Shagufta rafique biography of michael
Shagufta Rafique has mostly worked in Bollywood films with Vishesh Films headed by Mukesh Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt till now..
From bar dancer to Bollywood scriptwriter
Shagufta Rafique, one of the most successful script writers working in India’s Hindi film industry today, made her “debut performance” as an 11-year-old at a private party in the Indian city of Mumbai.
“We had come to the house through a family connection.
Writer Shagufta Rafique, who is now all set to make her debut as a director, says she has been looking for the right star cast for her debut.
The gathering was all men, mostly drunk. I tied my dupatta [scarf] around my waist and danced with a lot of energy. People applauded and threw money,” Rafique recalls.
The whole thing made me see very early how vulnerable women are, and how money decides what is respectable and what is not
by Shagufta Rafique, Bollywood script writer
“Later I realised that the applause was linked to how much money I made.
Even at that age, that was the kind of mathematics I was into, the kind of stuff I figured out really early.”
From facing abuse and poverty to dancing in bars and a brush with prostitution, it has been a long and difficult journey for Rafique.
But the feisty 48-ye