Saturday, September 19, 2009

Shaad Ali Sehgal Biography

Shaad Ali Sehgal, the renouned name of a bollywood director, is the son of Muzaffar Ali (a noted film producer and director) and Subhashini Ali Sehgal (an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)) and grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal. He completed his school education at Welham Boys' School, Lucknow.

Shaad Ali


Ali started his career as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam, and assisted him on the film Dil Se (1998).

He made his directorial debut under Yash Raj Films, with Saathiya (2002), starring Rani Mukerji. The film was a remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Alaipayuthey (2000). Saathiya's script was written by Ratnam. The film starring a newcomer Vivek Oberoi made great buisness and established Shaad Ali in the industry.

His second film was Bunty Aur Babli which for the first time brought together real-life father and son Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan alongside Rani Mukerji was one of the biggest hits of the year 2005.

Shaad Ali's third film released on 15 June, 2007. The film, titled Jhoom Barabar Jhoom starred Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta in leading roles but made no great impact and shattered on box-office.

As Director, he has directed some hugely successful and some average films like Saathiya (2002), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) and Aitraaz (2004) For Dil Se (1998) and Guru (2007), Shaad had donned the role of Assistant Director.

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