| Shaheed Latif | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 11, 1913 Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh |
| Died | April 16, 1967 (aged 53) |
| Other names | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Occupation | film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Years active | 1941-1968 |
| Spouse | Ismat Chughtai |
Shaheed Latif or more appropriately Shahid Lateef (11 June 1913 - 16 April 1967) was Hindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films like Ziddi (1948 film) with launched Dev Anand's career and Arzoo (1950 film) starring Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal. Noted Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi started his career as a lyricist with his film Buzdil in 1951.
He was born in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh and studied at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1941, he married noted Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991), and they had two daughters.
The husband wife duo worked together on many films, where Ismat was sometimes a scenarist, a writer or at times even producer.[1] He died in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 16 April 1967.