Aamir Raza Hussain was born in Lucknow but his family relocated to Delhi, where he spent his childhood. At the age of 10, Aamir was sent to Mayo College, Ajmer and graduated from St. Stephens College, Delhi. He is renowned for staging many outdoor productions with elaborate background sets like Sare Jaha Se Acha , 1947 Live and Satayamev Jayate. He was also awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2001, by the Government of India for his contribution to art. Aamir`s epic production, Ramayana was also staged in 2004 before the President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam. In 2007, he acted and directed a comedy play One into Two and also another play Move Over in 2010. Aamir will soon be seen making his debut in the film Khoobsurat, which is a romantic comedy and is set to release in September 2014.