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Wajahat Mirza

Indian screenwriter and film director

Summary

Indian screenwriter and film director

Field	Value
name	Wajahat Mirza
image	Wajahat Mirza.jpg
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birth_date
birth_place	Sitapur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
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death_place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
occupation	Dialogue writer, screenwriter, story writer, film director
yearsactive	1933 – 1980
awards	Filmfare Best Dialogue Award (1960)
Filmfare Best Dialogue Award (1961)

Filmfare Best Dialogue Award (1961)

Wajahat Hussain Mirza Changezi (; 20 April 1908 – 4 August 1990) was an Indian screenwriter and film director who penned the dialogues of some of the most successful films in India during the 1950s and 1960s, best known for Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and the Academy Award nominee, Mother India (1957).

Awards

Mirza won Filmfare Best Dialogue Award twice, in 1960 for Mughal-e-Azam,

He also won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Ganga Jamuna.

Early life and career

He was born in Islampur, a small town 89 kilometers from Lucknow. While studying at Government Jubilee Inter College, Lucknow, Mirza became acquainted with cinematographer Krishan Gopal of Calcutta, and worked as his assistant. He later co-produced with singer Midgan Kumar a movie called Anokhi Mohabbat ("Crazy Love") in Bombay. He also directed the 1945 hit film Prabhu Ka Ghar starring Khursheed Bano, Trilok Kapoor and Sulochana Chatterjee. Mirza later became a dialogue and screenplay writer and was also one of the first Indians to be nominated for an Oscar for the movie Mother India (1957), based upon a story by Babubhai Mehta.

Filmography

As director

1942 - Swaminath
1942 - Jawani
1944 - Shahenshah Babar
1945 - Prabhu Ka Ghar
1950 - Nishana

As writer

1933 - * Yahudi Ki Ladki* (dialogue writer)
1934 - Anokhi Mohabbat (dialogue & screenplay)
1938 - Hum Tum Aur Woh (dialogue writer, lyrics)
1938 - Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (dialogue writer)
1938 - Watan (dialogue & screenplay)
1939 - Ek Hi Raasta (dialogue writer)
1940 - Aurat (dialogue writer)
1941 - Bahen (dialogue & screenplay)
1942 - Roti (dialogue writer)
1944 - Lal Haveli (dialogue writer)
1944 - Shahenshah Babar (director/dialogue writer)
1945 - Prabhu Ka Ghar (director/dialogue writer)
1945 - Zeenat (dialogue & story)
1948 - Shaheed (dialogue writer)
1949 - Chilman (dialogue & screenplay)
1953 - Shikast (dialogue & story)
1956 - Aawaz (dialogue writer)
1957 - Mother India (dialogue writer)
1958 - Yahudi (dialogue writer)
1960 - Kohinoor (dialogue writer)
1960 - Mughal-E-Azam (dialogue writer)
1961 - Gunga Jumna (Ganga Jamna) (dialogue writer)
1964 - Leader (dialogue writer)
1967 - Palki (dialogue writer)
1969 - Chanda Aur Bijli (dialogue writer)
1969 - Shatranj (dialogue writer)
1970 - Umang (dialogue writer)
1972 - Yeh Gulistan Hamara (dialogue & screenplay)
1973 - Heera (dialogue & screenplay)
1974 - Dukh Sukh (dialogue writer)
1978 - Daaku Aur Jawan (dialogue writer)
1978 - Ganga Ki Saugandh (dialogue writer)
1986 - Love And God (dialogue writer)

References

Bibliography

References

"Wajahat Mirza filmography".
Nasreen Munni Kabiri. (31 July 2010). "Where every line was a piece of poetry (written by Wajahat Mirza and others)". Times of India newspaper.
"Filmfare Awards for Wajahat Mirza (scroll down to read under year 1960 and 1961)".
"Wajahat Mirza filmography as a dialogue writer".
Mahaan, Deepak. (24 June 2010). "Leader (1964) - film review (Wajahat Mirza as dialogue writer)". The Hindu newspaper.

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