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20 APR 1908-4 AUG 1990 WAJAHAT MIRZA

Wajahat Mirza

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Wajahat Mirza Changezi
BornMirza Wajahat Husain Changezi
20 April 1908
Sitapur, India
Died4 August 1990 (aged 82)
Karachi, Pakistan
ResidenceBandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra,India
OccupationDialogue writer, Screenwriter, Story writer, Film director
Years active1933 – 1980
AwardsFilmfare Best Dialogue Award(1961)
Filmfare Best Dialogue Award(1962)
Wajahat Mirza (Urdu: وجاہت مرزا‎, Hindi: वजाहत मिर्ज़ा) (20 April 1908 - 4 August 1990), also known as Vajahat Mirza and Wajahat Mirza Changezi, 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).
Mirza won Filmfare Best Dialogue Award twice, in 1961 for Mughal-e-Azam, and in 1962 for Ganga Jamuna.[1] He also won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Ganga Jamuna.
He was born in Sitapur, a small town 89 kilometers from Lucknow. While studying at Government Jubilee Inter College, Lucknow Mirza became acquainted with cinematographer Krishan Gopal of Calcutta, and worked as his assistant. He later co-produced with singer Midgan Kumar a movie called Anookhi Moohabat ("Crazy Lover") in Bombay. Mirza became a dialogue and screenplay writer and was also one of the first Indians to be nominated for an Oscar for the movie Mother India (1957), based upon a story by Babubhai Mehta.[2]
In a career spanning well over 50 years, Wajahat Mirza wrote the Dialogue for 31 Movies in which he also contributed as screenplay writer for 6 and wrote stories for 2. Early in his career, he also directed 5 movies.
He died in Karachi in 19

Filmography[edit]

As Director[edit]

As Writer[edit]

  • 1933 - Yahudi Ki Ladki (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1934 - Anokhi Mohabbat (Dialogue & Screenplay)
  • 1938 - Hum Tum Aur Woh (As a Dialogue Writer, Lyrics)
  • 1938 - Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1938 - Watan (Dialogue & Screenplay)
  • 1939 - Ek Hi Raasta (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1940 - Aurat (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1941 - Bahen (Dialogue & Screenplay)
  • 1942 - Roti (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1944 - Lal Haveli (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1944 - Shahenshah Babar (As a Director)
  • 1945 - Prabhu Ka Ghar (As a Director)
  • 1945 - Zeenat (Dialogue & Story)
  • 1948 - Shaheed (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1949 - Chilman (Dialogue & Screenplay)
  • 1953 - Shikast (Dialogue & Story)
  • 1956 - Aawaz (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1957 - Mother India (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1958 - Yahudi (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1960 - Kohinoor (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1960 - Mughal-E-Azam (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1961 - Gunga Jumna (Ganga Jamna) (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1964 - Leader (As a Dialogue Writer)[3]
  • 1967 - Palki (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1969 - Chanda Aur Bijli (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1969 - Shatranj (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1970 - Umang (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1972 - Yeh Gulistan Hamara (Dialogue & Screenplay)
  • 1973 - Heera (Dialogue & Screenplay)
  • 1974 - Dukh Sukh (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1978 - Daaku Aur Jawan (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1978 - Ganga Ki Saugandh (As a Dialogue Writer)
  • 1986 - Love And God (As a Dialogue Writer)
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Wajahat Mirza
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Wajahat Mirza, also known as Vajahat Mirza and Wajahat Mirza Changezi, was an Indian screenwriter and film director who penned the dialogues of some of the most successful films in India during the ...Wikipedia
Born: 20 April 1908, Sitapur
Died: 4 August 1990, Karachi, Pakistan
Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
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Mughal‑E‑Azam
1960
Mother India
1957
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1961
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1978
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1958
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