Birth Date: 16 Jun, 1971, Age (53)

Occupation : Director, Producer

Place of Birth : Jamshedpur

Imtiaz Ali

Imtiaz Ali is an Indian film director, producer, 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 a noted filmmaker.

Imtiaz began his career directing TV programs including Kurukshetra for Zee TV and Imtihaan for Doordarshan. He moved on to Bollywood films. In 2005, he made his directorial debut with Socha Na Tha starring Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia. His second film, Jab We Met, starred then real-life couple Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor and became his first box office success. His next film, Love Aaj Kal starred Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone and emerged as his biggest commercial success to date. Ali's next film Rockstar, starring Ranbir Kapoor, did well at the box office despite mixed reviews.

Ali founded his film production company, Window Seat Films; whose first release was Highway. Starring Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt, the film was well appreciated by critics. His next production film, Tamasha, starred Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles and was released to mixed reviews on November 27, 2015. The movie was a moderate success and opened to good reviews from cities.

His next directorial venture Jab Harry Met Sejal, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma in lead roles, was released in August 2017. The film released to negative reviews in India, even though it did well overseas.