Saeed Akhtar Mirza

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Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Born 1943
Bombay, Maharashtra
Occupation Film director

Saeed Akhtar Mirza is an a Indian writer and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of art films like Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. He is best remembered in popular culture for his TV series Nukkad (1986). He is director of the popular TV serials Nukkad(1986) and Intezaar(1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activitsm. Mirza trained at the Film and Television Institute of India] (FTII), Pune, India, and has also taught there. He has lectured widely on Indian cinema at universities in India and The US. He contributes reggularly to Indian newspapers and magazines on current opolitical debates and through film reviews. He lives in Bombay and Goa.

In 2008, Mirza wrote book named Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother.

His father Akhtar Mirza was a noted film script writer, with credits like Naya Daur and Waqt.

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