Happy Birthday Imtiaz Ali! Here are some lesser know facts about him

Imtiaz started his career in Bollywood with acting in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday

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Socha Na Tha was the directorial debut for Imtiaz Ali and acting debut for Abhay Deol

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Irshad Kamil has written the lyrics for every feature film directed by Imtiaz

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Imtiaz won the Best Dialogues Award for Jab We Met at 3 prestigious award ceremonies, namely, Filmfare Awards, IIFA and Producers Guild Awards.

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He practised theatre in his college time and also founded the theatre society of Hindu College, Ibtida

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He started his career in direction with TV serials like Imtihaan

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Imtiaz has also written a web-series named 'She'. Season 2 of the series will stream on Netflix on June 17

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