Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.[1][2][3][4]
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Born | (1944-10-21) 21 October 1944 (age 78) Lucknow, United Provinces, British India |
Title | Padma Shri (2005) |
Spouse(s) | Geeti Sen (divorced) Subhashini Ali (estranged) Meera Ali |
Children | Murad Ali (with Geeti) Shaad Ali (with Subhashini) Sama Ali (with Meera) |
Ali was born in Lucknow in 1944.[5] The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, the ruling prince of the principality of Kotwara in Awadh, Muzaffar Ali attended La Martiniere, Lucknow,[6] and graduated in science from Aligarh Muslim University.[5] Ali worked in advertising before turning to film.[5] His first films were Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981), and he also made and starred in the TV series Jaan-e-Alam.[5] He later became a fashion designer, creating a fashion label with his wife, Meera, in 1990.[5][7]
Muzaffar Ali is presently married to Meera Ali, a fashion designer, with whom he has a daughter Sama, who is also a fashion designer.[7] He had two previous marriages, the first of which was to the art historian Geeti Sen, with whom he has a son Murad Ali, a film actor.[7][6] His second marriage was to the communist politician Subhashini Ali, with whom he has a son Shaad Ali, a film director.[7][6]
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