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Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Title | Padma Shri (2005) |
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Children | 3 |
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Raja Muzaffar was born in Lucknow of the erstwhile United Provinces, British India, in 1944. [5] The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, then-ruling prince of the principality of Kotwara in Awadh, Muzaffar attended La Martiniere, Lucknow, [6] and graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University. [5] He worked in advertising before turning to film making. [5] His early directorial films are Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981). He also directed and starred in the TV series Jaan-e-Alam. [5]
Muzaffar Ali is currently married to Meera Ali, an architect and fashion designer, with whom he has a daughter Sama, who is also a fashion designer. [7] He later became a fashion designer, creating a fashion label with Meera in 1990. [5] [7]
He was earlier married to the art historian Geeti Sen, with whom he has a son Murad Ali, a film actor. [7] [6] He is estranged from his second wife, communist politician Subhashini Ali, with whom he has a son Shaad Ali, also a film director. [7] [6]
Muzaffar Ali | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Title | Padma Shri (2005) |
Spouses |
|
Children | 3 |
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Raja Muzaffar was born in Lucknow of the erstwhile United Provinces, British India, in 1944. [5] The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, then-ruling prince of the principality of Kotwara in Awadh, Muzaffar attended La Martiniere, Lucknow, [6] and graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University. [5] He worked in advertising before turning to film making. [5] His early directorial films are Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981). He also directed and starred in the TV series Jaan-e-Alam. [5]
Muzaffar Ali is currently married to Meera Ali, an architect and fashion designer, with whom he has a daughter Sama, who is also a fashion designer. [7] He later became a fashion designer, creating a fashion label with Meera in 1990. [5] [7]
He was earlier married to the art historian Geeti Sen, with whom he has a son Murad Ali, a film actor. [7] [6] He is estranged from his second wife, communist politician Subhashini Ali, with whom he has a son Shaad Ali, also a film director. [7] [6]