Mushtaq Jalili

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Mushtaq Jalili (27 October 1927—14 October 2004) was an Indian screenwriter.^[1]

He was born in Hyderabad, the son of Urdu poet Fasahat Jung Jaleel (Jaleel Manikpuri).^{[citation needed]} He first worked with A.R. Kardar as an assistant story writer, then in 1955 as an assistant writer in the story department under P.N. Arora.^{[citation needed]} Following that he worked as an assistant writer with Pandit Mukhram Sharma.^{[citation needed]}

In 1963 he wrote the films Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya and Begaana.^{[citation needed]} He wrote dialogue for K.C. Gulati's Mohabbat Zindagi Hai (1966), screenplay and dialogue for Dillagi (1966), screenplay for Ek Phool Do Mali (1969), and story and screenplay for Pyaar Ka Rishta (1973).^{[citation needed]}

Jalili also wrote the script for Dharkan (1972), Do Musafir (1978), and Mr. Phandebaaz (1995), and the dialogue for Bonny (1990), and Safari (1999).^[1]

Jalili died in the Juhu neighborhood of Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}