Imtiaz Ali

Imtiaz Ali is among the new age Indian film director and writers who has a flair for romance. He brings romance alive on the big screen and personifies it! Imtiaz was born and brought up in Jamshedpur, where he studied at D.B.M.S. English School. His relatives have - cinema halls in Jamshedpur, Star Talkies, Jamshedpur Talkies and Karim Talkies. Later he attended Hindu College in Delhi, where he took part in college theater. Thereafter he moved to Mumbai and did a course in marketing and advertising. Ali began his career directing serials including Purushetraa for Zee TV and Imtihaana for Star Plus.

After 7 years of doing so, he gradually moved on to Bollywood films starting with Socha Na Tha in 2005 with Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia. In 2004, he also made a cameo appearance in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. Within 2 of his films he has proven he is one of the best among the romantic comedy movie director. Even the box office failure of the movie Socha Na Tha it was critically praised for the romance in the movie. Jab We Met was the super hit movie of romance and drama genre which helped Kareena Kapoor become the number one queen of Bollywood. His film, Jab We Met, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, was a major hit at the Indian box office. His project Love Aaj Kal is Saif’s first film as a producer. It stars Saif and Deepika in the lead and is a love story based on two generations.