Sanjiv Jaiswal

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Sanjiv Jaiswal
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Born (1972-08-06) 6 August 1972 (age 51)
Occupation(s)Writer, producer & director
Website www.sanjivjaiswal.com

Sanjiv Jaiswal is an Indian film director and producer who mainly works in Hindi films. [1]

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Biography

Sanjiv Jaiswal is from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He wanted to become a filmmaker since childhood. After completing his graduation, he came to Mumbai and established his own film production house. He produced his first film, Fareb , in 2005. His second film Anwar (2007) was written and directed by Manish Jha. His debut as a writer and director was in 2012, with Shudra: The Rising , which portrays slavery, untouchability and the caste system in Indian society. [2] [3] Jaiswal was awarded the Best Director's Award for Shudra: The Rising in Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival in 2013.[ citation needed ] The film was also nominated for the Boston International Film Festival (2013), [4]

In 2019, Jaiswal wrote and directed the Hindi feature film Pranaam . [5] [6]

Filming for Jaiswal's sequel to Shudra: The Rising, called Bagawat, began in 2020. [7] [8]

Filmography

YearFilmCastNotesProduction house
2020Quota (upcoming) Aniruddh Dave, Aaditya Om, Garima Kapoor, Uday Veer SinghWriter & directorRudraksh Adventures (p) Ltd.
2020Bagawat (upcoming) Rajniesh Duggall, Vikram Gokhle, Shishir Sharma, Aditya Om, Aham Sharma, Suparna Malakar, Rupali Jadhav, Omkar Das and Krishha.Writer & directorRudraksh Adventures (p) Ltd.
2019 Pranaam Rajeev Khandelwal, Abhimanyu Singh, Atul Kulkarni, Vikram Gokhale and Sameksha Singh.Writer & directorRudraksh Adventures (p) Ltd.
2012 Shudra: The Rising Shaji Chaudhary,Sridhar Dubey, Kirran Sharad and Mahesh Balraj etc.Writer & directorRudraksh Adventures (p) Ltd.
2007 Anwar Siddharth Koirala, Manisha Koirala, Rajpal Yadav and Nauheed Cyrusi.ProducerDayal Creations (p) Ltd.
2005 Fareb Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty and Manoj Bajpai.ProducerDayal Creations (p) Ltd.

Webseries

YearNameCastNotesProduction house
upcoming Ambedkar - The Legend Vikram Gokhale Writer & director [9] [10]

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