Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.
Muzaffar Ali
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- Born
- 1944.
- Nationality
- British Raj, Dominion of India and India.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, fashion designer, poet, musician and designer.
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Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.
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Biography
Raja Muzaffar was born in Lucknow of the erstwhile United Provinces, British India, in 1944. 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, and graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University. He worked in advertising before turning to film making. His early directorial films are Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981). He also directed and starred in the TV series Jaan-e-Alam.
Personal life
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. He later became a fashion designer, creating a fashion label with Meera in 1990. He was earlier married to the art historian Geeti Sen, with whom he has a son Murad Ali, a film actor. He is estranged from his second wife, communist politician Subhashini Ali, with whom he has a son Shaad Ali, also a film director.
Muzaffar Ali delivering a lecture on "Zikr" his memoir at Jamia Millia Islamia
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Muzaffar Ali born.
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- 1.Muzaffar Ali — Opulent Decadence FCCI journal. Journal of Indian Cinema. 2020-10-21.
- 2.The Times Group. Bollywood has lost the plot: Muzaffar Ali. The Times of India. 2009-09-17.
- 3.The Hindu Group. Muzaffar Ali deplores MNS stand against North Indians, Bachchan. The Hindu. 2008-02-04.
- 4.The Times Group. Muzaffar Ali in Lucknow. The Times of India. 2010-08-04.
- 5.Rajadhyaksha, Ashish. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. 1929–1930. 1999. 1579581463.
- 6.The Times Group. Muzaffar Ali: If I could make Rekha look beautiful, I could also make other women look beautiful. The Times of India. 2016-08-06.
- 7.The Times Group. Relative value: Heritage, after a fashion. Mumbai Mirror. 2017-02-12.
- 8.youtube. Guftagoo with Muzaffar Ali Rajya Sabha TV.
- 9.Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Padma Awards. 2015.
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