Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Saeed Mirza

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Jun 26, 2012, 6:42:22 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Saeed Mirza

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+'''Saeed Akhtar Mirza (b. 1943)'''
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+Hindi-Urdu director born in Bombay. Son of
+noted scenarist Akhtar Mirza. Worked in
+advertising before joining the FTII (1973-6).
+Co-founder of Yukt Film Co-op with K.
+Hariharan, Mani Kaul, Kamal Swaroop et al.,
+where he made Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb
+Dastaan. Early films attempt a free-flowing
+narrative style claiming partial influence of
+Brazilian Cinema Novo, using vérité shots
+usually of Bombay’s working class. Started
+Iskra in collaboration with Kundan Shah,
+producing major TV series with each episode
+directed in turn by Mirza, Shah and colleagues
+like Raman Kumar and brother Aziz Mirza.
+Directed 17 of Nukkad’s 39 episodes, a drama
+series set on a Bombay street corner. Made 11
+of Intezaar’s 26 episodes, a drama series about
+life in Kamalpura, a very small town. The
+group faced censorship trouble when Kundan
+Shah’s serial Police Station was denied telecast
+permission by Doordarshan. Stated that his
+TV work was aimed at 14-year-olds ‘because
+the medium is geared to that age level.’
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1976: Corpses (Doc); An
+Actor Prepares (Doc); 1977: The Problem of
+Urban Housing (Doc); 1978: Slum Eviction
+(Doc); Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan;
+1980: Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata
+Hai; 1982: Piparsod (Sh); 1983: Mohan Joshi
+Haazir Ho; 1984: Rickshaw Pullers of
+Jabalpur (Doc); 1986: Nukkad (TV); 1987: Is
+Anybody Listening (Doc); 1988: We Shall
+Overcome (Doc); Intezaar (TV)Di; 1989: Salim
+Langde Pe Mat Ro; 1992: Ajanta and Ellora
+(Doc); 1995: Naseem.
+
+[[Director]]