Sultan Ahmed
Biography
Sultan Ahmed was an Indian film director and producer in the 1970s and 1980s, famous for his films on dacoits such as Heera, Ganga Ki Saugandh, and Daata.
Sultan Ahmed who was famous for his films on dacoits hails from a Maulana family who were landlords based in Lucknow. Sultan Ahmed's grandfather was a very famous Persian poet & his father also belonged to the same field. Sultan's paternal uncle – Wajahat Mirza was the writer of one of the greatest Hindi movies, Mughal-e-Azam.
Sultan Ahmed started his career as a chief assistant to K Asif on Dilip Kumar – Madhubala starrer Mughal-e-Azam. Sultan Ahmed also assisted K Asif on his other movies like Love and God & Sasta Khoon Mehenga Paani. Sultan Ahmed had this fascination for dacoits and was known for movies based on them.
In his career, he directed actors like Rajesh Khanna & Jeetendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Dutt, and Mithun Chakraborty for movies like Dharam Kanta, Ganga Ki Saugand, Heera & Daata respectively.
Sultan Ahmed also founded Sultan Productions which is now headed by his wife – Farah Sultan Ahmed. Farah has been elected an E.C Committee member of IMPPA between 2002 & 2008. Farah has big plans to revive the banner with several prestigious projects.
Sultan Ahmed died in Tehran while on a pilgrimage tour to Iraq and Iran in 2002. He is survived by two sons Ali Akbar Ahmed, and Ali Abbas Ahmed, and his wife Farahdeeba. He was previously married to Shammi (actress), but the marriage ended in divorce after 7 years.
