Meghna Gulzar

In this Indian name, the name Gulzar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Meghna.

Meghna Gulzar
Meghna in 2018
Born (1973-12-13) 13 December 1973 (age 50)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Writer, film director, producer
Years active2002–present
SpouseGovind Sandhu
Children1[2]
Parent(s)Gulzar (father)
Raakhee (mother)

Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer. She is best known for directing critically acclaimed films; Talvar (2015) and Raazi (2018). [3] Born to Gulzar and actress Raakhee, Gulzar joined her father as an assistant to his films and became a screenwriter for her father's 1999 directorial Hu Tu.[4] Meghna later became an independent director and directed her first film, the drama Filhaal... (2002), though she did not achieve directorial success that decade.

Following an eight-year sabbatical, she directed the critically acclaimed Talvar (2015), which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director, which was moderate success at the box office.

Her first profitable directorial venture came in 2018, when she directed the spy thriller Raazi, which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Raazi. She next helmed the biographical drama Chhapaak (2020) met with mixed reviews from critics. She next directed the biopic Sam Bahadur (2023).

  1. ^ Raghavendra, Nandini (14 December 2003). "Meghna Gulzar: Papa's girl". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. ^ "{title}". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Life beyond Filhaal". The Times of India. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Creative child of celebrities". The Hindu. 2 January 2004. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2012.