Meghna Gulzar is a renowned Indian film director and writer. She is the daughter of famous lyricist and poet Gulzar. After graduating with a degree in sociology, Meghna worked as an assistant director and freelance writer. She studied filmmaking at New York University. Meghna directed her first two films, Filhaal in 2002 and Just Married in 2007. Her latest film, Talvar, based on the 2008 Noida double murder case, opened to critical acclaim. Starring Irrfan Khan, Konkana Sen Sharma and Neeraj Kabi, Talvar revealed new facts about the murder case. Meghna's direction of Talvar received exceptional response and increased screen

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TalvarMeghna Gulzar
Introduced as the daughter
of famous lyricist and poet
Gulzar, Meghna Gulzar has
chosen her own path in films.
She has tried her hands in
direction and she has even
written a book ‘Because He Is’
on her father Gulzar.
Meghna started her writing
journey as a freelance
writer for The Times of India
and the NFDC publication
Cinema in India. Her poems
have been published in
anthologies of the Poetry
Society of India. After
completing her graduation in
Sociology, Meghna worked
with noted filmmaker Saeed
Akhtar Mirza as an assistant
director. In 1995, she went
on to do a short course in
filmmaking from the Tisch
School of Arts, New York
University, New York.
Upon her return, she joined
her father writer - director
Gulzar, as an assistant on
his notable films Maachis
and Hu Tu Tu. Meghna
simultaneously began
scripting her own film along
with directing documentaries
for Doordarshan and music
videos for several music
albums.
She directed her first film
Filhaal in 2002, starring
Former Miss Universe
Sushmita Sen and Tabu.
Her second movie was
Just Married in 2007. She
also directed a short film
"Pooranmasi" for Sanjay
Gupta's Dus Kahaniyaan
starring Amrita Singh. She
has taken huge break from
direction and after a gap of
8 years she has come up
with her latest movie Talvar,
written by Vishal Bharadwaj
and based on the 2008 Noida
double murder case. The
movie has been titled as
Talvar and the movie opened
to critical acclaim all over.
Irrfan Khan, Konkana Sen
Sharma and Neeraj Kabi
played the lead roles in this
intense thriller. The movie
revealed many interesting
facts about the murder case
of Arushi Talvar which has
been left unfolded after many
twists and turns. The way
Meghna narrated the movie
has received exceptional
response from the audience
and the makers have
increased the screen count
because of the demand for
tickets in all the multiplexes
across the metropolitan
cities. The movie has been
made on a limited budget and
Talvar has been produced
by VB Pictures and Junglee
Entertainments. After a
stupendous hit like Talvar,
Meghna is working on her
next project and the details of
the movie will be out soon.
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