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ImtiazĀ Ali, is a well-known multi talented Indian Film Director, Actor, Producer and Writer who was born on 16th June, 1971. He was born and brought up in Jamshedpur. He finished his primary education from ā€˜St. Michaels High Schoolā€™, Patna and secondary and higher education from ā€˜D.B.M.S English Schoolā€™, Jamshedpur.

Later he got into ā€˜Hindu College, University of Delhiā€™ and was the member of the theater group of the college. He has also done a diploma course from the ā€˜Xavier Institute of Communicationā€™, Mumbai. Imtiaz Ali started his career as a writer and director of T.V shows like ā€˜Imtehaanā€™which aired on Star Plus and ā€˜ Naina Naina is an iconic Hindi serial that aired on the >> Read More... ā€™ and ā€˜ Kurukshetra Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€™ for Zee TV.

In 2004, he acted in the film ā€˜Black Fridayā€™ and played the role of ā€˜Yakub Memonā€™. After that, he got into the direction of Bollywood films. Imtiaz made his directorial debut in 2005, with his film ā€œ Socha Na Tha Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€ which had actors like Abhay Deol Abhay Deol is an actor and director of the TV indu >> Read More... and Ayesha Takia Ayesha is a Bollywood film actress, born on 10th A >> Read More... as the leads. Though the film didnā€™t do well at the box office, it was appreciated by critics and Imtiaz was called a ā€˜Future Star Directorā€™.

His next directorial venture was the super hit movie ā€œJab we metā€ starring Kareena Kapoor Khan Kareena Kapoor is a super hit actress working in I >> Read More... and Shahid Kapoor Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid K >> Read More... . The movie was a huge success both commercially and critically and has gained a cult status among Bollywood fans. Next, he directed ā€œ Love Aaj Kal Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€ in 2009 starring Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan is a film celebrity born to actressĀ  >> Read More... and Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. S >> Read More... . This movie was also a huge hit and his work was again appreciated.

Then in 2011, he directed ā€œ Rockstar Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€ starring actor ā€˜ Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor is a noted Indian film actor. He was >> Read More... ā€™. This movie is one of the biggest hits in both Imtiazā€™s and Ranbirā€™s career. The movie grossed more than 100 crores at the box office. The music of the film was also phenomenal and was composed by the two-time ā€˜ Oscar Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€™ winning Musician A.R. Rehman.

After the success of his films, he started a production house named ā€˜Window Seat Filmsā€™. He directed and produced the film ā€œ Highway Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€ having Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, >> Read More... and Randeep Hooda The strong macho image of Randeep Hooda graces the >> Read More... as the leads, this movie was once again the biggest hit of 2014 and is known for brilliant acting display by Alia Bhatt. This happens to be the first movie of Imtiaz Ali as a producer.

Recently, he directed a film ā€œ Tamasha Click to look into! >> Read More... ā€ which has stars like Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone which got released in 2015. Imtiaz is not only directing but also producing the film.

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Imtiaz Ali was an actor turned director and is also well known as a writer for various films such as Cocktail and Tamasha. He started out as a director for television shows and went on to become a director for movies. Imtiaz Ali was born on 16 June 1971 in Darbhanga, Bihar and grew up in Patna.

His father, Mansoor Ali did irrigation jobs and would sometimes take Imtiaz to give an outline of what was going on around India. He studied in St. Michaelā€™s High School in Patna and was later shifted to D.B.M.S English School, Jamshedpur.

He stated that his father encouraged him throughout his life especially during his earlier years when he failed in school. He grew up near theatres, which was the main reason for his diversion from studies.

After that incident of his failure, he worked hard and excelled in studies, sports and finally started out in the theatre. Later on, he attended Hindu College, an affiliated college of the University of Delhi. He continued to be a part of the theatre and was very successful at it during college.

After that, he finished his diploma from the Xavier Institute of Communication in Mumbai. He got married to Preety Ali Preety Ali is a producer in the Indian Film indust >> Read More... and had a daughter named Ida Ali Ida Ali is an Indian film director, writer, produc >> Read More... . The couple got divorced in 2012. Imtiaz started out as a director for television series such as Kurukshetra and Imtehaan and later on, moved to Bollywood films.

The first film he directed was Socha Na Tha in 2005, which was a light romantic movie and was not so success at the Box-Office but he got credits as a director for his debut. However, his first box office hit was with Jab We Met Click to look into! >> Read More... starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor which was a romantic-comedy drama. The movie got a Filmfare award for Best Dialogue and a nomination for Filmfare Award Best Director.

Eventually, he came out to direct Love Aaj Kal and Rockstar, both the movies were nominated for Filmfare Award For Best Director and Best Story. Imtiaz started out his film production company, ā€œWindow Seat Filmsā€ which produced its first film Highway, a fairly good box office hit, which featured Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda.

His latest film Tamasha, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone was the second film produced by his production company. Tamasha, however didnā€™t reach up to the expectations of the audience..

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