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Muazzam Beg | |
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| Born | 18 April 1978 Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Education | Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Occupations | Film director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Muazzam Beg (born 18 April 1978)[failed verification] is an Indian Bollywood film writer and director.
Beg was born in Shahjahanpur of Uttar Pradesh state of India. He attended St. Paul's High School, Shahjahanpur, U.P., and has been actively involved in theatre and writing since his school days. His initial brush with theatre was during his school days when he started acting in stage plays. Bitten by the creativity bug, he joined a theatre group in Shahjahanpur and started acting in stage plays while he was a student. From acting, he progressed toward writing and directing plays which also marked his initial foray into the creative world.
In 1996, Beg co-founded a theatre group ABHIVYAKTI Natya Manch in his home town with fellow theatre friends. The group staged their first play Aakhiri Salaam based on the life of Freedom Fighter Ashfaqulla Khan. Buoyed by its success, they followed it up with Antrim Yudh based on the life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh as well as Gandhi ne Kaha Tha based on Gandhian philosophy. These plays were written and directed by famous play writer Rajesh Kumar.
In 1997, he moved to Delhi to pursue his graduation in Economics (Honours) from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi. He then studied at the Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia.
He started his career as an in-house writer in under director Subhash Ghai's production house Mukta Arts. Apart from working closely with Ghai, Beg worked under the guidance of veteran screenwriters like Shabd Kumar and Sachin Bhowmick.
His first independent work was as dialogue writer of the 2007 film Swami, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Juhi Chawla in lead roles. The screenplay was co-written with Bhavani Ayyer, writer of Black (2005).
His debut as a solo writer came in the 2008 film, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai.
Along with director Imtiaz Ali, Beg co-wrote the 2011 film Rockstar which earned him wide critical reception and Zee Cine Award 2011.
In 2012, Beg came up with his directorial debut film Sadda Adda, a teen-comedy of six bachelors.
In 2013 he announced his new project titled Munna Bhai, Sallu Bhai – Killers or Healers which would be a docu-drama of the lives of actors Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan. The film will be produced by Beg under his NGO banner "Indian Film Fraternity".
Alongside the film, the director is organising a unique festival during this winter. Bollywoodland , a romantic saga of love, will be a grand celebration dedicated to passionate bollywood fans. This festival aims to bring together fans from across India to celebrate their shared love for Bollywood. The inaugural ceremony is expected to attract around 25,000 fans from across the country.
The live action from this festival will be captured by multiple cameras placed at locations across the site, very similar to a television reality show. An edited ten-minute footage of the festival thus captured will be included in Muazzam Beg's venture, Munna Bhai Sallu Bhai Archived 13 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine thus giving a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for 25,000 fans to live their Bollywood dreams. The festival will provide an experience to the visitors with its décor, ambience, acts, and performances. The Bollywoodland will provide opportunities for talented youngsters to get a foothold in the industry by conducting contests and shows. The festival would provide the platform for talented aspirants across the nation to perform and showcase their skills to a large audience and to people from the film industry.
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