Niren Bhatt

Niren Bhatt
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Lyricist screenwriter
Years active	2008–present

Niren Bhatt is an Indian screenwriter and lyricist who works predominantly in Hindi films. He has written the films for the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, most notably Stree 2 (2024), which became one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of all time. ^[1]

Early life

Bhatt holds a Master in Engineering and Business Administration. ^[2] Before working in the film industry, he worked as a business consultant. In 2011, he left his corporate job to pursue a career in screenwriting. ^[3]

Career

Bhatt initially wrote commercials and Gujarati plays. Later, he began writing for television and films but had mixed reception from audiences. His breakthrough came with writing for long running sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah . He wrote the script and penned the lyrics for the Gujarati film Bey Yaar (2014) which was a commercial success. He wrote several Gujarati films including Wrong Side Raju (2016) and Ventilator (2018) and wrote the lyrics for several songs including music albums in Hindi and Gujarati. He wrote Made in China (2019) for director Mikhil Musale and the Netflix production Serious Men (2020) adapting a novel of the same name. Following the success of 2019 Hindi film Bala, he made his breakthrough and began his long association with producer Amar Kaushik. ^{[4] [5] [6]} He is credited as the co-creator of Maddock Supernatural Universe along with Amar Kaushik for which he wrote Bhediya (2022), Munjya (2024) and Stree 2 (2024).

He is also the screenwriter of web series' such as Asur (2020), Ray (2021) and Inside Edge (2017). He wrote two episodes; Spotlight and Hangama Hain Kyon Barpa, the latter being an Urdu episode; of Ray. ^[2]

Filmography

Films

List of Niren Bhatt film credits

Year	Title	Lyricist	Screenwriter	Language
2014	Fugly	Yes	No	Hindi
	Gollu Aur Pappu	Yes	No
	Bey Yaar	Yes	No	Gujarati
2015	All is well	Yes	No	Hindi
2016	Wrong Side Raju	Yes	Yes	Gujarati
	Daav Thai Gayo	Yes	No
	Tuu To Gayo	Yes	No
2017	Duniyadari	Yes	No
	Chor Bani Thangaat Kare	Yes	No
	Tamburo	Yes	No
	Pappa Tamne Nahi Samjaay	Yes	No
	Best of Luck Laalu	Yes	No
	Love Ni Bhavai	Yes	No
2018	Gujjubhai Most Wanted	Yes	No
	Ventilator	Yes	Yes
	Loveyatri	Yes	Yes	Hindi
	Sharato Lagu	Yes	No	Gujarati
2019	Chaal Jeevi Laiye!	Yes	No
	Saheb	Yes	No
	Dhunki	Yes	No
	Luv Ni Love Storys	Yes	No
	Made in China	Yes	Yes	Hindi
	Bala	Yes	No
2020	Serious Men	No	Additional screenplay
2022	Gajab Thai Gayo!	Yes	No	Gujarati
	Prem Prakaran	Yes	No
	Vickida No Varghodo	Yes	No
	Hey Kem Chho London	Yes	No
	Chabutro	Yes	No
	Aum Mangalam Singlem	Yes	No
	Bhediya	No	Yes	Hindi
2024	Munjya	No	Yes
	Stree 2	No	Yes
	The Buckingham Murders	Yes	No
2025	Sky Force	No	Yes
	Thamma	No	Yes

Television

List of Niran Bhatt television credits

Year	Series Name	Credited as	Language	Platform
2008-2019	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (3163 episodes)	Screenwriter	Hindi	Sony SAB
2012-present	Savdhaan India			Life OK
2012	Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother			Sony SAB
2012-2014	Jeannie Aur Juju (406 episodes)
2019	Inside Edge (10 episodes)			Amazon Prime Video
2020	Asur: Welcome to your dark side (8 episodes)			Voot
2021	Ray (2 episodes)	Screenwriter, actor		Netflix

Accolades

65th Filmfare Awards

• Best Dialogue – Nominated

68th Filmfare Awards

• Best Story – Nominated

References

1. "Stree 2 writer Niren Bhatt slams remake culture in Bollywood: 'Out of 25 remakes post-pandemic, 23 are flops'". Hindustan Times. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
2. "How Niren Bhatt connected 'Stree' and 'Bhediya' in the universe of Indian cinema – Exclusive Interview". Financialexpress. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
3. "Did You Know Stree 2 writer Niren Bhatt also worked as a writer for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah?". The Times of India. 30 August 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 September 2024.
4. "'Bhediya' writer Niren Bhatt: We'd like to make a sequel, 100 per cent". 14 December 2022.
5. "'Bhediya' writer Niren Bhatt: Elicit laughter, but make it meaningful". 1 December 2022.
6. "Ray Writer Niren Bhatt Had Irrfan Khan In His Mind Before Manoj Bajpayee Stepped In As Musafir". 12 July 2021.

External links

• Niren Bhatt at IMDb