Akmal Khan

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| name = Akmal

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| birth_name = Mohammad Asif Khan

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|11|11|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Filmography and profile of Akmal Khan on PAKfilms website|url=http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=251|access-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701085120/http://pakfilms.net/artists/details.php?pid=251|archive-date=1 July 2017|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|06|11|1929|11|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan

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| years_active = 1955 – 1967

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Firdous Begum

| children = Shehbaz Akmal (son) and 6 daughters
M. Ajmal Khan (older brother who was also an actor)

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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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.urduwire.com/people/Akmal-Khan_458.aspx |title=Profile of Akmal Khan|website=Urduwire.com website|access-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023154703/http://urduwire.com/people/Akmal-Khan_458.aspx |archive-date=23 October 2012 |date=1 May 2012}}

Death

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

Selected filmography

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Title	Released	Language
Qatil \|1955 \|Urdu
Jabroo{{cite web\|url=http://www.citwf.com/person69028.htm \|title=Filmography of Akmal Khan\|website=Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127133921/http://www.citwf.com/person69028.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2018\|access-date=26 April 2022}} \| 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 \|1963 \|Punjabi
Malangi \|1965 \|Punjabi
Heer Sial \|1965 \|Punjabi
Doli \|1965 \|Punjabi
Imam Din Gohavia \|1967 \|Punjabi

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Title

Released

Language

Qatil

|1955

|Urdu

Jabroo{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person69028.htm |title=Filmography of Akmal Khan|website=Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127133921/http://www.citwf.com/person69028.htm |archive-date=27 November 2018|access-date=26 April 2022}}

| 1956

| Punjabi

Dulla Bhatti

|1956

|Punjabi

Palkaan

|1957

|Punjabi

Bodi Shah

|1959

|Punjabi

Bacha Jamoora