Muzaffar Ali
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| Born | (1944-10-21) 21 October 1944 (age 79) |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Title | Padma Shri (2005) |
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| Children | 3 |
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.[1][2][3][4]
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 Awadh, 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
Awards
- Padma Shri (2005)[9]
- National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) - Gaman (1978)
- Filmfare Award for Best Director - Umrao Jaan (1981)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Muzaffar Ali deplores MNS stand against North Indians, Bachchan". The Hindu. The Hindu Group. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (Ebook). Routledge. pp. 1929–1930. ISBN 1579581463.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c d "Relative value: Heritage, after a fashion". Mumbai Mirror. The Times Group. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Guftagoo with Muzaffar Ali Rajya Sabha TV". youtube. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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- La Martinière College, Lucknow alumni
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
- People from Lakhimpur Kheri
- Artists from Lucknow
- Samajwadi Party politicians
- Hindi-language film directors
- Indian documentary filmmakers
- Urdu-language film directors
- Male actors in Urdu cinema
- Male actors from Lucknow
- Film directors from Uttar Pradesh
- 20th-century Indian people
- 21st-century Indian people
- 21st-century Indian male actors
- Special Mention (feature film) National Film Award winners
- Filmfare Awards winners
- Indian film biography stubs
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