Javed Siddiqi
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Javed Siddiqi (Hindi : जावेद सिद्दीकी) is an Urdu and Hindi screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright from India, whose most known play is 'Tumhari Amrita' (1993), which starred Shabana Azmi and Farooq Shaikh, Saalgirah and Begum Jaan. He has written of some of India's most successful and acclaimed films, including Umrao Jaan, Baazigar, Darr, Mammo, Yeh Dillagi, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Raja Hindustani, Pardes, Fiza, Zubeidaa, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Koi... Mil Gaya and Tehzeeb.
He has also won the Filmfare Award twice for Baazigar and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, the Star Screen Awards for Raja Hindustani and Baazigar, the B.F.J.A. Award for Umrao Jaan and Andhra pradesh journalist association award for Fiza, and the most prestigious 'Awadh Samman' for his contribution towards in Films and Theatre.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Career
After having graduated in Urdu Literature from Rampur, Javed Siddiqui migrated to Bombay in 1959, working as professional journalist for various Urdu dailies like ‘Khilafat Daily’, ‘Inquilaab’ etc and soon went on to start his own newspaper ‘Urdu reporter’.
[edit] Films
He started his career, as a dialogue writer in Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj ke khiladi in 1977, and went on to become an integral part modern Indian cinema, both commercial or art cinema.
Javed has switch between different genres of film making, from Shyam Benegals art cinema in Mammo and Zubeida to Aditya Chopra’s ultra commercial Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge or Subhash Ghai’s Taal or Pardes, with equal ease, making him a favorite on both the sides of Indian cinema. He has written over 70 story lines, screenplays and dialogues.
[edit] Television
He has also written many scripts for serials like Shyam Benegal’s ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’, Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Kismet’, Yash Chopra’s ‘Waqt’, Eagle films ‘Mamaji’, M. S. Sathyu’s ‘Antim Raja’ , Jalal Agha’s ‘Mr Ya Mrs’ etc.
[edit] Theatre
But it was in theatre that Javed Siddiqi found his real mettle, those were the heady days of Bombay theatre when IPTA was very much at the helm of aesthetic and cultural tastes and Javed Siddiqi, since the 70’s could not but get swayed with the movement. From serving IPTA as the National Vice President he also contributed in the origin and functioning of the Marathi IPTA as well. He is still associated with it as a national member [1].
His play, Tumhari Amrita[2], based on A R Gurney's classic American play, Love Letters, set the trend of modernism on stage in India, with its minimal stage setting, only two great actors, (Shabana Azmi and Farooq Shaikh), reading out letters to each other. Since its debut in 1993 [3], the play has been performed all over the world, including a special performance, at the United Nations, a first Indian play to do so.
This was followed by ‘Saalgirah’ starring Kirron Kher, a play dealing with the complexity of divorce in modern urban life has run to full houses all over. It is an aesthetic effort of high quality that renounces itself from its immediate topicality and gains certain universality.
Javed Siddiqi’s resilience is in the fact that he defies easy aesthetic categorization. He has successfully ventured in various domains from Bertolt Brecht to more contemporary themes in his adaptations. He has adapted Bertolt Brecht’s play ‘Puntilla’ and his ‘Man Matti’ as ‘P.K. Seth ne Peeke Bola’, Yevgeny Shwarts ‘Dragon’ as ‘Rakshus’ and Lorcas ‘Blood Wedding’ as ‘Lal Mitti’. His play ‘Andhe Choohe’ on Agatha Christie’s ‘Mousetrap’, one of the world’s longest running play.
In the words of critic, Vijay Nair, "Javed Siddiqi’s lines are as poignant as ever. They leap out of the letters as little gems. At times they plead with the incoherence of hurts long stifled. At times they flare up like little flames scorching the audience. At times they sooth like fresh raindrops after a scorching summer. But at all times they have a life of their own and make their presence felt like an invisible third character on stage [4]."
Over the years he has written landmark plays like Tumhari Amrita,Saalgirah, Hamesha, Begum Jaan [5] and Aap ki Soniya (Sonali Bendre and Farooq Shaikh) [6] (2004), and Kacche Lamhe, based on a short story by Gulzar, Seem [7], ‘Dhuaan’, ‘Kate hue Raaste’, ‘Patjhad se Zara Pehle’, ‘Shyam Rang’, ‘Who Ladki’, Mogra, , ‘Maati Kahe Kumhar Se’, and ‘Peele Patton ka Ban’
[edit] Personal life
His two children Lubna Salim, and Sameer are both related from the film and theatre arena, Lubna is a accomplished stage actor-singer, and married to theatre and television director Salim Arif,while Sameer Javed Siddiqi is a dialogue writer himself.
[edit] Plays
[edit] Original works
- Saalgirah - Kirron Kher
- Anupam
- Hamesha
- Begum Jaan
- Aap ki Soniya -Sonali Bendre, Farooq Shaikh
- Kacche Lamhe, (Vulnerable Moments) - Harsh Chhaya and Kiran Karmakar
- Dhuaan
- Aur Agle Saal
- Kate hue Raaste
- Patjhad se Zara Pehle
- Shyam Rang
- Who Ladki
- Raat
- Mogra
- Maati Kahe Kumhar Se
- Peele Patton ka Ban
[edit] Adaptations
- Tumhari Amrita - (Shabana Azmi and Farooq Shaikh)
- P.K. Seth ne Peeke Bola - Bertolt Brecht ‘Puntilla’ , ‘Man Matti’
[edit] Filmography
[edit] As Dialogue Writer
Khanna & Iyer (2007) Banaras (2006) Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai (2006) Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha (2005) Blackmail (2005) Dil Maange More (2004) Tum (2003) Tehzeeb (2003) Zameen (2003) Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (2002) Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001) Raju Chacha (2000) Fiza (2000) Dahek (1999) Dil Kya Kare (1999) Taal (1999) Soldier (1998) Barood (1998) Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1998) Pardes (1997) Mammo (1995) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Yeh Dillagi (1994) Darr (1993) Aakhri Adaalat (1988) Umrao Jaan (1981)
[edit] As Screenplay Writer
Banaras (2006) Dil Maange More (2004) Gaddar (1995) Umrao Jaan (1981)
[edit] As Story Writer
Blackmail (2005) Angaaray (1998) Duplicate (1998) Chahat (1996) Baazigar (1993)
[edit] Awards
- 1994 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Baazigar
- 1996 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge[8]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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