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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Wajahat Mirza<br />
| image = Wajahat Mirza.jpg<br />
| caption = <!-- other than just the name --><br />
| birth_date = {{Birth-date|20 April 1908}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sitapur]], [[India]] <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|8|4|1908|4|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
| occupation = Dialogue writer, [[Screenwriter]], Story writer, [[Film director]]<br />
| yearsactive = 1933 – 1980<br />
| awards = [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award]] (1961)<br/>[[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award]] (1962)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Wajahat Hussain Mirza Changezi''' ({{lang-hi|वजाहत मिर्ज़ा}}) (20 April 1908 – 4 August 1990) was an Indian [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]] who penned the dialogues of some of the most successful films in India during the 1950s and 1960s, best known for '' [[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' (1960) and the Academy Award-nominee, ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957).{{Citation needed|date= March 2018}}<br />
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Mirza won [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award]] twice, in 1961 for ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'', and in 1962 for ''[[Ganga Jamuna]]''.<ref name=times>{{cite web |title=Best Dialogue Writer Award (1958-1999) |url=http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_dialogue.htm |publisher=Official Listings, [[Indiatimes]] |access-date=7 May 2013}}</ref> He also won the [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]] for Ganga Jamuna.{{Citation needed|date= March 2018}}<br />
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He was born in [[Sitapur]], a small town 89 kilometers from [[Lucknow]].{{Citation needed|date= March 2018}} While studying at Government Jubilee Inter College, Lucknow Mirza became acquainted with [[cinematographer]] Krishan Gopal of [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], and worked as his assistant. He later co-produced with singer [[Midgan Kumar]] a movie called ''Anookhi Moohabat'' ("Crazy Lover") in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. Mirza became a dialogue and screenplay writer and was also one of the first Indians to be nominated for an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for the movie ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957), based upon a story by [[Babubhai Mehta]].{{sfn|Chatterjee|2002|p=12}}<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===As Director===<br />
* 1942 - ''[[Swaminath]]''<br />
* 1942 - ''[[Jawani]]''<br />
* 1944 - ''[[Shahenshah Babar]]''<br />
* 1945 - ''Prabhu Ka Ghar'' <br />
* 1950 - ''[[Nishana (1950 film)|Nishana]]''<br />
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===As Writer===<br />
* 1933 - '' [[Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933 film)|Yahudi Ki Ladki]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1934 - Anokhi Mohabbat (Dialogue & Screenplay)<br />
* 1938 - '' [[Hum Tum Aur Woh (1938 film)|Hum Tum Aur Woh]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer, Lyrics)<br />
* 1938 - ''[[Teen Sau Din Ke Baad]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1938 - ''[[Watan (1938 film)|Watan]]'' (Dialogue & Screenplay)<br />
* 1939 - [[Ek Hi Raasta (1939 film)|Ek Hi Raasta]] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1940 - ''[[Aurat (1940 film)|Aurat]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1941 - ''[[Bahen (1941 film)|Bahen]]'' (Dialogue & Screenplay)<br />
* 1942 - [[Roti (1942 film)|Roti]] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1944 - ''[[Lal Haveli (film)|Lal Haveli]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1944 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241941/ Shahenshah Babar] (As a Director)<br />
* 1945 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241842/ Prabhu Ka Ghar] (As a Director)<br />
* 1945 - ''[[Zeenat (1945 film)|Zeenat]]'' (Dialogue & Story)<br />
* 1948 - [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1949 - ''Chilman'' (Dialogue & Screenplay)<br />
* 1953 - ''[[Shikast (1953 film)|Shikast]]'' (Dialogue & Story)<br />
* 1956 - Aawaz (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1957 - ''[[Mother India]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1958 - ''[[Yahudi]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1960 - ''[[Kohinoor (1960 film)|Kohinoor]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1960 - ''[[Mughal-E-Azam]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1961 - ''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' (Ganga Jamna) (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1964 - ''[[Leader (1964 film)|Leader]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<ref name=hindu>{{cite web |title=Leader (1964) |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/leader-1964/article484086.ece |date=24 June 2010 |access-date=2014-08-22 |first=Deepak |last=Mahaan}}</ref><br />
* 1967 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232260/ Palki] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1969 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147973/ Chanda Aur Bijli] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1969 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378751/ Shatranj] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1970 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155309/ Umang] (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1972 - ''[[Yeh Gulistan Hamara]]'' (Dialogue & Screenplay)<br />
* 1973 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070166/ Heera] (Dialogue & Screenplay)<br />
* 1974 - Dukh Sukh (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1978 - ''[[Daaku Aur Jawan]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1978 - ''[[Ganga Ki Saugandh]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
* 1986 - ''[[Love And God]]'' (As a Dialogue Writer)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
* {{cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Gayatri |title=Mother India |year=2002 |publisher=British Film Institute |isbn=978-0-85170-917-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/motherindiamadar00chat}}<br />
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