[2] Syed Kamal was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, British India on 27 April 1937.
Kamal, whose film Tauba (1963)[1] became a success at the box office, had a striking resemblance to the Indian filmstar Raj Kapoor, and he was not evasive about this issue.
In fact, according to Pakistani script writer Ali Sufyan Afaqi, Kamal used to practice Raj Kapoor's scenes in front of a mirror.
Kamal's first appearance in his Pakistani movie by producer Shabab Kiranvi Thandi Sarak (1957) was meant to resemble Raj Kapoor.
[5] After retirement from films, he began acting in Pakistan Television dramas at a fairly advanced age.