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21st-century Indian screenwriters
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The list 21st-century Indian screenwriters includes
Zoya Akhtar, Baburaj (actor), Gajendra Ahire, Salim Ahmed and Ameer Sultan.
The list consists of 169 members.
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Anees Bazmee
Indian filmmaker (born 1962)
Overview: Anees Bazmee (born November 1, 1962) is an Indian film director, writer and producer who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over three and a half decades, he has written and ...
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Zoya Akhtar
Indian film director (born 1972)
Overview: Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. After completing a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony ...Date of birth: 14 October 1972Age: 52Nationality: IndianOccupation: Film DirectorGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 2" (157 cm) 0
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Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist (born 1961)
Overview: Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling ...Date of birth: 24 November 1961Age: 63Nationality: IndianOccupation: AuthorGender: FemalePartner: Pradeep Krishen (Married) 0
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Konkona Sen Sharma
Indian, Actress
Overview: Konkona Sen Sharma (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and a total ...Date of birth: 3 December 1979Age: 45Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm) 0
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Pankaj Kapur
Indian actor (b. 1954)
Overview: Pankaj Kapur (born 29 May 1954) is an Indian actor who has worked in Hindi theatre, television and films. Recipient of a Filmfare Award and three National Film Awards, his most acclaimed film roles include ...Date of birth: 29 May 1954Age: 70Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 6" (168 cm)Partner: Supriya Pathak (Married) 0
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Imtiaz Ali
Film director
Overview: Imtiaz Ali (born 16 June 1971 in Darbhanga, Bihar) is an Indian film director, producer and writer. He started his career with writing and directing television shows. He directed shows like Imtehaan, Naina ... 0
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Surya S.J.
Indian actor
Overview: S. Justin Selvaraj, known by his stage name S. J. Suryah is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, music composer and producer who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries. He sought ...Date of birth: 20 July 1968Age: 56Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm) 0
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Subhash Ghai
Indian film director
Overview: Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema. His most notable works include 'Kalicharan' (1976), 'Vish ... 0
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Nikkhil Advani
Director
Overview: Nikkhil Advani (born 28 April 1971) is an Indian film producer, director and screenwriter. He is one of the co-founders of Emmay Entertainment, a motion picture production company. Nikkhil has worked with ... 0
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Vishwak Sen
Indian, Actor
Overview: Vishwak Sen (born Dinesh Naidu on 29 March 1995) is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Telugu films. He made his debut as a lead actor in 2017 with the film Vellipomakey. He made ...Date of birth: 29 March 1995Age: 29Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 8" (173 cm) 0
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Varun Grover (writer)
Indian stand-up comic, writer and poet , lyricist , dialogue writer, actor, director (born 1980)
Overview: Varun Grover (born 26 January 1980) is an Indian stand-up comic and poet. Though he won the award for Best Lyricist at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. He is also the co-creator of Aisi Taisi Democracy ... 0
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Tanmay Bhat
Indian stand-up comedian
Overview: Tanmay Bhat (born 23 June 1987) is an Indian YouTuber, stand-up comedian, script writer, performer, producer, co-founder of the creative agency All India Bakchod (AIB) along with Gursimranjeet Singh Khamba ... 0
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Guru Thakur
Indian writer
Overview: Guru Thakur (Marathi: गुरु ठाकूर) is a contemporary, Marathi poet, lyricist, script writer, actor and playwright. Guru was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. While he began his career as ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: Poet 0
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Overview: P. Jayachandran (born 12 April 1971), better known by his stage name Unni R., is an Indian short-story writer and screenwriter, who is known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema ... 0
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K. Selvaraghavan
Indian film director
Overview: Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has directed predominantly Tamil language films. After writing the script for his father's directorial venture Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) which ... 0
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Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian film director
Overview: Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He made his directorial debut with Trishakti and went on to direct several critically and commercially ... 0
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Puri Jagannath
Indian film director and producer
Overview: Puri Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu cinema. He is known as the Dynamic Director in Telugu film industry for ...Date of birth: 28 September 1966Age: 58Nationality: IndianOccupation: Film DirectorGender: MalePartner: Lavanya Jagannadh (Married) 0
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Leena Yadav
FilmmakerOverview: Leena Yadav (born 6 January 1971) is an Indian Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter & Editor. She started her career in the television industry and gradually moved on to making feature films. Her first ...Date of birth: 6 January 1971Age: 54Nationality: IndianOccupation: EditorGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 6" (168 cm) 0
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M. Rajesh (director)
Indian film directorOverview: M. Rajesh is an Indian film director and screenwriter, working primarily in the Tamil film industry based in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu and Known for making full-length romantic comedy entertainers, he made ... 0
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Baburaj (actor)
Indian actor, director, and screenwriterOverview: Baburaj Jacob, mononymously known as Baburaj, is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. He began ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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