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Pakistani actor and playwright

Syed Kamal Ahmed Rizvi^[2] (1 May 1930 – 17 December 2015) was a Pakistani television actor and playwright.

Remembering the legendary actor/playwright Kamal Ahmed Rizvi

He was born in Bihar, British India and died in Karachi, Pakistan.^[3][1] Rizvi wrote and starred in the comedy series Alif Noon (1981-82 TV season), and won a Pride of Performance Award in 1989.^[2]

Early life and career

Kamal Ahmed Rizvi and his family had migrated to Karachi, Pakistan from Bihar, British India after 1947.

During his early days in Karachi, he lived in an apartment in Arambagh area, before moving to Lahore to meet his idol, the renowned short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto with whom he spent a lot of precious time in Lahore in the early 1950s, and was influenced by him. Rizvi was generally impressed by the Progressive Writers' Movement people that he associated with in Lahore and Karachi.

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