Wajahat Mirza
| Wajahat Mirza Changezi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mirza Wajahat Husain Changezi 20 April 1908 Sitapur, India |
| Died |
4 August 1990 (aged 82) Karachi, Pakistan, India |
| Residence | Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Dialogue writer, Screenwriter, Story writer, Film director |
| Years active | 1933 – 1980 |
| Awards |
Filmfare 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 1990.
Filmography
As Director
- 1942 - Swaminath
- 1942 - Jawani
- 1944 - Shahenshah Babar
- 1945 - Prabhu Ka Ghar
- 1950 - Nishana
As Writer
- 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)
References
- ↑ "Best Dialogue Writer Award (1958-1999)". Official Listings, Indiatimes. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ↑ Chatterjee 2002, p. 12.
- ↑ Mahaan, Deepak (June 24, 2010). "Leader (1964)". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- Chatterjee, Gayatri (2002). Mother India. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0-85170-917-8.