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Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Director · Born 1943-06-30 · Bombay (now Mumbai), British India

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Biography

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), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. Saeed Mirza Was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA – International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2020. He is director of the TV serials Nukkad (Street Corner) (1986) and Intezaar (Wait) (1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activism. He is also a trustee of ANHAD, a Delhi-based NGO working for communal harmony

Directed

  1. Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) — Director
  2. Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1981) — Director
  3. Naseem (1995) — Director
  4. Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978) — Director
  5. Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) — Director
  6. Nukkad (1986) — Director
  7. Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984) — Director
  8. Murde (1976) — Director
  9. Ek Tho Chance (2009) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Celluloid Man (2012) — Self
  2. Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi (2016) — Self
  3. Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2002) — Himself