Nilesh Sahay

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Nilesh Sahay
Charity Screening of Policegiri, July 2013.jpg
Sahay in 2013
Born (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 41)
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Producer
Parent(s)Kesri Nandan Sahay
Zaheeda

Nilesh Sahay is an Indian Film Producer, Writer and Director.

Contents

Sahay made his film debut in Ganesh Acharaya's 2011 film Angel . [1] He later turned film maker/ producer and started shooting Squad , his directorial debut, in september 2019 at Belarusfilm studios in Minsk.

Family

Sahay is the son of the actress Zaheeda. His great-grandmother Jaddan Bai, was the country's first female film producer and music composer. His grandfather Aktar Hussain was an actor, producer, director and writer and his grandaunt and uncle Nargis Dutt and Sunil Dutt were also actors. Sahay is also the nephew of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. [2]

Filmography

Actor

Director

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References

  1. Gaurav Malani (7 November 2010). "Sanjay to follow Aamir". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. "Angel's BO run will decide my B'wood course: Nilesh". Indian Express. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. "Angel: Movie Review". The Times of India. 10 February 2012.
  4. "Squad Review: Newbies Rinzin Denzongpa, Malvika Raaj Flounder In Dead-On-Arrival Dud". NDTV.com.
  5. "Squad director Nilesh Sahay: Took three months to get travel permission". Mid-day. 12 December 2020.
  6. "John Abraham meets Squad's Nilesh Sahay and Rinzing Denzongpa". Mumbai Mirror. 19 September 2019.
  7. Today, Telangana (25 August 2021). "Nilesh Sahay and Harshvardhan Rane caught up for a script session". Telangana Today.
  8. "Makers of Harshvardhan Rane's next 'Ambush' get 'Mad Max Fury' fame Kier Beck on board for a 17-minute car chase scene". The Times of India. 20 September 2021.