Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer. The daughter of lyricist & poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee, she was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra, Mumbai. She is best known for directing of Bollywood film Raazi in 2018. After debuting as a screenwriter with her father's 1999 directorial Hu Tu Tu, Meghna directed her first film, the drama Filhaal... (2002), though did not achieve success in direction that decade. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she directed the critically acclaimed Talvar (2015), which earned her Best Director nominations despite underperforming at the box office. Her first directorial profitable venture came in 2018, when she directed the patriotic thriller Raazi, that emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for her work in the same. This established her as a director, and she next helmed the biographical drama Chhapaak (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Meghna Gulzar, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 13, 1973 (52)
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Director, writer, editor and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Meghna Gulzar's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 5
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Meghna Gulzar's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Meghna Gulzar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Daayra(2026)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Sam Bahadur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Chhapaak(2020)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Raazi(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Talvar(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Dus Kahaniyaan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Just Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Filhaal...(2002)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Naseem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1995 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Meghna Gulzar's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Meghna Gulzar's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Meghna Gulzar work with?
People who share at least 2 of Meghna Gulzar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vineet Jain shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Kanwaljeet SinghShared titles: Daayra (2026), Raazi (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Kanwaljeet Singh
- Shishir SharmaShared titles: Raazi (2018), Talvar (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Shishir Sharma
- TabuShared titles: Talvar (2015), Filhaal... (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Tabu
Composers
- Ketan SodhaShared titles: Daayra (2026), Talvar (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ketan Sodha
Producers
- Vineet JainShared titles: Daayra (2026), Raazi (2018), Talvar (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Vineet Jain
- Ankita ChowfinShared titles: Daayra (2026), Chhapaak (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Ankita Chowfin
- Ravi TiwariShared titles: Daayra (2026), Chhapaak (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Ravi Tiwari
- Ravi SarinShared titles: Chhapaak (2020), Talvar (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ravi Sarin