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Kushan Nandy | |
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| Born | Kushan Nandy |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1994 to present |
Kanishka Kushan Nandy, (better known as Kushan Nandy) is an Indian film producer, writer and director. He produces films under the banner of the current entertainment house Movies by the Mob. He turned independent director in television, went on to making documentaries, music videos and advert films following which he turned his focus onto his passion of directing Hindi feature films.
He turned independent director in television for Doordarshan, Zee TV and Shahra TV. He went on to making documentaries, music videos and advert films following which he turned his focus on to directing Hindi feature films. His first feature film was 88 Antop Hill, starring Atul Kulkarni followed by Hum Dum which received mention at various film festivals in India and overseas. Following this Kushan produced and directed documentaries and short films for International partners in North America, Hong Kong and United Kingdom.
His film Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, [1] [2] starring Nawazuddin Siddique [3] in the lead role, was released in August 2017.
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Sriram Raghavan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is primarily considered an auteur of neo-noir action thrillers.
88 Antop Hill is a 2003 Hindi mystery thriller film. The story, screenplay and direction are by Kushan Nandy; dialogues by Ashish Deo. The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel Tiger by The Tail and was released on 27 June 2003.
Suresh Bhardwaj is an Indian theatre, film and television director as well as a lighting and scenic designer. He has acted in many plays as lead actor as well. He is the director of (Aakar Kala Sangam) (AKS), a Delhi based theatre group. He has also served as faculty member of the National School of Drama In 2005 he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for lighting design from the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi films. He is notable for movies like Ra.One (2011), Tum Bin (2001), Dus (2005), Mulk (2018), Article 15 (2019), Thappad (2020) and Bheed (2023).
Pritish Nandy is an Indian poet, painter, journalist, parliamentarian, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was a parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, elected on a ticket from the Shiv Sena. He is the author of forty books of poetry in English and has translated poems by other writers from Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi into English as well as a new version of the Isha Upanishad. Apart from these, he has authored books of stories and non fiction as well as three books of translations of classical love poetry from Sanskrit. He was Publishing Director of The Times of India Group and Editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The Independent, and Filmfare in the 1980s, all simultaneously. He has held six exhibitions of his paintings and calligraphy. He founded Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, the content company, in 1993. He also founded People for Animals, India's first animal rights NGO which is currently run by co-founder Maneka Gandhi as chairperson.
Niharika Singh is an Indian film actress and producer. She won the title of Miss Earth India in 2005 and made her acting debut with the critically acclaimed drama Miss Lovely which competed in Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Niharika was selected for Berlinale Talents in 2016.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is known for his roles in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), The Lunchbox (2013), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016), and Manto (2018), among others. As many as eight films in which he features have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He has won numerous awards, including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, and two Filmfare OTT Awards.
Ashish Deo is a script writer and film director. He started his career with the television serial 'Chhoti si yeh duniya' under the banner 'Vishesh Films' – Mukesh Bhatt.
Adnan Siddiqui is a Pakistani actor, producer and model who has worked in Lollywood and Hollywood and also made his debut in Bollywood with the Hindi film Mom (2017). He also has his own production house, Cereal Entertainment, churning out serials like Aadat and Ghughi. After PTV's classical drama Aroosa, he played a supporting role in Mere Paas Tum Ho.
Aatma is a 2013 Indian Hindi psychological horror film directed by Suparn Verma and starring Bipasha Basu and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles and Shernaz Patel and Doyel Dhawan in supporting roles. Aatma released on 22 March 2013 and centers on a mother who must fight to keep her daughter safe from the ghost of her husband.
Monsoon Shootout is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Trevor Ingma, Martijn de Grunt, and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, and Vivek Rangachari, starring Vijay Varma, Geetanjali Thapa, Sreejita De, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee in the lead roles. The film received positive reviews at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Official Midnight Screenings section. Belonging to the school of Parallel cinema, Monsoon Shootout was released worldwide four years later on 15 December 2017 to positive reviews.
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Hum Dum is a 2005 Bollywood romantic-drama film directed by Kushan Nandy and produced by Kushan Nandy and Kiran Shroff under the banner of Sarvodaya Visuals. It features actors Romit Raj and Anjana Sukhani in the lead roles. Sujeet–Rajesh scored the music for the film.
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Kushan Nandy and produced by Kiran Shyam Shroff and Ashmith Kunder. The film features Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Bidita Bag in the lead roles. The movie did average business at the box office.
Sacred Games is an Indian neo-noir crime thriller streaming television series based on Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel of the same name. India's first Netflix original series, it was produced and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap as Phantom Films. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Smita Singh, and Vasant Nath. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack and Motwane were the series' executive producers.
Utkarsh Sharma is an Indian actor. The son of director Anil Sharma, he made his first screen appearance as a child in the 2001 Blockbuster film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, which starred Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel. As an adult, he made his debut with a leading role in the action thriller Genius.
Ashmith Kunder is an Indian film editor, Ad film director, film producer, and actor. He is the brother of filmmaker Shirish Kunder. He is best known for editing films like Dasavatharam (2008), Shor in the City (2010), Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003). He got noticed as an actor with his debut in the extremely popular, multiple award winning, Amazon Prime original series, The Family Man, playing a very pivotal role, which became the source of numerous memes and kickstarted his career as a full-time actor. He became a producer with Babumoshai Bandookbaaz in the year 2017 starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He has also produced the film, The Comedian, starring the legendary late Satish Kaushik in his last title role, which released successfully on the 29th September on Jio Cinema.
Jogira Sara Ra Ra is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written by Ghalib Asad Bhopali and directed by Kushan Nandy and jointly produced by Kiran Shroff and Naeem Siddiqui. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Neha Sharma, alongside Sanjay Mishra and Mahaakshay Chakraborty in supporting roles. It was released theatrically on 26 May 2023.