The seventeenth death anniversary of renowned film and television actor Syed Kamal was observed today (Thursday).

He was born in Meerut in 1937 and migrated to Pakistan with his family in 1956.

Syed Kamal became a popular film star during the 1960s and 1970s. He acted in more than eighty films and also appeared in television dramas.

He received Nigar Award in 1968 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

Syed Kamal passed away in Karachi on this day in 2009.