Meghna Gulzar is best known for directing of Bollywood film Raazi in 2018.
11 Facts About Meghna Gulzar
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Meghna Gulzar won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for her work in the same.
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The daughter of lyricist and poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee, Meghna Gulzar was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra, Mumbai.
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Meghna Gulzar was named Meghna by her mother, after the river Meghna in present day Bangladesh.
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Meghna Gulzar began her writing career as a freelance writer for The Times of India and the NFDC publication Cinema in India.
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Meghna Gulzar's poetry was published in anthologies of the Poetry Society of India.
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Meghna Gulzar simultaneously began scripting her own film along with directing documentaries for Doordarshan and music videos for several music albums.
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Meghna Gulzar directed her first film, Filhaal, in 2002, starring former Miss Universe-turned-actress Sushmita Sen and Tabu.
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Meghna Gulzar directed a short film Pooranmasi for Sanjay Gupta's anthology Dus Kahaniyaan, starring Amrita Singh.
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In 2015, Meghna Gulzar directed Talvar, written by Vishal Bharadwaj and based on the 2008 Noida double murder case.
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Raazi managed to win Best Film and Meghna Gulzar won the Best Director award for it as well.