Manoj Tyagi
Manoj Tyagi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) |
| Occupation(s) | screenwriter, film director |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Manoj Tyagi (born 1968) is an Indian screenwriter and film director in the Hindi cinema. He had won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay twice, for Page 3 (2005) and Apaharan (2006), apart from Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Page 3, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.[1] He made his directorial debut with Mumbai Salsa (2007) produced by Vikram Bhatt's ASA Films for whom he had written a couple of films.[2]
Early life and education
[edit ]Born and brought up in Delhi, Tyagi is an MBA.[3]
Career
[edit ]He started career in the corporate world, working for companies like, Xerox, Canon and ABN AMRO Bank when he shifted to Mumbai in 2002. He started looking for an opening in the film world as a screenwriter which came as co-writing Satta , with Madhur Bhandarkar, which received critical acclaim.[3] Over the years, he has worked extensively with National Film Award-winning director, Bhandarkar, in films like, Aan: Men at Work (2004), National Film Award-winning Page 3 (2005), Corporate (2006) and Jail (2009).
Filmography
[edit ]- Satta (2003) (screenplay)
- Agnipankh (2004) (screenplay)
- Aan: Men at Work (2004) (screenplay) (story)
- Page 3 (2005) (screenplay)
- Apaharan (2005) (screenplay)
- Ek Ajnabee (2005) (dialogue) (screenplay)
- Pehchaan: The Face of Truth (2005)
- Taxi No. 9211 (2006) (screenplay)
- Corporate (2006) (screenplay)
- Red: The Dark Side (2007) (writer)
- Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee (2007) (screenplay)
- Victoria No. 203 (2007) (adaptation)
- Mumbai Salsa (2007) (direction, screenplay & story)
- Jail (2009) (screenplay)
- Heroine (2012) (writer)
- Inkaar (2013) (writer)
References
[edit ]- ^ Awards IMDb
- ^ "Vikram turns producer". DNA . 20 May 2007.
- ^ a b "Secrets of film writing". Indian Express. 17 April 2005.
External links
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- Living people
- Indian male screenwriters
- Filmfare Awards winners
- Writers from Delhi
- 1974 births
- Hindi-language film directors
- 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- Hindi-language screenwriters
- Screenwriters from Delhi
- 21st-century Indian male writers
- Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners
- 21st-century Indian screenwriters