of the Indian Bollywood films like Behram Khan, Sheesh Mahal and Shahida, the early Pakistani film from 1949. In many ways, thus, he had a direct influence and bearing upon the development of both early Indian and Pakistani literature and cinema. In addition, he also made a significant contribution to the early development of Urdu language, linguistics and etymology as permanent secretary and one of the main compilers/editors of Pakistan's Official Language Committee, 1949, responsible for the standardization of official and court terms, from English to Urdu. Shuja was a contemporary of and associated with people like Agha Hashar Kashmiri, Imtiaz Ali Taj, Abul Kalam Azad, Allama Iqbal, Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Sohrab Modi, and Muhammad Ali Jauhar. See also Ghaus-e-Azam Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Urdu literature Anwar Kamal Pasha Riffat Hassan Yawar Hayat Khan References External links Video of Hakim Ahmad Shuja's poem, as adapted for the song from the 1954 Pakistani hit movie 'Gumnaam', sung by Iqbal Bano and directed by Anwar Kamal Pasha The News on Sunday article about Hakim Ahmad Shuja 8 January 2017 Film poster announcing the movie Behram Khan/Bairam Khan 1945 1893 births 1969 deaths Poets in British India Pakistani poets Urdu-language poets from Pakistan 20th-century British poets Pakistani dramatists and playwrights Central Model School, Lahore alumni