Iqbal Durrani is an Indian writer, director, actor and producer of

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Filmography

Books

He wrote "Gandhi Se Pehle Gandhi" on the life of revolutionary tribal "Birsa Munda" of Jharkhand. Published in 2008, it was acclaimed both in the literary and the film world and was compared with Maxim Gorky's "Mother" by leading critics of Hindi literature. He has been invited to speak on Bhagwan Mahavir's life & his teachings by various Jain organisations. It so happened that despite being a Muslim, he was invited inside of a Digambar Jain Temple (Ranchi) to speak in front of Jain Priests on Bhagwan Mahavir. He has been writing books and scripts with spiritual contents. At present, he is working on '' Bhagwan Shri Mahavir''. Iqbal Durrani is the only person in the world to translate Samveda in

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and

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. He announced about it in

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saying that he is currently working on it.

Awards

He has received several awards for his social activities and writing, including: * Jharkhand Ratna award in the year 2008 at Ranchi by Pt. Raghunath Academy Santhali Cinema & Art. * Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence award in the year 2010 at N. Delhi by Urdu Press of India. * Babasaheb Ambedkar award in the year 2011 at Mumbai by Maharaje Yashwantrao Holkar Prathishtan. * Vidya Vachaspati's degree (Equivalent to Doctorate's degree) awarded by Sahitya Kala Sangam, Pratapgarh. In 2009, he contested Lok Sabha elections but lost.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Durrani, Iqbal Wikipedia articles needing rewrite from April 2012 Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters 1956 births Living people 20th-century Indian Muslims Indian people of Pashtun descent People from Banka, Bihar Film directors from Bihar 20th-century Indian writers