Iqbal Durrani is an

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writer, director, actor and producer of

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Career

1988. ''Kaal Chakra'' 1st film of Iqbal Durrani dialogues of this movie was smash hit. It completed silver jubilee and audio cassette of dialogues were released. 1988. Mera Shikaar . Dimple Kapadia. Completed 100 days. 1989 ''Khoj'' completed 100 days. 1989. Majboor. Jitendra & Sunny Deol. Silver Jubilee. audi cassette of dialogues was released. 1989.

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. Nagarjun &Aamla. His first Hindi film. Silver Jubilee. Audio cassette of dialogues released. 1990.

Shandaar ''Shandaar'' () is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Vinod Dewan, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Meenakshi Seshadri and Mandakini (actress), Mandakini. The dialogues of this movie became a hit and were applauded by the audience, to ...

. Mithun chakraborty. Completed 100 days. 1991. Izzat. Jackie Shroff & Silver Jubilee. Sangita Bijlani. Audio Cassette of dialogues were released. 1991. Muqadar Ka Badshah. Vinod Khanna & Shabana Azmi. Completed 100 days. Audio Cassette of Dialogues Released. 1991. Benaam Badshah. Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla. Completed 100 days. Audio cassette of dialogues were released. 1991. Insaniyat Ke Devta. Rajkumar, 100 Days. Rajnikant & Jaya Prada. 1991.

Zakhmi Aurat ''Zakhmi Aurat'' (English : Wounded Woman) is a 1988 Indian Hindi movie starring Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar and directed by Avtar Bhogal. Kapadia played Kiran Dutt, a police officer who is subject to gang rape and, when the judicial system fa ...

. Dimple Kapadia. Completed 100 days. 1991.

Phool Aur Kaante ''Phool Aur Kaante'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action-romance film directed by Kuku Kohli. It stars Ajay Devgan, Madhoo, Aruna Irani, Jagdeep and Amrish Puri among others. The film marked the debut of Devgan, son of late stunt and ac ...

. Ajay Devgan, & Madhu. First film of Ajay devgan. Golden jubilee hit. Remake in Tamil &Telugu. 1992.

Dil Aashna Hai ''Dil Aashna Hai'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Hema Malini under the H. M. Creations banner. It stars Divya Bharti, Shah Rukh Khan, Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Sing ...

. Hema Malini, First film of Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh Khan. & Divya Bharati. 1999.

Kohram ''Kohram'' is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Mehul Kumar. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Jaya Prada, Danny Denzongpa, Tabu and Jackie Shroff with other supporting actors. It was an average earner at the box off ...

. Amitabh Bachchan & Nana Patekar.Completed 100 days. Dialogues became very popular of this movie. In 1993 Iqbal Durrani turned into Direction of movies alongside writing it. As a writer he did more than 60 films until date most of them were highly successful. As a Writer and Director. 1993.

Dhartiputra ''Dhartiputra'' (English: Son of Earth) is a 1993 Hindi film, directed by Iqbal Durrani, and was the debut Bollywood film of Mammootty in the lead role. The film has Jaya Prada, Rishi Kapoor and Nagma in supporting roles. It was produced by ...

. Mammootty, Jaya Prada & Rishi Kapoor. 1994.

Khuddar Khuddar ( Self-Respecting) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Iqbal Durrani and starring Govinda, Karishma Kapoor and Kader Khan. Other cast includes Shakti Kapoor, Shreeram Lagoo, Anjana Mumtaz, Raju Shrestha, Mahesh Ana ...

. Govinda & Karishma kapoor Silver Jubilee. Audio Cassette of Dialogues Released. 1994. Betaj Badshah. Rajkumar & Shatrughan Sinha. Completed 100 days. Audio cassette of Dialogues Released. 2001. '' Mitti''. Shravani Mukherjee & firdous. Hit In

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's ( Bangladeshi superstar) first Hindi film. 2004. Dukaan Rambha & Semi-Hit. Vikas Kalantri Dubbed in Tamil.

Filmography

Debut actor/actress in Iqbal Durrani Films

* Ajay Devgan 1st film

* Shah Rukh Khan 1st Film

* Akshay Kumar 1st Film Saugandh * RaniMukherji 2nd Film Mehendi * Nagarjuna 1st film

* Madhu 1st Fim

* Mammootty 1st Film

* Firdous 1st film Mitti * Mashaal Durrani 1st Film Hum Tum Dushman Dushman *

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(Daughter of

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) 1st Film Hum Tum Dushman Dushman

Audio Cassettes Of Dialogues Released

He has released numerous literary dialogue audio cassettes.

Novelist

He wrote "Gandhi Se Pehle Gandhi" on the life of revolutionary tribal "Birsa Munda" of Jharkhand. Published in 2008, it was acclaimed both in the literary and the film world and was compared with Maxim Gorky's "Mother" by leading critics of Hindi literature. He has been invited to speak on Bhagwan Mahavir's life & his teachings by various Jain organisations. It so happened that despite being a Muslim, he was invited inside of a Digambar Jain Temple (Ranchi) to speak in front of Jain Priests on Bhagwan Mahavir. In a world where religion is used as a weapon he is trying to use it as a bridge to span the widening gap among the people.

Magnum Opus

He has been writing books and scripts with spiritual contents. At present, he is working on '' Bhagwan Shri Mahavir''. Iqbal Durrani is the only person in the world to translate Samveda in

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and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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saying that he is currently working on it.

Social activist

Durrani is chairperson of the Human Rights Association (Jharkhand), the Peace Committee (Banka) and the Eyes Trust Mumbai.

Awards

He has received several awards for his social activities and writing, including: * Jharkhand Ratna award in the year 2008 at Ranchi by Pt. Raghunath Rai Santhali Cinema & Art. * Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence award in the year 2010 at N. Delhi by Urdu Press of India. * Babasaheb Ambedkar award in the year 2011 at Mumbai by Maharaje Yashwantrao Holkar Prathishtan. * Vidya Vachaspati's degree (Equivalent to Doctorate's degree) awarded by Sahitya Kala Sangam, Pratapgarh. In 2009, he politically ran against Lok Sabha, and lost by a small margin.

References

External links

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Filmography of Yogesh Gaud and Iqbal Durrani
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