Manoj Tyagi

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Manoj Tyagi
Born1968 (age 5657)
Occupation(s) screenwriter, film director
Years active2003–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]

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Early life and education

Born and brought up in Delhi, Tyagi is an MBA. [3]

Career

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

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References

  1. Awards IMDb
  2. "Vikram turns producer". DNA . 20 May 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Secrets of film writing". Indian Express. 17 April 2005.