Kotwal Hashmat Khan — Mirza Ghalib Character Profile

About Kotwal Hashmat Khan

A corrupt police official who attends poetry sessions and transcribes Ghalib's work. He lusts after Chaudhvin, bribes her mother for a forced marriage, and later vows vengeance against Ghalib when his plans are thwarted by the poet's intervention.

Character Facts

Played by

Ulhas

Appears in

Mirza Ghalib (1954)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Mirza Ghalib

• Mirza Ghalib (Bharat Bhushan)
• Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum (Suraiya)
• Umrao Begum (Nigar Sultana)
• Chaudhvin's mother (Amma) (Durga Khote)
• Lala Mathuradas (Mukri)
• Bahadur Shah Zafar (Iftekhar)
• Mufti Sadruddin (Murad)
• Courtesan (Kumkum)
• Roshan (Roshan)