Muazzam Beg

Not to be confused with Moazzam Begg.

Muazzam Beg
Born (1978-04-18) 18 April 1978 (age 46)
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, writer
Years active1994–present

Muazzam Beg (born 18 April 1978)[1][failed verification] is an Indian Bollywood film writer and director.

Beg was born in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh state of India.[1] He is a graduate of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.[2] He started his career as an in-house writer in under director Subhash Ghai's production house Mukta Arts.[3]

His first independent work was as dialogue writer of the 2007 film Swami, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Juhi Chawla in lead roles. The screenplay was co-written with Bhavani Ayyer, writer of Black (2005).[4]

His debut as a solo writer[5] came in the 2008 film, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai.[6]

Along with director Imtiaz Ali, Beg co-wrote the 2011 film Rockstar which earned him wide critical reception and Zee Cine Award 2011.[7][8]

In 2012, Beg came up with his directorial debut film Sadda Adda, a teen-comedy of six bachelors.[2]

In 2013 he announced his new project titled Munna Bhai, Sallu Bhai – Killers or Healers which would be a docu-drama of the lives of actors Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan.[9] The film will be produced by Beg under his NGO banner "Indian Film Fraternity".[10]

  1. ^ a b "Muazzam Beg - India | LinkedIn". Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Sharma, Garima (3 September 2011). "Muazzam Beg's Madhouse is complete". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ Bond-with-the-Bhais, The Pioneer, 30 April 2013
  4. ^ "Movie Review – Swami". Sify. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Review 1/5 | Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Movie Review | Money Hai Toh Honey Hai 2008 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  6. ^ "New Releases – Sadda Adda". The Tribune. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. ^ Mauli Singh and Shakti Shetty (15 February 2012). "Writer block-ed?". Mid-Day. Mumbai. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. ^ Soumyadipta Banerjee (27 October 2011). "Is Imtiaz Ali the real story-teller of Rockstar?". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Now a film on Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt". Hindustan Times. 14 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Docu-drama on Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan's real life". Indian Express. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.