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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian writer, director and producer (born 1973)}}<br />
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{{Indian name|Meghna|Gulzar}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Meghna Gulzar<br />
| image = Gulzar with daughter Meghna Gulzar (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Meghna in 2018<br />
| birthname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|12|13}}<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-12-14/news/27520520_1_meghna-gulzar-birthday-party-book | title=Meghna Gulzar: Papa's girl | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=14 December 2003 | access-date=5 February 2013 | author=Raghavendra, Nandini | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426015934/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-12-14/news/27520520_1_meghna-gulzar-birthday-party-book | archive-date=26 April 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]] (now in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]), India<br />
| yearsactive = 2001–present<br />
| spouse = [[Govind Sandhu]]<br />
| parents = [[Gulzar]] (father) <br />[[Raakhee]] (mother)<br />
| children = Samay<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/ht-cafe/20160913/281685434302825 |title={title} |access-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141224/https://www.pressreader.com/india/ht-cafe/20160913/281685434302825 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
| occupation = Writer, film director, producer<br />
}}<br />
'''Meghna Gulzar''' is an Indian writer, [[film director|director]] and [[film producer|producer]]. The daughter of lyricist & poet [[Gulzar]] and former actress [[Rakhee Gulzar|Raakhee]], she was born on 13 December 1973 in [[Maharashtra]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Life beyond ''Filhaal'' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/life-beyond-filhaal/articleshow/1963770.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=6 September 2006 |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028183812/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/life-beyond-filhaal/articleshow/1963770.cms |archive-date=28 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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After debuting as a screenwriter with her father's 1999 directorial ''[[Hu Tu Tu]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Creative child of celebrities |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/01/02/stories/2004010201370100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923150321/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/01/02/stories/2004010201370100.htm |archive-date=23 September 2009 |date=2004-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 (film)|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 [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Indian films]]. She won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] award at [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare]] for her work in the same. This established her as a director, and Meghna next helmed the biographical drama ''[[Chhapaak]]'' (2020).<br />
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== Career ==<br />
[[File:Meghna gulzar.jpg|thumb|left|Meghna in January 2010]]<br />
Meghna began her writing career as a freelance writer for ''[[The Times of India]]'' and the NFDC publication ''Cinema in India''. Her poetry was published in anthologies of the [[The Poetry Society (India)|Poetry Society of India]]. After completing her graduation in [[Sociology]], she worked with noted filmmaker [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]] as an [[assistant director]]. In 1995, she completed a short course in filmmaking from the [[Tisch School of Arts]], [[New York University]], New York. Upon her return, she joined her father, writer-director [[Gulzar]], as an assistant on his films ''[[Maachis]]'' and ''[[Hu Tu Tu]]''. Meghna simultaneously began scripting her own film along with directing documentaries for [[Doordarshan]] and music videos for several music albums.<br />
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Meghna directed her first film, ''[[Filhaal]]'', in 2002,<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |page=244 |year=2003 |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|Encyclopædia Britannica (India)]] |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 }}</ref> starring former Miss Universe-turned-actress [[Sushmita Sen]] and [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]. Her second directorial movie was ''[[Just Married (2007 film)|Just Married]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Just Married |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=83129 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=16 March 2007 |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011200409/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=83129 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also directed a short film ''Pooranmasi'' for [[Sanjay Gupta]]'s anthology ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]'', starring [[Amrita Singh]]. In 2015, Meghna directed ''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/meghna-gulzar-i-will-celebrate-talvar-s-success-now/articleshow/61080418.cms|title=Meghna Gulzar: I will celebrate Talvar's success