Bollywood Home » Bollywood Screenwriters » Khalid Mohammed Khalid Mohammed is a popular screenwriter of Bollywood. His films have done extremely well in the Box office and have received appreciation from film critics. Khalid Mohammed is also a journalist, editor and film critic.

Khalid Mohammed is the son of well-known Bollywood actress Zubeida. His mother acted in films like Anarkali, Aap Ki Parchhaiyan, Mirza Sahiban, Aurat Ki Zindagi and others. Khalid wrote a movie on her mother entitled "Zubeidaa". This film was released in the year 2001 and was directed by Shyam Benegal. Khalid Mohammed is the grandson of famous actress, writer and director Fatma Begum.

Khalid Mohammed was previously the lead editor for Filmfare magazine. At present he is with Hindustan Times as a film journalist.



The films of Khalid Mohammed are superb. You will simply love the way he narrates the whole story to you. The themes of his films are slightly different from the hardcore commercial films and boast of a distinctive feature. Even a layman can differentiate his films from many others. The way with which he has embedded facts, emotions and sentiments are simply remarkable. Being a journalist and critic himself his scripts are flawless.

The scripts of Khalid Mohammed are not only good but also powerful. He is the story writer for films like Zubeidaa (2001), Sardari Begum (1996) and Mammo (1994). Zubeidaa deals with the story of a young man's search to understand her mother who is not known to him. The film won him the Filmfare Best story writer award in the year 2002. Besides this Zubeidaa also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Critics Best Actress Award.

Khalid Mohammed also tried his hands in directing movies. He succeeded quite well in the Boxoffice and his debut movie was a huge hit. He made his directorial debut with "Fiza" in the year 2000. The film starred Hritik Roshan, Jaya Bhaduri and Karishma Kapoor. Fiza is the story of a disillusioned sister who has fixed up her mind to bring her brother from terrorist network. Fiza was followed by films like Tehzeeb (2003), Tareekh (2003) and Silsiilay (2005).

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