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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| Born | (1944-10-21)21 October 1944 (age 80) |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Title | Padma Shri (2005) |
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| Children | 3 |
Biography
editRaja Muzaffar was born inLucknow of the erstwhileUnited Provinces,British India, in 1944.[5] The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, then-ruling prince of the principality of Kotwara inGola Gokaran Nath, Muzaffar attendedLa Martiniere, Lucknow,[6] and graduated in science fromAligarh Muslim University.[5] He worked in advertising before turning to film making.[5] His early directorial films areGaman (1978) andUmrao Jaan (1981). He also directed and starred in the TV seriesJaan-e-Alam.[5]
Personal Life
editMuzaffar 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 politicianSubhashini Ali, with whom he has a sonShaad Ali, also a film director.[7][6]
Directorial Filmography
editAwards
editReferences
edit- ^"Muzaffar Ali — Opulent Decadence | FCCI journal".Journal of Indian Cinema. 21 October 2020. Archived fromthe original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved10 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. Retrieved7 May 2014.
- ^"Muzaffar Ali deplores MNS stand against North Indians, Bachchan".The Hindu.The Hindu Group. 4 February 2008. Retrieved7 May 2014.
- ^"Muzaffar Ali in Lucknow".The Times of India.The Times Group. 4 August 2010.Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved7 May 2014.
- ^abcdeRajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999).Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema(Ebook). Routledge. pp. 1929–1930.ISBN 1579581463.
- ^abc"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. Retrieved28 April 2020.
- ^abcd"Relative value: Heritage, after a fashion".Mumbai Mirror.The Times Group. 12 February 2017. Retrieved28 April 2020.
- ^"Guftagoo with Muzaffar Ali Rajya Sabha TV". youtube.Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved21 May 2014.
- ^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved21 July 2015.
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