Shama Zaidi is an Indian screenplay writer. She has also worked as a costume designer, art director and documentary film director. Shama Zaidi is associated with movies like Umrao Jaan (1981), The Seventh Horse of the Sun (1992), Sardari Begum (1996), Hari-Bari (2000), Devi Ahilya Bai (2002), Garam Hava (2014) and Jaanisaar (2015).