M. Zahoor

M. Zahoor, also written as M. Zahur or Zahoor Ahmed, was a villain in Hindi films in India during 1930s and 40s. He was the maternal uncle of the Indian actress-singer, Suraiya. He was instrumental in her getting entry into Hindi films in Mumbai (then Bombay), through the film 'Taj Mahal' as a child artiste in 1941, when he took her to the sets of the movie, where she was spotted by the director of the film, Nanubhai Vakil to play the role of the young Mumtaz Mahal.

Some of the films in which he acted are the following:

Silent Films

Khooni Katar (1931), Farebi Daku (1931)

Talkies

State Express (1938), Leatherface aka Farzande Watan (1939), [Hero No. 1] (1939), Hukum Ka Ikka (1939), Alaudin Laila (1941)

M. Zahoor was the maternal uncle of Suraiya, the singer heroine of yester-years, brother of Mumtaz Begum, mother of Suraiya and son of Badshah Begum, mother of Mumtaz Begum. Aziz Sheikh, father of Suraiya was his brother-in-law.