Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Directing

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Born 1943-06-30 · Bombay (now Mumbai), British India

Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 30 June 1943) is an Indian screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of notable parallel films such as Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. Saeed Mirza Was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA – International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2020. He is director of the TV serials Nukkad (Street Corner) (1986) and Intezaar (Wait) (1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activism. He is also a trustee of ANHAD, a Delhi-based NGO working for communal harmony

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Ghashiram Kotwal poster
6.8

A stylized version of Vijay Tendulkar’s radical Marathi play chronicling the Peshwa regime in western India, a collective effort of direction and cinematography made by an independent group of young filmmakers.

Ghashiram Kotwal

1976

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai poster
5.3

'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it's better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella's family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai

1981

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai poster
5.3

'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it's better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella's family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai

1981

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai poster
5.3

'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it's better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella's family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai

1981

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro poster
6.2

Salim Pasha, a man with a physical disability, is involved in crimes like extortion and robbery with two of his friends Peera and Abdul. Salim is a carefree man.

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro

1989

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro poster
6.2

Salim Pasha, a man with a physical disability, is involved in crimes like extortion and robbery with two of his friends Peera and Abdul. Salim is a carefree man.

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro

1989

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7.0

The two poor boys living in misery make their living by collecting the coins that are thrown on the corpses as an act of charity. With a discerning eye they keep watch on funeral processions that would fetch them money. This hard earned money is snatched away from them forcibly and their efforts to make a living becomes futile.

Murde

1976

Naseem poster
7.0

Mumbai, 1992. Naseem, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, lives with her grandfather and grows up with stories of pre-independence communal harmony. Later, she helplessly watches the communal situation regression with the demolition of Babri Masjid.

Naseem

1995

Naseem poster
7.0

Mumbai, 1992. Naseem, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, lives with her grandfather and grows up with stories of pre-independence communal harmony. Later, she helplessly watches the communal situation regression with the demolition of Babri Masjid.

Naseem

1995

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! poster
7.0

An old couple, Mohan Joshi and his wife, sues their landlord for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless.

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!

1984

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! poster
7.0

An old couple, Mohan Joshi and his wife, sues their landlord for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless.

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!

1984

Choo Lenge Akash poster
10.0

Sonu lives in a small village of Himachal Pradesh with her parents and grandmother. Her father works in Shimla. Intelligent & smart, she is the leader of her gang of friends, which include her neighbour Neelam, Ghanshyam the local grocers (Lalaji) son and Himanshu. Everyone in the village shows special concern towards her, though not in a manner that could embarrass or hurt her.

Choo Lenge Akash

2000

Ek Tho Chance poster
NR

The film tells the tale of Mumbai city and the millions who get off the train at VT station at every second of the day, hoping to latch on to the magic of Mumbai.

Ek Tho Chance

2009

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan poster
5.0

Arvind, a rich businessman's son, dates the office secretary but is engaged to marry someone else. With a complicated family background, he struggles to find meaning in his life.

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

1978

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan poster
5.0

Arvind, a rich businessman's son, dates the office secretary but is engaged to marry someone else. With a complicated family background, he struggles to find meaning in his life.

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

1978