Muzaffar Ali, the man behind Umrao Jaan

Rajah Muzaffar Ali is an Indian filmmaker, a fashion designer, a poet, an artist, a music-lover, a revivalist, and a social worker. He belongs to a royal Muslim family of Kotwara. The film maker also conferred with Padma Shri in 2005. He came to limelight after the release of Umrao Jaan in 1981.