Which Oscar-nominated film was written by the screenwriter who wrote a 1991 romantic drama based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala?
Sooni Taraporevala Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is best known as the screenwriter of "Mississippi Masala", "The Namesake" and Oscar-nominated "Salaam Bombay" (1988), all directed by Mira Nair.
Ajeya Ajeya is a 1985 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Siddalingaiah and based on the novel of the same name written by B. L. Venu. The film starred Murali and Sandhya in the lead roles. The film had the score and soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was remade in Tamil as "Puthir" with Murali reprising his role while his father also directed the Tamil version.