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Meghna Gulzar
Born December 13, 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
8 films
Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer. The daughter of lyricist & poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee, she was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra, Mumbai. She is best known for directing of Bollywood film Raazi in 2018.
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After debuting as a screenwriter with her father's 1999 directorial Hu Tu Tu, Meghna directed her first film, the drama Filhaal... (2002), though did not achieve success in direction that decade. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she directed the critically acclaimed Talvar (2015), which earned her Best Director nominations despite underperforming at the box office. Her first directorial profitable venture came in 2018, when she directed the patriotic thriller Raazi, that emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for her work in the same. This established her as a director, and she next helmed the biographical drama Chhapaak (2020).
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First watchTalvar20157.5Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage…View filmEssential films
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8 films as director- 2026DaayraDirector
- 2023Sam BahadurDirector
- 2020ChhapaakDirector
- 2018RaaziDirector
- 2015TalvarDirector
- 2007Dus KahaniyaanDirector
- 2007Just MarriedDirector
- 2002Filhaal...Director