Wahiduddin Ziauddin Ahmed (1916 – 15 April 2007)[1] was a Pakistani filmmaker, known primarily for his work in the 1940s.
[1] He was active as a film-maker in pre-Partition India, being an established personality in the film industry in Bombay and Pune.
[3] Between 1942 and 1947, he produced and directed Ek Raat (1942), Man Ki Jeet (1944), Prem Sangeet, Prithaviraj-Samyukta and Meera Bai (1947).
Some noted poets and writers of the Progressive Writers' Association were employed by Shalimar Pictures studio including Josh Malihabadi, Krishan Chander, Ramanand Sagar, Akhtar ul Iman and Saghar Nizami.
Ahmed's last movie produced in India, which depicted Hindu devotee Meera Bai, was met with ferocious criticism along communal lines in Filmindia whose editor Baburao Patel stated that 'Muslim "Meerabai" grossly slanders Hinduism!'.
Ahmed played a prominent role in campaign against imports of Indian films.
Ahmed's ninth movie, Wafa Ki Ada, was never completed nor released.