Mushtaq Shiekh is an Indian screenwriter, author, producer and actor. He is mainly known for writing the screenplays of ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Billu''.

Early life

Shiekh was born in

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. He also wrote the script for

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's '' Rangrezz''. He authored the biography of Indian actor

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titled '' Still Reading Khan''.

Career

Shiekh has written several books about movies in India. During a visit to a book fair of

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, he said "I wish more books were written about movies for people who are genuinely interested in knowing how this art form is made." He worked as an associate producer in

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's '' Mulk'' (2018). He has also worked with Indian TV channel

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as a creative director. Shiekh is writing a book for children titled "Blue Forest". He told reporters that the book will be released in 2019. The book tells the story of a magical forest. He is also writing a web series for

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. In year 2024, Mushtaq wrote and presented a short horror film titled Happy Ending. The film was directed by Anil Bajpai and featured

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and

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. It was released on

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. Mushtaq wrote his first fiction novel titled Secrets Within in year 2024. The book was a thriller which tells the story of an architect who was given contract to construct the mansion of a rich man but found himself trapped in mysterious circumstances once he started working on the project. A film on the book is in the process with a film studio. While speaking to

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, Mushtaq reveals that

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, Tabbu and R.Madhavan could be considered playing the main lead in the film.

Other work

Mushtaq Shiekh organised a campaign to support daily wages workers of the Indian television industry during the

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. Along with television producer

, filmmaker

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and TV actor Karan Patel and many others, a fund was created to support workers from TV industry who lost their jobs.

Filmography

Television career

Books

References

External links

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