Syed Kamal
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Syed Kamal was a Pakistan
Pakistan
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 and TV actor.

Kamal was a popular film star of in the 1960s and the 1970s. Kamal, whose film Tauba became a success, has a striking resemblance with the India
India
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n filmstar Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
Known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara and Boot Polish were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the...

, and he is not evasive about this issue. He said once, "People used to mistake me for Raj Kapoor while I was in Bombay."

After retirement from films, he began acting in TV dramas at fairly advanced age. His most notable TV appearance is in hit TV drama Kashkol
Kashkol (TV series)
Kashkol was a Pakistani Urdu-language television series directed by Nusrat Shaheen which aired in the 1990s.-Credits:It starred Talat Hussain, Syed Kamal, Tahira Wasti and Aijazz Aslam. The term kashkol means a "beggar's bowl" and the television drama was based on a popular novel of the same name...

in which he played a wealthy businessman whose son (played by his real life son, Ghalib Kamal) becomes addicted to heroin.

Filmography

The following films were directed by Kamal:

"Shehnai" (Kamal-Deepa)

"Insaan aur gadha" (Kamal-Nisho-Rozina)

"Yahan say wahan tak" (Kamal-Mumtaz)

"Honey moon" (Kamal-Husna-Rozina)

"Roop Behroop" (producer-director-actor Kamal opposite Nisho)

"Doosri maan" (Kamal-Shamim Ara)

"Meray bacchay meri Aankhein" (Kamal-Deeba)

"Dard-e-dil" (Kamal-Zeba)

"Aaliya" (Kamal-Shamim Ara)

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