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Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 30 June 1943) is an Indian screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of notable parallel films such as Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996.
Akhtar Mirza was an Indian screenwriter and director for Bollywood films. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Story, for the 1965 film Waqt. He is the father of National Award-winning director Saeed Akhtar Mirza and the commercially successful film-maker Aziz Mirza, who was responsible for launching the career of Shah Rukh Khan.
Feb 18, 2024 · The directorial debut of Indian parallel cinema’s undervalued Saeed Akhtar Mirza is a very sensitively crafted mood piece. With an effervescent political backdrop of mill workers demanding an increase in their paltry wage structure, the film’s treatise focuses on Arvind Desai’s existential quandary.
Aug 31, 2018 · Saeed Akhtar Mirza: The man who won’t forget. At 75, the director-writer is remembering the world’s chequered past on our behalf. Updated - September 01, 2018 12:36 am IST. Published - August...
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Saeed Akhtar Mirza was born on 30 June 1943 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He is a director and writer, known for Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978) and Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989). He is married to Jennifer Mirza.
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Mar 15, 2023 · Film director and writer Saeed Akhtar Mirza, who directed Khakhar in the TV show Nukkad during the 80s, shared how the actor’s character and his portrayal of the drunk Khopdi became iconic.
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May 12, 2020 · Mirza was born to Hindi film script writer Akhtar Mirza and Iffat Ara Mirza in 1943. When he was ten years old, on the day of Eid, he told his father that he didn’t want to go into the mosque and pray. “Why?” his father asked. “I don’t believe that god exists,” he said.
