Muzaffar Ali
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.
Biography
Muzaffar born in Lucknow in 1944. The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, the ruling prince of the principality of Kotwara in Awadh, Muzaffar Ali attended La Martiniere, Lucknow, and graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University. Ali worked in advertising before turning to film. His first films were Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981), and he also made and starred in the TV series Jaan-e-Alam. He later became a fashion designer, creating a fashion label with his wife, Meera, in 1990.
Muzaffar Ali is presently married to Meera Ali, a fashion designer, with whom he has a daughter Sama, who is also a fashion designer. He had two previous marriages, the first of which was to the art historian Geeti Sen, with whom he has a son Murad Ali, a film actor. His second marriage was to the communist politician Subhashini Ali, with whom he has a son Shaad Ali, a film director.
Filmography
- 2015: Jaanisaar (also actor)
- 1986: Anjuman (also producer)
- 1982: Aagaman
- 1981: Umrao Jaan (also producer)
- 1978: Gaman (also producer)
- Unreleased: Zooni (also producer)
Awards
- Padma Shri (2005)
- National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) - Gaman (1978)
- Filmfare Award for Best Director - Umrao Jaan (1981)
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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 film directors
- 21st-century Indian film directors
- 21st-century Indian male actors
- Special Mention (feature film) National Film Award winners
- Filmfare Awards winners
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