| Ajmal Khan | |
| Birth Name: | Mohammad Ajmal Qadri |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1910[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kolkata, British India |
| Death Place: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Other Names: | Ajmal, Ajmal Khan |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1937 - 1988 |
| Relatives: | actor Akmal (brother) |
| Awards: | Nigar Award in 1970 |
Mohammad Ajmal Qadri (popularly known as Ajmal) (17 May 1910 - 19 June 1988) was an Indian-born Pakistani actor, best known for his role as Kaido in classic Pakistani Punjabi film Heer Ranjha (1970 film).[1] [2]
This film had super-hit music by music director Khwaja Khurshid Anwar and song lyrics by Ahmad Rahi.[2] Qadri played the same role in the previously made film Heer (1955 film) in Pakistan which was directed by the veteran film director Nazir Ahmed Khan.[3]
Ajmal was mostly seen in supporting roles in Pakistani movies. His movies tally is 212 (77 Urdu films and 135 Punjabi films). His first film in Pakistan was Hichkolay (1949). Ajmal was born on 17 May 1910 and died on 19 June 1988 in Lahore. He was the elder brother of Punjabi films lead actor Akmal.[1]
Ajmal was introduced in the pre-1947 Lahore-made Punjabi film Sohni Mahiwal in 1937.[1]
He started as a villain actor and appeared in many movies like: