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Meraj Shaikh | |
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| Born | 28 August 1977 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Producer / Executive Producer |
Meraj Shaikh is an Indian film producer and Line Producer and the founder of Wingman Pictures, He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra in 1977.
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Meraj Shaikh | |
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| Born | 28 August 1977 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Producer / Executive Producer |
Meraj Shaikh is an Indian film producer and Line Producer and the founder of Wingman Pictures, He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra in 1977.
Meraj Shaikh began his career in Bollywood in 2001 as Production Manager with the movie Kasoor directed by Vikram Bhatt. Then he worked on Ek Din 24 Ghante, directed by Anant Balani starring Rahul Bose & Nandita Das. Later in 2004, he was given the Big Banner movie Black [1] directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Amitabh Bachchan & Rani Mukherjee. The film was critically acclaimed and won major awards in all categories. [2] After the success of Black, he was offered the movie Mumbai Cutting as an Executive Producer, comprising eleven short films, directed by a host of eleven national award-winning Directors such as Sudhir Mishra, Kundan Shah, Rahul Dholakia, Anurag Kashyap, Revathi, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashank Ghosh, Ruchi Narayan, Ayush Raina, and Manish Jha.
Meraj was Executive Producer for the movie Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi & Kangana Ranaut, an Indian period gangster film based on Haji Mastan, directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Balaji Motion Pictures. He was also associated with an NFDC film An Image in the Water as Line Producer. Meraj was associated with Shaitaan produced by Anurag Kashyap Films & Viacom 18, directed by Bejoy Nambiar, who won the Most Promising Debut Director Award by Screen Weekly Award. Then he joined the team of Gangs of Wasseypur directed by Anurag Kashyap, screened at Cannes Film Festival. [3] He continued with Aiyyaa as Associate Producer starring Rani Mukherjee. The next film, Peddlers , which was screened as part of Critics' Week, an independent film event which runs parallel to the Cannes film festival in southern France. [3] Then Monsoon Shootout as an Associate producer, directed by Amit Kumar, Produced by Trevor Ingman & Martijn De Grunt (London). He had also been associated with The Lunchbox starring Irrfan Khan, directed by Ritesh Batra, the film has won 11 Awards and 13 nominations globally. Following Bombay Talkies directed by four renowned directors Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar.
He was also associated with the film Mickey Virus a Hindi comedy thriller with DAR Motion Pictures, Poorna: Courage Has No Limit with Rahul Bose, Film Omerta with Hansal Mehta & Rajkumar Rao, Film Mission Majnu with Siddharth Malhotra & Rashmika Mandana .
Meraj’s journey took off scoring international movies like Trishna as India’s line producer, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed, Directed by Michael Winterbottom ("The Mighty Heart" fame). He is associated with film White Lies starring Emraan Hashmi, Directed by Danis Tanović (Director of the Oscar-winning film No Man’s Land ). And Canadian film Khoya as an Associate Producer, directed by Sami Khan (Canada).
Meraj Shaikh started his independent production house Wingman Pictures Pvt. Ltd in the year 2007. [4] Wingman Pictures is a production company ready to bring fresh and innovative thinking in the field of new media in Hindi Films Industry. Wingman Pictures Pvt. Ltd. services encompass Ad Films, Short Films, Overseas Movies Distribution, Music Rights Acquisition.
Vikramaditya Motwane is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for films like Udaan (2010), Lootera (2013), Trapped (2017), Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018) and "Indi(r)a's Emergency" (2023).
Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2013.
Last Train to Mahakali is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, produced by Manish Tiwari and Saket Bahl. It was made for the Star Plus television series Star Bestsellers and was first telecast in 1999. The film won the Special Jury Award at the 8th Annual Star Screen Awards. In 2005, it was one of the four short films screened at an event organized by Films Anonymous at Hyderabad.
Mumbai Cutting is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language anthology film comprising eleven short films, telling eleven different stories based on life in Mumbai, which are directed by a host of eleven directors: Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Rahul Dholakia, Kundan Shah, Revathy, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashanka Ghosh, Ruchi Narain, Ayush Raina and Manish Jha. Music for one of the stories was composed by Ilaiyaraja.
Rahul Bhat is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model and participated in the Graviera Mr. India contest in 1998, and subsequently worked in several advertisements and music videos. He gained fame for his leading role in the television serial Heena from 1998 to 2003. After starring in the films Yeh Mohabbat Hai (2002) and Nayee Padosan (2003), he took a sabbatical from acting and began producing television serials, including Meri Doli Tere Angana (2007–2008) and Tum Dena Saath Mera (2009).
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language epic black comedy crime film directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri. It is the first part of the movie Gangs of Wasseypur, centered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families from 1941 to the mid-1990s. Part 1 stars an ensemble cast, featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Reema Sen, Piyush Mishra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vineet Kumar Singh, Pankaj Tripathi, Huma Qureshi, Anurita Jha and Tigmanshu Dhulia.
Aiyyaa is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language parody film starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles. It was written and directed by Sachin Kundalkar and jointly produced by Anurag Kashyap and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. The trailer was released on 6 September 2012. The movie was released on 12 October 2012 worldwide.
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language epic black comedy crime film co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. It is the second part of the movie Gangs of Wasseypur, centered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, Jharkhand and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families. Part 2 features an ensemble cast with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi, Reema Sen, Piyush Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi, Zeishan Quadri, Rajkumar Rao and Tigmanshu Dhulia in major roles. Its story spans from the 1990s to 2009.
Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film Gangs of Wasseypur, directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri has also acted in Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2. He has directed and produced the film Meeruthiya Gangsters.
Gangs of Wasseypur is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language two-part epic black comedy crime film produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri. Centered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families, the film has an ensemble cast, with Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi and Tigmanshu Dhulia in the major roles. Its story spans 68 years from 1941 to 2009.
Guneet Monga is an Indian film producer. She is the producer of the 2023 Academy Award-winning documentary short film The Elephant Whisperers. Monga is the founder of Sikhya Entertainment a boutique film production house that produced notable films like Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1, Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2, Peddlers, The Lunchbox, Masaan, Zubaan and Pagglait.
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Phantom Studios is an Indian filmproduction and distribution company established by Madhu Mantena, Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, and Vikramaditya Motwane. It was founded in 2011 by all four of them, and was cited as the "directors' company". In March 2015, Reliance Entertainment picked up 50% stake in the company.
Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor, known for his work in Hindi cinema. After writing a television series Kabhie Kabhie (1997), Kashyap co-wrote Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama Satya (1998). He later wrote and directed a short television film, Last Train to Mahakali (1999), and made his feature film debut with the yet-unreleased film Paanch. He next directed Black Friday (2007), a film on the 1993 Bombay bombings. Its release was barred by India's Censor Board for two years, but was eventually released in 2007 to positive reviews. The same year, he directed the critical and commercial failure No Smoking. Return of Hanuman (2007), an animated film, was Kashyap's next directorial venture. In 2009, he directed Dev.D, a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel Devdas, along with the political drama Gulaal. Despite positive reviews, the latter was a box-office failure.
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Harish Khanna is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Indian and foreign language films. He is best known for his performances in Yahaan, Kaminey, Midnight’s Children, and Gangs of Wasseypur.
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