Sultan Ahmed who was famous for his films on dacoits hails from a Maulana family who were landlords based in Lucknow.
Sultan Ahmed started his career as a chief assistant to K Asif on Dilip Kumar – Madhubala starrer Mughal-e-Azam.
Sultan Ahmed also assisted K Asif on his other movies like Love and God & Sasta Khoon Mehenga Paani.
In his career, he directed actors like Rajesh Khanna & Jeetendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty for movies like Dharam Kanta, Ganga Ki Saugand, Heera & Daata respectively.
[4] The biggest box office hit of his career was Dharm Kanta in 1982 with Raaj Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra in the lead.
Later in the year 1979, Sultan Ahmed received a certificate of merit for Ganga ki Saugand from Tashkent, Russia.