He is the son of Zubeida Begum, on whose life he wrote the screenplay of Shyam Benegal's 2001 film, Zubeidaa.
[1] An alumnus of Cathedral and John Connon School from Fort, Mumbai and St Xavier's College, he post-graduated in Political Science.
[2] Mohamed has directed three Hindi films and scripted three for Shyam Benegal besides making three documentaries The Last Irani Chai, Little Big People and Master:Portrait of Shyam Benegal, and staging the play Kennedy Bridge.
[8] He's also written scripts for three of Shyam Benegal's films -- Mammo, Sardari Begum and Zubeida.
Mohamed later went on to make a documentary on Shyam Benegal, "The Master".