[1] Kamal Ahmad was born in Gurgaon, Punjab Province, British India on April 20, 1937.

He got his first breakthrough with the movie Rangeela (1970) in which his composed song, "Ga More Munwa Gaata Ja Re" became popular.

In film, Tere Mere Sapnay (1975), Kemal used the voices of Naheed Akhtar, Rubina Badar, Mehdi Hassan and Masood Rana for songs, "Mujhe Teri Najarya Ne", "Kabhi Tou Rukh Se Uthe Ga", "Tere Ghar Doli Le Ke", "Main Ho Gaee Dil Dar Ki", "Bhaven Hove Laraee", "Koi Mujhe Kehta Hai", "Sab Kuch Khuda Se", and "Main Tau Na Boli".

Its popular song "Teray Meray Pyar Ka Aisa Nata" was sung by Mehnaz and Mehdi Hassan.

Some other famous film scores of Kamal include, ‘Sar Kata Insan’, ‘Mr 420′, Aandhi’, Nangi Talwar’, ‘Shehnshah’, ‘Yeh Kese Hua’, ‘Khan Dost’, ‘Accident’, ‘Bohat Khoob’, ‘Parakh’, ‘Aakhri Muqabala’, ‘Chor Sipahi’, ‘Ishq Ishq’, ‘Faraad’, ‘Warrant’, ‘Dekha Jaega’, ‘Shoukan Mele Di’, ‘Bashira, ‘Meri Muhabbat Tere Hawale’, ‘Mujram Kaun’ (1970) ‘Dil Aur Duniya’, ‘Rangila’ and Diya Aur Toofan (1969 film).