Muhammed Yusuf Khan enlisted under Chanda Sahib who was then the Nawab of Arcot. While staying in Arcot he fell in love with a 'Portuguese' Christian (a loose term for a person of mixed Indo-European descent or Luso-Indian) girl named Marcia / Marsha , and married her. In 1751, there was an ongoing scuffle between Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah, (who was the son of the previous Nawab of Arcot Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan hence the rightful claimant) and Chanda Sahib his relative and a pretender, for the throne of Arcot. The former sought the help of British and the latter the French. Chanda Sahib
S. Ali Raza S. Ali Raza S. Ali Raza (9 January 1925 – 1 November 2007) was an Indian film screenwriter and director associated with writing the script for hit films such as Aan, Andaz, Mother India, Reshma Aur Shera, Raja Jani and Dus Numbri. In 1968 he won the Filmfare award as the best dialogue writer for Saraswatichandra. In 1975 he directed a film titled "Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye". He was married to actress Nimmi who appeared in "Uran Khatola", "Barsaat", "Deedar", "Amar", "Aan", "Char Paise", "Rajdhani", "Shamma", "Pooja Ke Phool", "Mere Mehboob" for which he had written the dialogues.