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Meghna Gulzar

メグナー・グルザール　/　めぐなー・ぐるざーる

Film director from India

December 13, 1973 (age 52)　・　Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Bombay State
film director
screenwriter

My Take

Meghna Gulzar fascinates me because she inherited extraordinary lineage, daughter of the legendary poet-filmmaker Gulzar and actress Raakhee, yet refused to coast on it. With Talvar, Raazi, and Chhapaak, she has built a body of work that confronts social injustice and women's pain head-on, standing apart from Bollywood's usual gloss. I admire that she earned her craft the hard way, assisting her father and writing before directing on her own terms. In an industry where female directors still fight for space, her steady, substantive voice strikes me as genuinely important and worth championing.

Overview

Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer. She is best known for directing critically acclaimed films; Talvar (2015) and Raazi (2018). Born to Gulzar and actress Raakhee, Gulzar joined her father as an assistant to his films and became a screenwriter for her father's 1999 directorial Hu Tu Tu. Meghna later became an independent director and directed her first film, the drama Filhaal...

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1. Profile

Name (English): Meghna Gulzar
Name (Japanese): メグナー・グルザール
Reading: めぐなー・ぐるざーる
Born: December 13, 1973 (age 52)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Ox
Origin: Mumbai, Bombay State, India
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Talvar	—
Notable work	Raazi	—
Notable work	Chhapaak	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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