K. Asif

K. Asif was born on Jun 14, 1922 in British India. K. Asif's big-screen debut came with Mughal-E-Azam directed by K. Asif in 1960. K. Asif is known for Mughal-E-Azam directed by K. Asif, Prithviraj Kapoor stars as Emperor Akbar and Madhubala as Anarkali. The most recent award K. Asif achieved is Filmfare Awards. The upcoming new movie K. Asif plays is John Day which will be released on Sep 13, 2013.

Asif was born Asif Karim in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh to Parents Dr. Fazal Karim and Bibi Ghulam Fatima. He was the youngest of his siblings with Sikander Begum, wife of versatile Actor/Director/Producer Nazir Ahmed Khan being the Eldest and Masood Karim, the first Muslim President of Sindh Club second in line. Asif Karim went to Bombay to his brother-in-law Nazir Ahmed Khan and later took the name K. Asif. He became a Successful director due to his perfectionism in weaving his imagination into an art form and gave birth to Mughal-e-Azam, a legendary film in the Sub-Continental Cinema which needs no introduction. He passed away at very early age