Shaheed Lateef | |
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| Born | (1913-06-11)11 June 1913 |
| Died | 16 April 1967(1967-04-16) (aged 53) |
| Occupation(s) | film director,screenwriter,film producer |
| Years active | 1941–1967 |
| Spouse | Ismat Chughtai |
Shaheed Lateef (11 June 1913 – 16 April 1967) wasHindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films likeZiddi (1948) which launchedDev Anand's career andArzoo (1950) starringDilip Kumar andKamini Kaushal.
He befriendedSaadat Hasan Manto,[1] but alsoIsmat Chughtai (1915–1991). They married in 1941, and later had two daughters.[2]
Lateef shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai) and started his career withBombay Talkies, a noted film studio of Hindi film industry, where he wrote dialogues forAshok Kumar-starrer,Naya Sansar (1941), followed byAmiya Chakravarty'sAnjaan (1941) andGyan Mukherjee'sJhoola (1941).[citation needed] This led to his directorial debut withZiddi (1948), on a story byIsmat Chughtai. The film also established the career of actorDev Anand.[3] The husband wife duo worked together on many films, where Ismat was sometimes a scenarist, a writer or at times even producer.[citation needed]
He died in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 16 April 1967.[citation needed]
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