Sheikh Mukhtar

Sheikh Mukhtar was Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed's son (a railway police inspector born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan). Sheikh Mukhtar was born in Delhi on December 24, 1914. He grew up at Gali Choodi Waalan (Near Jama Mosque, Delhi) and received his education at Anglo Arabic School, Ajmeri Gate, Delhi. Sheikh Mukhtar's father wanted him to join the police or the army, but he was more interested in theatre. Sheikh Mukhtar traveled to Kolkata to join a theatre group after one of his friends from his hometown started working there. Sheikh Mukhtar was a masculine figure who stood 6 feet and 2 inches tall and portrayed several roles. He produced Noor Jehan Noor Jehan is a singer of two countries India and >> Read More... , in which he portrayed Sher Afghan Quli Khan, Queen Nur Jahan's first husband. Bahen, Roti, Bhookh (1947), Ustadon Ke Ustad, Hum Sab Ustad Hai, Halaku, Chenghis Khan, Birju Ustaad, Do Ustaad, Mr. Lambu (1956) (with Suraiya), and Noor Jehan (with Meena Kumari Meena Kumari is a popular TV and film actress. She >> Read More... ) are some of his films. He produced Noor Jahan Noor Jahan is a famous Pakistani Urdu television d >> Read More... , which he thought would make a hit like Mughal-e-Azam, but his film flopped miserably, leaving him dissatisfied and heartbroken. Then he moved to Pakistan. He also took Noor Jahan's original prints with him. He settled in Karachi and later died in 1980.