Moin-ud-din was an Indian screenwriter, story and dialogue writer. He hailed from Kurnool, a small town on the bank of Tungabhadra river in Andhra Pradesh, India. Moin-ud-din was one of the most successful screenwriters of his times in terms of India box office receipts. Moin-ud-din has achieved both critical and commercial success in a wide variety of genres: Thriller, Drama and Crime. Some of the best known films he has written the films: Thodisi Bewafaii, Bulundi, Agar... If, Dil Akhir Dil Hai, Jhutha Sach, Pighalta Aasman, Love 86, Suryaa: An Awakening, Police Public, God and Gun, Zid, Tarkieb, Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum.

As a writer, Moin-ud-din worked on blockbuster Bollywood films such as Thodisi Bewafaii, Bulundi, Agar... If. He was shy of the camera and always preferred to drive the screenplay from behind the scenes supporting his brother Esmayeel Shroff. They later co-wrote many other films together in collaboration with lyricists like Khayyam, Gulzar, Nida Fazli. His career in Bollywood spanned for over two decades until his death to a cardiac arrest in 2001.

Moin-ud-din has worked in big Bollywood hits like Thodisi Bewafaii starring Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Bulundi starring Raaj Kumar, Helen, Asha Parekh, Dil...Akhir Dil Hai with lyrics by Nida Fazli starring Rakhee Gulzar, Parveen Babi, Naseeruddin Shah, Jhutha Sach starring Dharmendra, Rekha, Amrish Puri, Pighalta Aasman starring Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Rati Agnihotri, Love 86 starring Tanuja, Neelam Kothari, Rohan Kapoor, Farah and Govinda. It was a debut movie of Govinda and proved to be one of his successful hits giving him a break-through. He also wrote Suryaa: An Awakening starring Raaj Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Amrish Puri and Raj Babbar, Police Public starring Naseeruddin Shah, Kabir Bedi, Ila Arun, Zid starring Jay Mehta, Raageshwari, Mala Sinha. His notable work is seen in God and Gun starring Raaj Kumar, Jackie Shroff, and Gautami. His crime thriller Tarkieb was highly appreciated by critics, starring Nana Patekar, Ashutosh Rana, Tabu, and was a debut movie of Milind Soman. Before his death from cardiac arrest in 2001, he finished the script of Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum starring Shriya Saran, Arya Babbar and produced by Ushakiron Movies.

Moin-ud-din was born on 19 October 1943 in Kurnool, British India to Shroff Abdul Kareem, a wealthy gold and diamond trader who later went on to become the city councilor for the town. Moin-ud-din was the fourth of his seven siblings. Esmayeel Shroff is his youngest and only brother, who is also a successful Indian film director.

Described as being fond of Mathematics and Urdu Literature prodigy, he was initially educated at the Government Urdu High School for Boys in Kurnool. He was an avid football player and participated in many inter-school championships in his early days. He graduated from S.V. University in Bachelor of Arts with Urdu as his major subject. Moin-ud-din was a calm personality and very particular about language and ethics. He was a polyglot and fluent in Urdu, English, Hindi, Persian. While his diction is rooted in the classical tradition, he always touched on new subjects. He remained in quest of an ideal all his life.

He began working after his matriculation in various jobs to feed the family and writing was never close to writing screenplay and scripts. He later moved to become Chief Accounts Officer at A.P.S.P.D.C.L with years of working in the accounts department. While he worked to take care of his family, he ensured that his younger brother, Esmayeel Shroff gets a formal education from a reputed institute. He managed to get him educated as a Sound Engineer at NIT Tiruchipalli.

Moin-ud-din later enrolled himself in Master of Arts program with Urdu Literature as his major from Andhra University in the 1980s but dropped out of the university due to the busy schedule with his profession. He was later pushed by his younger brother to pursue his ambition of writing the screenplay and scripts for him. Initially, Moin-ud-din was hesitant to make his passion of reading and writing into a profession but managed to take up the role eventually.

Moin-Ud-Din was married to Afzal Moinuddin and together have a son, Aminuddin Shroff who is currently residing in Hyderabad.