dialogue writer |
| Spouse(s) | Bilkis Bano Mehmoodie Meena Kumari |
| Awards | 1961: Filmfare Best Dialogue Award: Mughal E Azam |
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.
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.
Kamal Amrohi was born in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh in India and later took on the name Kamal Amrohi (or Amrohvi). He was a first cousin to Pakistani writers Jaun Elia and Rais Amrohvi.
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 Movietoon film company, where he started his career working on films like Jailor (1938), Pukar (1939), Bharosa (1940), A. R. Kardar's film (Shahjehan 1946). He made his debut as a director in 1949, with Mahal, starring Madhubala and Ashok Kumar, which was a musical hit, with songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Rajkumari Dubey.
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