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Shahid Lateef is a Director and Scriptwriter Indian born on 11 june 1913 at Chandausi (Inde)
Shahid Lateef (11 June 1913 - 16 April 1967) was Hindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films like Ziddi (1948) with 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.
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.
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Shahid Lateef
Biography
He was born in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh and studied at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1941, he married noted Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), and they had two daughters.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.
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Filmography of Shahid Lateef (6 films)
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Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)
Directed by Shahid Lateef
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mala Sinha, Dharmendra, Tanuja, Rehman, Johnny Walker, Deven Varma
Rating70%
Reporter Jitendra (Dharmendra) exposes dangerous working conditions in a mine owned by one of his employer's crooked creditors. He loses his job. When disaster strikes at the mine, Amita (Mala Sinha), daughter of the paper's deceased founder re-employs him. Her interest in him is more than just journalism. Unknown to her, her younger sister (Tanuja) is romantically linked to the reporter. The resultant conflict and anguish culminate in the sisters attempting to sacrifice their future happiness for the sake of the other.
Arzoo (1950)
Directed by Shahid Lateef
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kamini Kaushal, Dilip Kumar, Shashikala, Neelam Kothari, Gope
Rating66%
Ziddi (1948)
Directed by Shahid Lateef
Actors Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal, Kuldip Kaur, Pran Krishan Sikand, Kishore Kumar
Rating75%
, 1h30Directed by Shahid Lateef
Actors David Abraham, Anand Bakshi, Kalpana Kartik, Shubha Khote
Rating59%
Kalpana (Shobha Khote) and Vinod (Manoj Kumar) are in love but meet opposition from their parents. The respective parents have arranged partners for them and the two give in to the demands. They meet to plan a way out of this dilemma and decide to behave in manner unacceptable to their spouses. Vinod is married to a simple, kind and gentle girl Asha (Azra), while Kalpana marries an army officer. Finally with the help of Vinod's Uncle (David), Asha is able to win the love of her husband, while Kalpana is happily married to her army husband.
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Naya Sansar (1941)
, 2h38Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Ashok Kumar, Ashok Kumar, David Abraham
Jhoola (1941)
Directed by Gyan Mukherjee
Actors Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali
Rating66%
A young widow called Kamala (Aruna Devi) approaches the new zamindar of her village to waive off the land tax as she is in financially straitened circumstances. She is called for a private audience with him, where she is surprised to discover that the new zamindar is none other than Mahesh (Shah Nawaz), her one time lover. Mahesh inquires about her late husband out of curiosity, only to discover to his surprise that she never married. Having considered him her husband, she pretended to be a widow to avoid being forced into marriage against her will.