Javed Siddiqi
| Javed Siddiqui | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 January 1942 India |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Dialogue Writer, Playwright |
| Years active | 1977 – present |
| Children | Lubna Salim, Sameer Siddiqui, Murad Siddiqi, Zeba Siddiqi |
| Website | javedsiddiqi |
Javed Siddiqi (Urdu: جاوید صدیقی Hindi: जावेद सिद्दीकी) (13 January 1942) is a Hindi and Urdu screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright from India. He has written over 50 storylines, screenplays and dialogues.
During his career, Siddiqui has collaborated with some of India's most prominent filmmakers, from independent directors like Satyajit Ray and Shyam Benegal to commercial directors like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. He has become an integral part of Indian cinema, in both commercial and art cinema fields.
Siddiqui has won two Filmfare Awards, two Star Screen Awards and one BFJA Award. Recently, he announced his association with Tumbhi where he would review artists and their artwork.(2010).
After having graduated in Urdu Literature from Rampur, Javed Siddiqui migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1959, where he worked as a professional journalist for various Urdu dailies like Khilafat Daily and Inquilaab. Soon after that, he went on to lead his own newspaper, Urdu reporter.
He started his career as a dialogue writer in Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khiladi in 1977.
Since then, he has been highly regarded for his works in different genres of film making, including art films of parallel cinema, like Umrao Jaan, Mammo, Fiza, Zubeidaa and Tehzeeb; as well as commercial hits, such as Baazigar, Darr, Yeh Dillagi, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Raja Hindustani, Pardes, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and Koi... Mil Gaya.
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