Muzaffar Ali
Encyclopedia
Rajah Muzaffar Ali is an India
n film-maker, a fashion designer, a poet
, an artist
, a music-lover, a revivalist, and a social worker.He belongs to a Royal Muslim Rajput family of Kotwara. He is not to be confused with the famous 16th century Persian artist of the Persian miniature
.
Muzaffar Ali was born in Lucknow. He attended the La Martiniere
college there. His father was the Raja of Kotwara and his mother was from the noble family of Sheikhupur, Badaun
. Muzaffar Ali had a successful career as a film maker. His Vinod Khanna
-Dimple Kapadia
starrer Zooni is still unreleased.
and the two divorced later. His son movie director Shaad Ali
was born out of this marriage.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n film-maker, a fashion designer, a poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, an artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, a music-lover, a revivalist, and a social worker.He belongs to a Royal Muslim Rajput family of Kotwara. He is not to be confused with the famous 16th century Persian artist of the Persian miniature
Persian miniature
A Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts...
.
Muzaffar Ali was born in Lucknow. He attended the La Martiniere
La Martiniere Lucknow
La Martinière College is an educational institution located in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. The college consists of two schools on different campuses for boys and girls. La Martinière Boys' College was founded in 1845 and La Martinière Girls' College was established...
college there. His father was the Raja of Kotwara and his mother was from the noble family of Sheikhupur, Badaun
Sheikhupur, Badaun
-Location:The town of Sautbad, known as Sheikhupur is located at a distance of about 4 km. from the centre of Badaun city across the river Saut. In real it is just 1 km away from Budaun, it will be the part of the city in one year...
. Muzaffar Ali had a successful career as a film maker. His Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna
-Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...
-Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 16, playing the title role in Raj Kapoor's teen romance Bobby . In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna, and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to films in 1984 after her separation...
starrer Zooni is still unreleased.
Personal life
He is married to Meera. He was earlier married to Subhashini AliSubhashini Ali
Subhasini Ali is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India . She is the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association.-Family:...
and the two divorced later. His son movie director Shaad Ali
Shaad Ali
-Early life:Shaad Ali was born to Muzaffar Ali and Subhashini Ali née Sehgal, an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India ). He is thus the grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal...
was born out of this marriage.
Filmography
- Khizan (1995)
- Aaya Basant Sakhi (1986)
- Anjuman (1986) (also producer)
- Kali Mohini (1986)
- Semal Ki Darakht (1986)
- Ganga Teri Shakti Apaar (1985)
- India, an Unusual Environment for Meetings (1985)
- Sheeshon Ka Masiha (1985)
- Kue Yaar Mein (1984)
- Together ForeverTogether Forever (film)Together Forever is a 25-minute film produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the style of a documentary, it explains how the Plan of Salvation has improved the lives of those who have learned about it....
(1984) - Vadakath: A Thervad in Kerala (1984)
- Sunhare Sapne (1983)
- Wah! Maan Gaye Ustad (1983)
- Aagman (1982)
- Laila Majnu Ki Nai Nautanki (1982)
- Venue India (1982)
- Woodcrafts of Saharanpur (1982)
- Umrao JaanUmrao JaanUmrao Jaan is a 1981 Bollywood film, directed by Muzaffar Ali. It is based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada , written by Mirza Hadi Ruswa based on the famous Lucknow courtesan...
(1981) (also producer) - Vasiqedars, the Pensioners of Avadh (1981)
- GamanGamanGaman is a Bollywood film released in 1978. It is the directorial debut of Muzaffar Ali, who went on to make the successful film Umrao Jaan....
(1978) (also producer)