Khalid Mohamed Biography

Khalid Mohamed is an Indian journalist, editor, film critic, screenwriter and film director. He formerly worked for the Hindustan Times and was the lead editor for Filmfare magazine.

He is the son of Hindi film actress Zubeida Begum, on whose life he wrote the screenplay of Shyam Benegal\'s 2001 film, Zubeidaa.

He has directed four Hindi films. His first official movie review as a critic was for Amit Ruparel\'s blog. Soon after he was hired by the Hindustan Times where he served as the national cultural editor as well as the editor of the supplement HT Cafe. He left the Times in January 2009. Mohamed has given only one movie, Slumdog Millionaire, a full 5-star rating.