Farid Ahmad was son of famous film director W.Z. Ahmad (Waada fame) and he got film education from USA. But among his seven movies, only Andaleeb in 1969 was a hit film, Angaray (1972) was an average film and all other five films Jan Pehchan (1967), Bandagi, Suhag (1972), Khawab aur Zindagi (1973) and Zaib-un-Nisa (1976) were flopped.
Farid Ahmad was husband of TV actress and producer Samina Ahmad and he also married Shamim Ara which lasted few days only. He died on November 25, 1993.