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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.
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.
- Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan
- Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai
- Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!
- Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
- Naseem
Mr. Saeed Akhtar Mirza is angry, albeit he ferments his anger, he does not provoke rather packs and stores his feelings long enough for its existence to solidify, to grow denser, to contemplate its own inexhaustive identity, over the course it grows repugnant and nauseating, it becomes inescapable and probably unforgettable. The directorial debut o...
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai, the director’s sophomore work is also the 2nd installment in the labor exploitation segment albeit treated differently, it is more ferocious, assertive as the title suggests, than Mr. Mirza’s debut. Arguably Naseeruddin Shah’s career-best performance, Albert Pinto works as a mechanic and lives with his family tha...
Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s third feature is a snarling burlesque emboldened in satire. In his trademark titular implication, the film revolves around Mohan Joshi’s judicial pilgrimage in the quest for the betterment of the dilapidated living conditions in the lower-middle-class underbelly of South Bombay (now Mumbai). In very Yasujiro Ozu-inspired editor...
In his most prominent film, the indomitable Indian parallel maverick resorts to an all-guns ablaze hoodlum tale south of Mumbai. Pitted in the undersides of a predominantly Muslim colony that hears echoes of the decadent communal cries and whispers that have irked India post-independence. Salim along with his two buddies indulge in illegal activiti...
Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s final film is a somber yet warm metaphorical exhibition mostly within the fences of a house located in Mumbai pre-1992 riots over the Babri Masjid demolition in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Naseem revolves around the allegorical display of a girl with the same name living in a household partitioned in ideology and ideological ex...
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. Shreevatsa Nevatia....
Sep 16, 2023 · Saeed Akhtar Mirza: A Beacon of Progressive Thought and Democratic ideals in Indian Cinema "He has been a source of inspiration for India's imagination for several decades. Writer-dire ...more.
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SAEED AKHTAR MIRZA ARCHIVAL PROJECT. Born in 1943 in Mumbai, filmmaker, screenwriter and author, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, was one of the most important directors of the Indian cinema’s New Wave in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
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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.
