Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter)
Sanjay Chauhan | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Died | (aged 62) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupations | Screenwriter & actor |
Sanjay Chauhan (1962 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian screenwriter & actor in Hindi cinema, most known for I Am Kalam (2011) for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Story.,[1] and Paan Singh Tomar (2012), which he co-wrote with Tigmanshu Dhulia[2]
Biography
[edit]Born and brought up into a Rajput family in Bhopal, where his father worked for the Indian Railways, while his mother was a school teacher, Chauhan started his career as a journalist in Delhi, before moving to Mumbai after he wrote crime TV series, Bhanwar for Sony TV in late 1990s.[1]
Chauhan died of liver disease on 12 January 2023, at the age of 60.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003) (Dialogue)
- Dhoop (2003) (Dialogue)
- Siskiyaan (2005) (Screenplay)
- Say Salaam India (2007) (Dialogue)
- Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) (Screenplay & Dialogue)[4]
- Right Yaaa Wrong (2010) (Dialogue)
- I Am Kalam (2011) (Story, actor and Dialogue)
- Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011) (Story & Screenplay)
- Paan Singh Tomar (2012) (Story & Screenplay) [5]
- Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013) (Story & Screenplay)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "The Twist In the Script". Vol. 9, no. 13. Tehelka Magazine. 31 March 2012. p. 58. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ↑ "Reviews Paan Singh Tomar". DNA. 2 March 2012.
- ↑ "Paan Singh Tomar writer Sanjay Chouhan passes away at 62". The Times of India. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ↑ "Maine Gandhi Ko is a masterpiece". Rediff.com Movies. 30 September 2005.
- ↑ "Scripting a new story for Bollywood scriptwriters". Sify. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
External links
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Categories:
- 1962 births
- 2023 deaths
- Deaths from liver disease
- Indian male screenwriters
- Writers from Bhopal
- Filmfare Awards winners
- Hindi-language screenwriters
- Hindi-language Indian writers
- Screenwriters from Madhya Pradesh
- 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Indian male dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Indian screenwriters