Raaj Shaandilyaa

Raaj Shaandilyaa
Shaandilyaa in 2019
Born	(1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 39) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Screenwriter dialogue writer director managing director [1]
Years active	2007 – present
Known for	Comedy Circus (television series) Dream Girl (film)
Title	Managing director and chairman,ThinkInk Picturez Ltd. [1]
Spouse	Vershaa Kashyap
Website	thinkinkpicturez.com (company website)

Raaj Shaandilyaa (born 1985) is an Indian television and Bollywood writer from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. ^[2]

From 2007 to 2014, Shaandilyaa was a lead writer and content director for the Sony Entertainment Television series Comedy Circus .

Career

Shaandilyaa began his career in 2006 and has written approximately 350 scripts for comedians Krishna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri and approximately 200 scripts for comedian Kapil Sharma. ^[3]

Shaandilyaa holds a 2013 record in the Limca Book of Records ^[4] for having written 625 scripts.

In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the comedy film Dream Girl , which was a commercial success. ^[5]

Filmography

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Dialogue writer	Screenplay	Producer	Lyrics	Notes
2007	Comedy Circus		Yes
2015	Welcome Back			Yes				[6]
2016	Freaky Ali			Yes				[7]
2017	Bhoomi			Yes	Yes
2018	Bhaiaji Superhit			Yes
2019	Jabariya Jodi			Yes				[8]
	Dream Girl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Directorial debut [9]
2022	Janhit Mein Jaari		Yes			Yes	Yes	Debuting as a producer [10]
	The Great Weddings of Munnes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		web series on Voot [11]
2023	Dream Girl 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Luv Ki Arrange Marriage		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		[12]
	Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

1. "Think Ink Studio Ltd – Announcement under Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 – Direction of Hindi Film by Mr. Rajesh Sharma AKA Mr. Raaj Shaandilyaa, Managing Director of Think Ink Studio Limited with Balaji Telefilms Limited". @businessline. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. "Meet the Man Behind Kapil Sharma's Comedy". Deccan Chronicle . 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
3. ramchandani, binita (25 June 2014). "Who Makes Kapil Sharma Funny?". Deccan Chronicle .
4. Shaandilyaa, Raaj (26 July 2015). "My LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS...pic.twitter.com/KigS0fh8hD".
5. "Dream Girl Box Office Collection Day 17: Ayushmann Khurrana's Film Continues Dream Run". Business Today . Retrieved 16 October 2019.
6. "Film Review: Welcome Back". Mumbai Mirror .
7. "Freaky Ali Review by Deepanjana Pal: Nawazuddin to the Rescue". Hindustan Times . 9 September 2016.
8. "Prashant Singh on Directing Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra in Jabariya Jodi: It's a Perfect Collaboration". Mumbai Mirror .
9. "Ayushmann Khurrana Announces His Next Film Dream Girl". Indian Express . 30 November 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
10. "Nushrratt Bharuccha, Pavail Gulati Cast in Omung Kumar's Janhit Mein Jaari, Written, Produced by Raaj Shaandilyaa". Firstpost. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
11. "Raaj Shaandilyaa to Make His OTT Debut as Writer-Producer with Abhishek Banerjee's 'The Great Wedding of Munnes'". The Free Press Journal . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
12. "Luv Ki Arrange Marriage: Sunny Singh-Avneet Kaur Starrer to Release on ZEE5". Bollywood Hungama. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

External links

• Raaj Shaandilyaa at IMDb