Shaad Ali is an Indian filmmaker.

Early life and education

Ali was born to Muzaffar Ali and

Subhashini Ali Subhasini Ali (born 29 December 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association and former Member of Parliament from Kanpur. Early life ...

(née Sahgal), an Indian politician and member of the

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. He is thus the grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal. He studied at the Welham Boys' School and the Lawrence School, Sanawar.

Career

Shaad Ali started his career as an assistant director to

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, and assisted him on the film '' Dil Se..'' (1998). He made his directorial debut under

Yash Raj Films Yash Raj Films (YRF) is an Indian film production and distribution company founded by veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra in 1970. It mainly produces and distributes Hindi and Punjabi films. The company has grown to be one of the largest film studios ...

and Madras Talkies, with '' Saathiya'' (2002), starring

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and Rani Mukerji. The film was a remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film ''

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'' (2000). ''Saathiya's'' script was written by Ratnam. The film did well and established Shaad Ali in the industry. His second film was ''

Bunty Aur Babli ''Bunty Aur Babli'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who serves as producer under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Abhishek ...

'' (2005) which for the first time brought together real-life father and son

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and

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alongside Rani Mukerji. The film was one of the biggest hits of the year. Shaad Ali's third film released on 15 June 2007. The film, titled '' Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'' stars

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and

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in lead roles. His fourth directorial venture was '' Kill Dil'' which got released on 14 November 2014. The movie received average reviews from critics and got lukewarm response at the

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as well. He has directed movie

Ok Jaanu ''OK Jaanu'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shaad Ali, with screenplay and story based on Mani Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani, and produced by Ratnam and Karan Johar under their banners Madras Talkies a ...

which released on 13 January 2017.

is a remake of a Tamil movie

O Kadhal Kanmani ''O Kadhal Kanmani'' (), also known as ''OK Kanmani'', is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written, directed and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen, portraying a young couple in a liv ...

. This film reunites him with

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after a long hiatus since '' Saathiya'' (2002). His latest movie is '' Soorma'' which is a biographical

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based on the life of hockey player Sandeep Singh releasing on 13 July 2018, which reunites him once again with his favorite composers

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. =Personal life= Ali married Shazmeen Hussain, daughter of conceptual artist Rummana Hussain and businessman Ishaat Hussain, in 2006 but they divorced in 2011. He briefly dated Puja Shetty, daughter of Adlabs founder Manmohan Shetty. In 2013, he married Aarti Patkar. He’s the grandson of the

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and Colonel Prem Sahgal. Ali is the nephew of environmental educator

Kartikeya Sarabhai Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai (born 27 November 1947) is one of the world's leading environmental educators and a dedicated community builder. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in 2012. Biography Kartikeya Sara ...

and the Indian classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai. =Filmography=

Web Series

* '' Pawan & Pooja'' (2020) * '' Call My Agent: Bollywood'' (2021) * '' Bloody Brothers'' (2022)

References

External links

* Film directors from Kolkata People from Lakhimpur Kheri Politicians from Kolkata Living people Lawrence School, Sanawar alumni Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal 21st-century Indian film directors 1970 births {{India-film-director-stub