Akmal Khan

Pakistani actor (1929 - 1967)

Akmal
Born	Mohammad Asif Khan^[1]^[2] (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 – 1967
Spouse	Firdous Begum
Children	Shehbaz Akmal (son) and 6 daughters M. Ajmal Khan (older brother who was also an actor)

Akmal Khan, or Akmal, (11 November 1929 – 11 June 1967) was a Pakistani film actor.

Early life and career

Akmal Khan's birth name was Mohammad Asif Khan and he was born in 1929 in Lahore, British India.^[2] Akmal Khan (his professional name) 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). 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]

Death

Akmal died to a heat stroke on 11 June 1967. He is buried in Muslim Town Graveyard, Lahore.^[1]^[2]

Selected filmography

Title	Released	Language
Qatil	1955	Urdu
Jabroo^[3]	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^[1]^[2]	1963	Punjabi
Malangi^[1]^[3]^[2]	1965	Punjabi
Heer Sial	1965	Punjabi
Doli	1965	Punjabi
Imam Din Gohavia^[3]	1967	Punjabi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Profile of Akmal Khan". Urduwire.com website. 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Filmography and profile of Akmal Khan on PAKfilms website". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Filmography of Akmal Khan". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2022.