Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Born (1943-06-30) 30 June 1943 (age 81)
Bombay, Bombay Province, British India
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
AwardsNational Film Award for Best Direction: Naseem (1995)

Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 30 June 1943) is an Indian screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of notable parallel films such as Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996.[1][2] Saeed Mirza Was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA – International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2020.

He is director of the popular TV serials Nukkad (Street Corner) (1986) and Intezaar (Wait) (1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activism. He is also a trustee of ANHAD, a Delhi-based NGO working for communal harmony.[3]

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  2. ^ Muslim Ethos In Indian Cinema Archived 14 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Iqbal Masud, Screen, 4 March 2005.
  3. ^ "The Origin , Structure, Constitution of Governing Board of Anhad". ANHAD. 25 September 2007.