S. Ali Raza (9 January 1925 – 1 November 2007) was an Indian film screenwriter and

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associated with writing the script for hit films such as

Aan ''Aan'' (Hindi: आन, Urdu: آن, translation: ''Pride''), released as ''The Savage Princess'' in the United Kingdom and United States, is a 1952 Indian Bollywood adventure film, produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. It was India's first t ...

, Andaz,

Mother India ''Mother India'' is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film '' Aurat'' (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village wom ...

Reshma Aur Shera ''Reshma Aur Shera'' ( hi, रेशमा और शेरा; translation: ''Reshma and Shera'') is a 1971 Hindi crime drama film produced and directed by Sunil Dutt and starring Waheeda Rehman as Reshma and Sunil Dutt as Shera. It also stars ...

, Raja Jani and Dus Numbri. In 1968, he won the Filmfare award as the best dialogue writer for Saraswatichandra. In 1975 he directed a film titled ''

Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye ''Pran Jaye Per Vachan Na Jaye'' () is a 1974 Hindi-language action film directed by S. Ali Raza. It stars Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Bindu, Ranjeet, Jeevan, Madan Puri, Premnath, Iftekhar, Jayshree T. The music is by O. P. Nayyar. Plot Raja Thakur ( ...

''. He was married to actress

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who appeared in ''

Uran Khatola An uran khatola ( Hindustani: उड़न खटोला, اُڑن کهٹولا) is a flying vehicle in the traditional folktales of North India and Pakistan.

'', '' Barsaat'', '' Deedar'', ''

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'', ''

Char Paise ''Char Paise''() is a 1955 crime drama Bollywood film starring Kishore Kumar, Shyama in lead roles. Plot Gangsters first try unknowingly to do business with a plain-clothed police officer, and after failing, they try to disrupt his personal lif ...

'', '' Rajdhani'', ''

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'', '' Pooja Ke Phool'', ''

Mere Mehboob ''Mere Mehboob'' ("My Lover") is a 1963 Indian film directed by Harnam Singh Rawail and starring Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana, Nimmi, Pran, Johnny Walker and Ameeta. The film became a blockbuster and took the number one position a ...

'' for which he had written the dialogues. He and Nimmi lived in

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until his death at the age of 82 on 1 November 2007.

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