Shaheed Latif

Shaheed Lateef
Shaheed Lateef
Born	11 June 1913; Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh
Died	16 April 1967 (aged 53)
Occupation	film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active	1941-1967
Spouse(s)	Ismat Chughtai

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Shaheed Lateef (11 June 1913 - 16 April 1967) was Hindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films like Ziddi (1948) which launched Dev Anand's career and Arzoo (1950) starring Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal. Noted Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi started his career as a lyricist with his film Buzdil in 1951.

Early life and background[edit]

He was born in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh and studied at Aligarh Muslim University, here he not just befriended Saadat Hasan Manto,^[1] but also Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), who also went to become a noted Urdu writer. They married in 1941, and later had two daughters.^[2]

Career[edit]

Lateef shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai) and started his career with Bombay Talkies, a noted film studio of Hindi film industry, where he wrote dialogues for Ashok Kumar-starrer, Naya Sansar (1941), followed by Amiya Chakravarty's Anjaan (1941) and Gyan Mukherjee's Jhoola (1941). This led to his directorial debut with Ziddi (1948), on a story by Ismat Chughtai. The film also established the career of actor Dev Anand.^[3] The husband wife duo worked together on many films, where Ismat was sometimes a scenarist, a writer or at times even producer.

He died in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 16 April 1967.

Filmography[edit]

Jawab Ayega (1968) - Director
Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966) - Director
Picnic (1966) - Director
Sone Ki Chidiya (1958) - Director
Society (1955) - Director
Darwaza (1954) - Director
Fareb (1953) - Director
Sheesha (1952) - Director
Buzdil (1951) - Director
Arzoo (1950) - Director
Shikayat (1948) - Director
Ziddi (1948) - Director
Anjaan (1941) - Dialogue
Jhoola (1941) - Screenwriter, Dialogue
Naya Sansar (1941) - Dialogue

References[edit]

↑ Saadat Hasan Manto (2012). Stars from Another Sky: The Bombay Film World of The 1940s. Penguin Books, Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-341536-7.
↑ Abida Samiuddin (2007). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing Ho. p. 132. ISBN 978-81-8220-191-0.
↑ Bhaichand Patel (2012). Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema. Penguin Books India. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-670-08572-9.

External links[edit]

Shaheed Latif on IMDb

[Manto2012-1] Saadat Hasan Manto (2012). Stars from Another Sky: The Bombay Film World of The 1940s. Penguin Books, Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-341536-7.

[Samiuddin2007-2] Abida Samiuddin (2007). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing Ho. p. 132. ISBN 978-81-8220-191-0.

[Patel2012-3] Bhaichand Patel (2012). Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema. Penguin Books India. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-670-08572-9.

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