NOW|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015110156/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/meghna-gulzar-i-will-celebrate-talvar-s-success-now/articleshow/61080418.cms|archive-date=15 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> written by [[Vishal Bharadwaj]] and based on the [[2008 Noida double murder case]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/variety/aarushi-talwar-talvar-film-meghna-gulzar-vishal-bharadwaj-nupur-rajesh-allahabad-hc/story/1/20058.html|title=Aarushi murder: How Meghna Gulzar's Talvar presented a bang-on prediction of what was to come|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233850/http://www.dailyo.in/variety/aarushi-talwar-talvar-film-meghna-gulzar-vishal-bharadwaj-nupur-rajesh-allahabad-hc/story/1/20058.html|archive-date=14 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, she directed the thriller ''[[Raazi]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/230617/alia-bhatt-a-spy-vicky-kaushal-a-pak-army-man-in-meghna-gulzars-raazi.html|title = Alia Bhatt a spy, Vicky Kaushal a Pak army man in Meghna Gulzar's Raazi|date = 23 June 2017|work = Deccan Chronicle|access-date = 24 June 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170623144340/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/230617/alia-bhatt-a-spy-vicky-kaushal-a-pak-army-man-in-meghna-gulzars-raazi.html|archive-date = 23 June 2017|url-status = live }}</ref> Produced by Junglee Pictures and [[Dharma Productions]], it starred [[Alia Bhatt]] and [[Vicky Kaushal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/alia-bhatt-kicks-off-meghna-gulzars-upcoming-espionage-thriller-raazi-in-july/articleshow/59276486.cms|title = ALIA BHATT KICKS OFF MEGHNA GULZAR'S UPCOMING ESPIONAGE THRILLER, RAAZI, IN JULY|date = 23 June 2017|work = MumbaiMirror|access-date = 24 June 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170625203429/http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/alia-bhatt-kicks-off-meghna-gulzars-upcoming-espionage-thriller-raazi-in-july/articleshow/59276486.cms|archive-date = 25 June 2017|url-status = live }}</ref><br />
The film is based on Harinder Sikka’s novel ''Calling Sehmat''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/230617/alia-bhatt-a-spy-vicky-kaushal-a-pak-army-man-in-meghna-gulzars-raazi.html|title = Alia Bhatt a spy, Vicky Kaushal a Pak army man in Meghna Gulzar's Raazi|date = 23 June 2017|work = DeccanChronicle|access-date = 24 June 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170623144340/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/230617/alia-bhatt-a-spy-vicky-kaushal-a-pak-army-man-in-meghna-gulzars-raazi.html|archive-date = 23 June 2017|url-status = live }}</ref> With worldwide earnings of {{INRConvert|193|c}}, it proved one of the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Bollywood films]]. Both ''Talvar'' and ''Raazi'' received [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]] nominations and Meghna garnered two nominations in the [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] category for her work. ''Raazi'' managed to win Best Film and Meghna won the Best Director award for it as well.<br />
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For her next directorial concept, Meghna choose to make a biopic on the life of acid attack survivor [[Laxmi Agarwal]], which she named ''[[Chhapaak]]'', that is about Malti, an acid attack survivor inspired by Agarwal. The film featured [[Deepika Padukone]] as Malti and was critically acclaimed upon its release on 10 January 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak begins, director Meghna Gulzar shares first pic |url=https://hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-s-chhapaak-begins-director-meghna-gulzar-shares-first-pic/story-GvhYsFHZP9BwNbwARd5iXK.html |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=14 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> She will next helm the life of military officer [[Sam Manekshaw]] in a biographical film that will star Kaushal as Manekshaw and is produced by [[Ronnie Screwvala]]. This film will go on floors in middle of 2020 and release in the first quarter of 2021.<br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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!Year !! Film !! Director !! Story !! Screenplay !! Notes<br />
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|1999 ||''[[Hu Tu Tu]]'' || || || {{Yes}} ||<br />
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|2002 ||''[[Filhaal...]]'' ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ||<br />
|-<br />
|2007 ||''[[Just Married (2007 film)|Just Married]]'' ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||<br />
|-<br />
|2007 ||''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]'' ||{{Yes}} || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|2015 ||''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' ||{{Yes}} || || || Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]<br />
|-<br />
|2018 ||''[[Raazi]]'' ||{{Yes}} || ||{{Yes}} || Filmfare Award for Best Director<br>Nominated—[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film]]<br>Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay]]<br />
|-<br />
|2020 ||''[[Chhapaak]]'' ||{{Yes}}|| || {{Yes}}||<br />
|- <br />
|2021 ||''[[Sam Bahadur]]'' ||{{Yes}}|| || {{Yes}}||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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