Meghna Gulzar gravitates towards Real Story Movies - Talvar to Chhapaak

Meghna Gulzar

Gulzar received wider recognisation for directing the 2018 spy thriller Raazi, one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. She received the Best Director and Best Film awards at Filmfare for the film.

Talvar 

Talvar story

Rating:

ImDB - 8.2/10
RottenTomatoes - 88%

Talvar is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Meghna Gulzar and written by Vishal Bhardwaj. The film is based on the 2008 Noida double murder case involving a teenage girl and her family's servant. Starring Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Neeraj Kabi,

The film follows the investigation of a case from three different perspectives in which her parents are either guilty or innocent of the murder charges by the police investigation, the first Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe and an investigation by a different CBI team.

Awards:

National - Vishal Bhardwaj (Best Screenplay)
           -  Shajith Koyeri (Best Sound Design)

Filmfare - A. Sreekar Prasad (Best Editing)

Stardust - Meghna Gulzar (Filmmaker Of The Year - Editor's Choice)
             - Irrfan Khan (Performer Of The Year (Male) - Editor's Choice)

Raazi

Raazi story

Rating:
ImDB - 7.8/10
RottenTomatoes - 100%

Raazi is a 2018 Indian spythriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar. It stars Alia Bhatt and featuresVicky Kaushal. The film is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka's 2008 novel Calling Sehmat, a true account of an Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent who, upon her father's request, is married into a Pakistani family of military officials to relay information to India, prior to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Awards :

Filmfare - Meghna Gulzar (Best Director)
            - Alia Bhatt (Best Actress)
Zee Cine - Alia Bhatt (Best Actress - Viewers Choice)

Chhapaak

Chhapaak based on Laxmi Agarwal

Chhapaak is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Deepika Padukone and Meghna Gulzar in collaboration with Fox Star Studios. It stars Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey, and is based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Movie release on January 10, 2020. The film also marks Padukone's first project as a producer.