▁a ▁line ▁in ▁a ▁poem ▁written ▁by ▁his ▁father : ▁" L am ha , ▁l am ha ▁k isi ▁j ado o ▁ka ▁fas ana ▁h oga ". ▁He ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁official ▁name ▁of ▁J aved ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁closest ▁to ▁the ▁word ▁j ado o . ▁He ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁child hood ▁and ▁was ▁sch oo led ▁in ▁L uck now . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Sa ifi ya ▁College ▁in ▁Bh op al . ▁ ▁Ak ht ar ▁was ▁greatly ▁inspired ▁by ▁Pak ist ani ▁author ▁I bn - e - S af i ' s ▁Ur du ▁nov els , ▁which ▁he ▁grew ▁up ▁reading ▁as ▁a ▁child . ▁Ak ht ar ▁was ▁particularly ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁J aso osi ▁Dun ya ▁and ▁Im ran ▁series ▁of ▁detect ive ▁nov els , ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁House ▁of ▁F ear ▁( 1 9 5 5 ). ▁He ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁their ▁fast ▁action , ▁tight ▁plots , ▁econom ies ▁of ▁expression , ▁fasc in ating ▁characters ▁with ▁catch y ▁memor able ▁names , ▁and ▁speaking ▁styles . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁films ▁he ▁remembered ▁watching ▁both ▁star red ▁D il ip ▁K umar : ▁Sh a he ed ▁Lat if ' s ▁Ar zo o ▁( 1 9 5 0 ) ▁and ▁Me h bo ob ▁Khan ' s ▁A an ▁( 1 9 5 2 ). ▁Other ▁films ▁that ▁influenced ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁include ▁B imal ▁Roy ' s ▁Do ▁B igh a ▁Z ame en