S. M. Yusuf was born in 1910 in Bombay (in modern-day
Mumbai), and then
moved to Pakistan in the 1950s. Before the partition of India in 1947, he was active in
Hindi cinema. He made his professional debut in Bollywood industry around 1936 with the film
Bharat Ka Lal. During the 1950s, he made six films in India. S. M. Yusuf also introduced two important actors,
Waheed Murad and
Qavi Khan, to the
Pakistani film industry in his films. == Filmography ==