Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi, popularly known as Kamal Amrohi, was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He was also an Urdu and Hindi poet. His Hindi films include Mahal, Pakeezah and Razia Sultan. He established Kamal Pictures in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 17, 1918
- February 11, 1993 (aged 75)
- Amroha
- Writer, director and producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Kamal Amrohi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kamal Amrohi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kamal Amrohi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Razia Sultan(1983)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Shankar Hussain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Pakeezah(1972)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Daaera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Mahal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Shahjehan(1946)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Phool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Ujala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Main Hari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
Pukar(1939)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1939 to 1983.
How do Kamal Amrohi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Cult Classics.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 70/100 and the plot and story 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kamal Amrohi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kamal Amrohi's MovieCove titles; Sohrab Modi shares the most, 2.
- Sohrab ModiShared titles: Razia Sultan (1983), Pukar (1939)See all 2 shared titles with Sohrab Modi
- VeenaShared titles: Razia Sultan (1983), Pakeezah (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Veena
