Aghajani Kashmeri

Born Syed Wajid Hussain Rizavi on October 16, circa 1908, in Lucknow, North India, he ran away from home in his late teens to become a hero in an early film, Shan e Subha, being shot in Rangoon. Subsequently returned to Calcutta, did bit roles but realized he wasn't six feet plus and the hunk he should be to become a real hero in the Bollywood of that time. Given his literary upbringing in Urdu - he was a pupil …