Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj (Urdu: سیّد امتیاز علی تاؔج; Sayyid Imtiyāz ʿAlī Tāj; 1900–1970) was a dramatist who wrote in the Urdu language. He is remembered above all for his 1922 play Anarkali, based on the life of Anarkali, that was staged hundreds of times and was adapted for feature films in India and Pakistan, including the Indian film Mughal-e-Azam (1960).
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Sayyid Imtiyāz ʿAlī Tāj 13 October 1900 Lahore
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Died |
19 April 1970 (aged 69) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Zodiac | Libra |
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