Aghajani Kashmeri

Syed Wajid Hussain Rizvi (Urdu: , born 16 October 1908 – 27 March 1998), better known by his film screen name, Agha Jani Kashmiri (Urdu: ), was an Indian screenwriter, former actor and Urdu poet.

Early life and acting career Agha Jani Kashmiri was born on 16 October 1908, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. In part, he was inspired by his first cousin, Nawab Kashmiri, also of Lucknow, the best-known character actor in early Indian cinema, with hits such as Yahudi ki Ladki (Daughter of the Jew), in which Nawab played an elderly Jew. Subsequently, Aghajani returned to Calcutta, did some small roles and a few lead roles, two of them opposite Begum Akhtar. Three of the movies he acted in were Miss Manorama and Anokhi Ada and Bhabhi - all three films in the 1930s. His son Zuhair Kashmeri is a journalist in Canada.

Filmography The following is a partial filmography:

Naya Zamana (1971) (writer) Parwana (1971) (dialogue and screenplay) Tumse Achha Kaun Hai (1969) (dialogue) Taqdeer (1943) (screenplay/dialogue) Najma (1943) (screenplay/dialogue) (1946) (writer) Humayun (1945) (writer) Lal Haveli (1945) (dialogue) Vachan (1938) (screenplay)