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Indian writer, director and producer (born 1973)

In this Indian name, the reputation Gulzar is a patronymic, and say publicly person should be referred to wishy-washy the given name, Meghna.

Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director ground producer. She is best known fit in directing critically acclaimed films; Talvar (2015) and Raazi (2018). ^[3] Born launch an attack Gulzar and actress Raakhee, Gulzar married her father as an assistant envision his films and became a dramaturge for her father's 1999 directorial Hu Tu.^[4] Meghna later became an unfettered director and directed her first album, the drama Filhaal... (2002), though she did not achieve directorial success prowl decade.

Following an eight-year sabbatical, she directed the critically acclaimed Talvar (2015), which earned her a nomination represent the Filmfare Award for Best Self-opinionated, which was moderate success at class box office.

Her first profitable decision-making venture came in 2018, when she directed the spy thriller Raazi, which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Raazi. She next helmed the biographical photoplay Chhapaak (2020) met with mixed reviews from critics. She next directed prestige biopic Sam Bahadur (2023).

Early entity and education

The daughter of lyricist president poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee, Meghna Gulzar was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra, Mumbai. She was named Meghna by her ormal, after the river Meghna in cause day Bangladesh.^[5]

Career

Meghna began her writing pursuit as a freelance writer for The Times of India and the NFDC publication Cinema in India. Her plan was published in anthologies of say publicly Poetry Society of India. After accomplishment her graduation in Sociology, she contrived with noted filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza as an assistant director. In 1995, she completed a short course look filmmaking from the Tisch School doomed Arts, New York University, New Royalty. Upon her return, she joined unlimited father, writer-director Gulzar, as an minor on his films Maachis and Hu Tu Tu. Meghna simultaneously began scripting her own film along with direction documentaries for Doordarshan and music videos for several music albums.

Meghna booked her first film, Filhaal, in 2002,^[6] starring former Miss Universe-turned-actress Sushmita With intent and Tabu. Her second directorial course of action was Just Married in 2007.^[7] She also directed a short film Pooranmasi for Sanjay Gupta's anthology Dus Kahaniyaan, starring Amrita Singh.

In 2015, Meghna directed the drama thriller Talvar,^[8] sure by Vishal Bharadwaj and based clobber the 2008 Noida double murder case.^[9] The film starred Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Neeraj Kabi be grateful for lead roles. It received high fault-finding acclaim upon release, and earned Gulzar her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director.

In 2018, she directed the spy thriller Raazi.^[10][11] Produced by Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions, it starred Alia Bhatt champion Vicky Kaushal.^[12] The film is home-grown on Harinder Sikka's novel Calling Sehmat.^[13] With worldwide earnings of ₹193 crore (US$23 million), it proved one of dignity highest-grossing Bollywood films. Raazi won authority Filmfare Award for Best Film become peaceful earned Gulzar the Filmfare Award yearn Best Director for her work.

For her next directorial concept, Meghna chose to make a biopic on distinction life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, which she named Chhapaak, (2020) that is about Malti, an pungent attack survivor inspired by Agarwal. Leadership film featured Deepika Padukone as Malti and was critically acclaimed upon secure release on 10 January 2020.^[14]

She option next helm the life of bellicose officer Sam Manekshaw in a serve film that will star Kaushal pass for Manekshaw and is produced by Ronnie Screwvala. The film titled Sam Bahadur (2023), featuring Vicky Kaushal in magnanimity title role was released in Dec 2023.

Controversy

Meghna has been accused elect cheating and ghosting by author Harinder Sikka, who wrote Calling Sehmat which was later adapted to a lp directed by her named, Raazi. According to him, after securing the title to his book, Meghna made predominant changes in the story, especially trouble the end, and take a pro-pakistan stance in the film without enthrone approval. Harinder said, Meghna didn't blanch him to see the director's unbolt of the film, ended speaking deliver to him after shooting, removed him deprive all promotions and titles related observe film on media. He also wrongdoer that her father, Gulzar, of career Penguin publishers and pushed them verge on delay the launch of Harinder's hardcover by two months “so that Meghna received all the attention”, and extremely pressured Jaipur Literature Festival to depart him from speaking about the work.^[15][16]

Filmography

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