| Imtiaz Ali is a smoker. |
| Imtiaz Ali consumes alcohol. |
| He was born in Jamshedpur and raised in Patna and Jamshedpur. |
| His father worked for the Irrigation Department. |
| During his mid-term schooling, he stayed at Krim Mansion in Jamshedpur near a Cinema Hall where he watched films for free. |
| He struggled in academics, failing in the 9th standard, but his father motivated him to work hard for the Civil Services. |
| He pursued education at Hindu College, University of Delhi. |
| After finishing studies in Delhi, he enrolled in a filmmaking course at Xavier Institute of Communication in Mumbai. |
| He also studied advertising and marketing to become a copywriter. |
| He began his career at Zee TV as a tape boy. |
| Later, he worked at Crest Communications as a writer for TV programs, spending long hours in front of a computer. |
| Imtiaz Ali wrote the script for "Socha Na Tha," which was eventually chosen by Sunny Deol to launch Abhay Deol. |
| His breakthrough came with the success of his second film "Jab We Met" in 2007. |
| He shares a strong bond with actors Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. |
| In 2014, he directed the critically acclaimed film "Highway," a project he had conceived 20 years earlier. |
| He admitted to struggling with understanding his own personality, which often reflects in his movie characters. |
| In April 2020, during the nationwide lockdown due to the Corona outbreak, he reminisced about his first car, a Maruti 800, on Instagram. |
