Imtiaz Ali

Writer

June 16, 1971 (55 years)

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Biography

Imtiaz Ali is an Indian film director and writer. He started his career with writing and directing television shows. He directed shows like Imtehaan, Naina and Kurukshetra. In 2005 he made his directorial debut with Socha Na Tha, that did not do well. Then he earned critical and commercial success for his direction of Jab We Met (2007). Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Rockstar (2011) made him known amongst youngsters.

Filmography

6.9

Main Vaapas Aaunga

An elderly man remains haunted by a childhood romance and memories of love lost during the 1947 Partition of India. As he shares his story with his grandson, the past unfolds through memories of migration, longing, and a love that endures across generations.

6.1

Cocktail

A shy simple traditional girl leaves her family in India for her new husband in London, where she meets a shameless flirt and a complicated party girl.

7.3

Rockstar

College student Janardhan is a simpleton who desperately seeks inspiration for the musician inside him. Although heartbreak helps him reach his goal, it also leads him to self-destruction.

5.6

Love Aaj Kal

When professional ambitions clash with personal feelings for a modern-day couple, a love story from a bygone era may offer some wisdom.

6.8

Laila Majnu

Laila is a free-spirited girl from a conservative family who firmly believes in living for the present. Qais, a spoilt brat, falls head over heels in love with her. Their families, however, are warring over property, which leads to self-destruction, pain and bleeding hearts.

7.3

Jab We Met

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

7.0

Tamasha

Meeting while on vacation, Ved and Tara sense a connection but vow to keep their real identities a secret. Years later, their paths cross again.

7.3

Dr. Arora

Set in the year 1999, Dr. Arora is a curious comedy on the life and times of a sex consultant and his patients in the towns of Jhansi, Morena, and Sawai Madhopur. His profession, seemingly unique to the locals, results in serendipitous encounters that lead to unexpected enmities and unlikely friendships.

7.2

Highway

Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.

6.4

Jab Harry Met Sejal

A middle-aged tour guide develops profound affection for a bubbly traveller while helping her search for a lost engagement ring across various picturesque European destinations.

7.7

Amar Singh Chamkila

A humble singer's brash lyrics ignite fame and fury across Punjab as he grapples with soaring success and brutal criticism before his untimely death.

6.3

Love Aaj Kal

Two lovers break up after they realize that their career goals are pulling them in different directions.

5.0

Star Bestsellers

Star Bestsellers is an Indian television series that was originally telecast on Star Plus in 1999–2000. Each episode in the series is a separate story written and directed by young and upcoming writer-directors and it carried the special intensity for a different feeling but all about proper human condition and indicating that each person has something great at heart. Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of the series include Anurag Kashyap, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Imtiaz Ali, Sriram Raghavan and Hansal Mehta.

5.9

Socha Na Tha

Viren and Aditi refuse an arranged marriage and that creates a rift between their families. But when their friendship turns into love, it leads to chaos!

4.6

Kanden Kadhalai

After his encounter with a chirpy girl, Anjali, during their train journey, a depressed Sakthivel's attitude towards life changes. Though he is attracted to her, he agrees to help her unite with her lover.

3.9

Teen Maar

Michael Velayudham is a chef specialized in Italian cuisine in Cape Town. He falls in love with Meera Sasthri - another Indian staying in Cape Town. Meera is a restoration specialist and she is moving to India. Since it is not possible to continue the relationship across the seas, they bid good bye to each other. Michael finds a local white girl in Cape Town and Meera finds a local politician back in India. The rest of the story is all about how their true love unites them despite them being so casual about their relationship. There is also another story dealing with Arjun Palwai that runs parallel with a time difference of 30 years in Waranasi.

N/A

#IndiaTomorrow: MyDream

A man has an argument with a sex worker in the aftermath of a stock market crash.

7.3

Ahista Ahista

A professional witness at the marriage registrar helps a runaway girl when her boyfriend does not show up for the wedding. He falls in love with her, but then the missing groom returns.

N/A

Witness

An aimless man who turns his life around after meeting a woman whose lover has disappeared. Things take an unforeseen turn when the lover returns.

N/A

The Other Way

Rewa, a bride, is questioning her decision just moments before her wedding, and takes one last step before taking the leap.