Akhtar J. Kardar (25 November 1926 – 14 February 2002),[1] or Ajay, was a Pakistani film director, producer and screenwriter.
[2] He is credited in particular for having directed The Day Shall Dawn (Jago Hua Savera), a film which has received international recognition and numerous awards.
[2][3] Akhtar J Kardar graduated from the Royal Naval Academy after serving through World War II as a Commissioned Officer.
He served until 1945 after an attack on his ship the Ituara in the Gulf, where he was one of a few members to survive a torpedo hit.
During 1982 and 1985, he served as a senior lecturer in "The Theory & Practice of Film Making" in the Yarmouk University (Jordan), where he received an honorary doctorate by the university.