Abbas Tyrewala est un réalisateur, scénariste, parolier et dialoguiste de Bollywood en Inde.

Après s'être démarqué en tant que scénariste et dialoguiste au début des années 2000, avec des films à succès critique comme Maqbool (2003) ou Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Abbas Tyrewala fait ses débuts de réalisateur en 2008 avec une comédie romantique, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Le film, qui réunit Imran Khan et Genelia D'Souza, est produit par Aamir Khan et rencontre une vaste audience, se classant 7e au box office indien.

Biographie

Born and brought up in Mumbai, Abbas joined St. Xavier's College, Mumbai for graduation, where he started working on plays and soon started writing advertising jingles, but he left without securing a degree to join Ogilvy & Mather PR agency, where he worked for a year; he then joined television production company Cinevista as creative consultant, which he left in 2000, to become a full-time writer. He entered the film industry as a lyricist, writing for film like, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000), and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001), till he got his break with Santosh Sivan's Asoka (2001) as a dialogue writer. He is married to Pakhi who had her debut in his film Jhoota Hi Sahi opposite John Abraham.
Abbas hails from a modest background. Born to a poor Muslim family. Abbas's father owned a tyre repair shop, his mother, a housewife, was keen to get Tyrewala a good education in order to help him achieve.

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