Muzaffar Ali

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Muzaffar Ali
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Born (1944-10-21) 21 October 1944 (age 81)
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Title Padma Shri (2005)
Spouses
Children3

Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Raja Muzaffar was born in Lucknow of the erstwhile United Provinces, British India, in 1944. [5] The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, then-ruling prince of the principality of Kotwara in Gola Gokaran Nath, Muzaffar attended La Martiniere, Lucknow, [6] and graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University. [5] He worked in advertising before turning to film making. [5] His early directorial films are Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981). He also directed and starred in the TV series Jaan-e-Alam. [5]

Personal life

Muzaffar Ali is currently married to Meera Ali, an architect and fashion designer, with whom he has a daughter Sama, who is also a fashion designer. [7] He later became a fashion designer, creating a fashion label with Meera in 1990. [5] [7]

He was earlier married to the art historian Geeti Sen, with whom he has a son Murad Ali, a film actor. [7] [6] He is estranged from his second wife, communist politician Subhashini Ali, with whom he has a son Shaad Ali, also a film director. [7] [6]

Directorial Filmography


YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1978 Gaman YesYesYes
1981 Umrao Jaan YesYesYes
1982 Aagaman YesNoNo
1986 Anjuman YesYesYes
2015 Jaanisaar YesYesNo
— Zooni YesNoYesUnreleased [8]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Muzaffar Ali — Opulent Decadence | FCCI journal". Journal of Indian Cinema. 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bollywood has lost the plot: Muzaffar Ali". The Times of India . The Times Group. 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Muzaffar Ali deplores MNS stand against North Indians, Bachchan". The Hindu . The Hindu Group. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Muzaffar Ali in Lucknow". The Times of India . The Times Group. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (Ebook). Routledge. pp. 1929–1930. ISBN   1579581463.
  6. 1 2 3 "Muzaffar Ali: If I could make Rekha look beautiful, I could also make other women look beautiful". The Times of India . The Times Group. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Relative value: Heritage, after a fashion". Mumbai Mirror . The Times Group. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Guftagoo with Muzaffar Ali Rajya Sabha TV". youtube. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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