Famous People with Name Mirza

Sania Mirza            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sania Mirza: an Indian tennis player. She was born in Mumbai, brought up in Hyderabad. Coached by her father, Imran Mirza, (as well as her other family members) she began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles. She was ranked 91st in the singles category and 44th in the doubles category in the WTA rankings of Sept 8, 2008.

Hady Mirza            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Hady Mirza: is a Singaporean singer of Bugis descent, with his grandparents hailing from Sulawesi.[2]. He is the winner of the second season of the reality TV show Singapore Idol. He was crowned the winner on 25 September 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium after garnering 70% of about one million votes cast by television viewers.

Aneela Mirza            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Aneela Mirza: a Danish pop singer.She was born in Denmark in the little city of Frederiksvaerk close to Hillerød, and grew up in the capital of Denmark (Copenhagen). Her mother is of half Pakistani half Persian descent, and her father was of Persian descent but born in

Aziz Mirza            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Aziz Mirza: an Indian film director and writer.Mirza started his career in 1985 when he joined his brother Saeed Mirza and veteran director Kundan Shah to set a new production company called Iskra.He made his directional debut with the 1989 television serial Circus starring Ashutosh Gowariker and Shahrukh Khan, who was a newcomer actor at the time. Since then, he has collaborated with Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in every other project in his career.He made his first cinematic debut with Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) starring Khan and Chawla. The movie was inspired by Raj Kapoor's classic comedy Shree 420 (1955). The movie did pretty well at the box office. However, his next project, Yes Boss (1997) did fairly well at the box office and was well received overall.

Saeed Akhtar Mirza            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Saeed Akhtar Mirza: an a Indian writer and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of art films like Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. He is best remembered in popular culture for his TV series Nukkad (1986). He is director of the popular TV serials Nukkad(1986) and Intezaar(1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activitsm. Mirza trained at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India, and has also taught there. He has lectured widely on Indian cinema at universities in India and The US. He contributes reggularly to Indian newspapers and magazines on current opolitical debates and through film reviews. He lives in Bombay and Goa.