Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Directing·June 30, 1943 — 83 years old·Mumbai, India
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.
Saeed Mirza Was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA – International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2020.
He is director of the 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
Known For
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—MurdeDirector2016Saeed Mirza: The Leftist SufiSelf2012Celluloid ManSelf2009Ek Tho ChanceDirector · Story2002Jeena Isi Ka Naam HaiTVHimself2000Choo Lenge AkashWriter1995NaseemDirector · Screenplay1989Salim Langde Pe Mat RoDirector · Writer1986NukkadTVDirector1984Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!Screenplay · Director · Story1981Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata HaiDirector · Producer · Story · Writer1978Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb DastaanDirector · Writer1976Ghashiram KotwalDirector