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Meghna Gulzar used to work as a freelancer in the newspaper

Latest news: Meghna Gulzar is celebrating her 51st birthday. On this special occasion of her birthday, let us know some unheard stories related to Meghna's life.

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Meghna Gulzar is counted among the most talented female directors of Bollywood. Meghna is the daughter of famous lyricist-director Gulzar and actress Rakhi. Today Meghna Gulzar is celebrating her 51st birthday. On this special occasion of her birthday, let us know some unheard stories related to Meghna's life.

Meghna Gulzar studied in Mumbai

Let us tell you that film director Meghna Gulzar was born in Mumbai. After her birth, Gulzar sahab and his wife Rakhee got separated. Meghna did not leave her father and completed her studies while living in Mumbai. After completing her graduation degree, she thought of making a career in the film industry like her father.

Meghna Gulzar's career started as a freelancing writer

Very few people know that Meghna Gulzar started her career with an English newspaper. Meghna worked there as a freelancing writer and from here her interest in Bollywood started growing. After freelancing writer, she directly turned towards the film industry. After which she initially assisted the famous director of Hindi cinema Saeed Mirza. After assisting, Meghna went to New York and after doing a short course in filmmaking from there, Meghna returned to India and then assisted her father in his films Maachis and Hututu. After this, she also made many documentaries and music albums.

Meghna Gulzar's first film was a flop

Meghna Gulzar made her directorial debut in 2002 with the film 'Filhaal' starring Tabu and Sushmita Sen. After the flop of her first film 'Filhaal', Meghna stayed away from cinema for some time. After this, about 12 years later, the film 'Talwar' was made and became popular. Vicky Kaushal played the role of Sam Manekshaw in Meghna Gulzar's film Sam Bahadur. This film is also being praised a lot. This film was released on 1 December 2023 this year.

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