Akhtar Mirza was an Indian screenwriter and director for
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...
films. He won the
Filmfare Award for Best Story, for the 1965 film ''
Waqt''. He is the father of
National Award-winning director
Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 30 June 1943) is an Indian screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of notable parallel films such as '' Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' (1984), '' Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai'' (1980) ...
and the commercially successful film-maker
Aziz Mirza
Aziz Mirza is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, who is known for his works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films and television.
Personal life
Mirza is the son of screenwriter Akhtar Mirza, and brother of filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza ...
, who was responsible for launching the career of
Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as the "Padishah, Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has Shah Rukh K ...
.
Akhtar Mirza
'' Allocine''.
Filmography
As writer
*1989 '' Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro'' (script consultant)
*1973 '' Joshila'' (screenplay)
*1973 '' Dhund'' (story & screenplay)
*1965 '' Waqt'' (story / as F.A. Mirza)
*1965 '' Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain'' (written by)
*1957 '' Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'' (screenplay / story)
*1957 (screenplay / story)
*1950 '' Bawre Nain'' (story)
As director
*1965 ''Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain''
References
External links
*
Hindi-language film directors
Indian male screenwriters
Filmfare Awards winners
Living people
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Hindi-language screenwriters
20th-century Indian male writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
{{Screen-writer-stub