Afzal Ahmed Khan

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Afzal Ahmed Khan
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University
Occupation(s)	Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Costume designer, Television host
Years active	1984–present

Afzal Ahmed Khan is an Indian film director and producer.

Early life

Afzal Ahmed Khan is a graduate from

since the age of 5 years. Though, no one in his family believed him then. It was only after his graduation that his family members took him seriously.

Initial Struggle

Afzal Ahmed Khan reached Mumbai – the city of dreams and landed at Dilip Kumar's bungalow. Kumar's brother Ehsaan Khan mentored Afzal Ahmed Khan during his initial struggle period. Afzal stayed with Ehsaan Khan for a year, and it was during this period that Afzal was introduced to many celebrated filmmakers (K. Asif was one of them) and got trained in all departments of film-making.

Film career

Afzal Ahmed Khan was introduced to Sultan Ahmed by K. Asif with whom he started his career. Afzal Ahmed Khan assisted Sultan Ahmed on his 1984 release – Daata. Later on, he went on to assist filmmaker Chandra Barot of Don fame on his still unreleased film – Boss starring Vinod Khanna and Jaya Prada. Afzal Ahmed Khan was also the associate director of Sultan Ahmed's 1990 release Jai Vikranta.

Afzal Ahmed Khan turned writer with

, Aditya Bal.

Since 2010, Afzal Ahmed Khan has been working on his most ambitious animated projects – The Adventures of Sinbad and Hatim Tai. Afzal Ahmed Khan owns a recording/editing/animation studio in the heart of Mumbai called Lodi Studios.

Television career

After movies, it was the turn of television and Afzal Ahmed Khan also debuted as a television producer/director for Daastan-e-Hatimtai in 1995 on

’s Chutti Time as a director/producer.

Advertising career

Afzal Ahmed Khan has also created several memorable TV commercials for brands like

’ on Doordarshan.

Producer

• Daastan-e-Hatimtai – TV Series (1995)
• Bhabhi Maa – TV Series
• X Zone – TV Series
• Rishtey
• Chutti Time
• The Adventure of Sinbad (2013)
• Hatim Tai (2013)

Director

• Ekka Raja Rani (1994)
• Daastan-e-Hatimtai – TV Series (1995)
• Bhabhi Maa – TV Series
• X Zone – TV Series
• Rishtey – TV Series
• Chutti Time – TV Series
• Mashooka (2005)

Writer

• Dancer (1991)
• Ekka Raja Rani (1994)

References

External links

• Afzal Ahmed Khan at Bollywood Hungama