Shridhar Raghavan

Shridhar Raghavan
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	2000–present
Family	Sriram Raghavan (brother)

Shridhar Raghavan is an Indian screenwriter known for his work in Hindi films. He has written the screenplays for the YRF Spy Universe films War (2019), Pathaan (2023), Tiger 3 (2023), and War 2 (2025). ^{[1] [2]} He won National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Apaharan (2005). ^[3]

Personal life

Shridhar Raghavan is the brother of writer-director Sriram Raghavan. ^{[4] [5]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
2000-2018	CID	Television series
2002	Achanak 37 Saal Baad	Television series
2004	Khakee
	Deewar
2005	Apaharan
	Bluffmaster!
2006	Family
2009	Chandni Chowk to China
2011	Dum Maaro Dum
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Tamil film; script consultant
2019	Criminal Justice	Television series
	War	[6]
2021	Shiddat
2023	Pathaan	[7]
	The Night Manager
	Jawan	Script consultant
	Tiger 3
2024	Yudhra
2025	War 2	[8]
2026	Ramayana: Part 1	[9]

References

1. "Meet Sridhar Raghava, The Man Behind The Successful YRF Spy Universe". News18. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
2. Team, DNA Web. "Not Aditya Chopra, this man created YRF Spy Universe, wrote Tiger 3, Pathaan, War; made CID, brother made 450-crore film". DNA India. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
3. "Winners Of 53rd National Film Awards". Filmi Duniya. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
4. "For Brothers Raghavan, crime is content, retro is five years old". The Indian Express. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
5. "BONUS: Q&A with Sriram and Sridhar Raghavan". The Indian Express. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
6. Sequeira, Gayle (2023-01-27). "Siddharth Anand And Shridhar Raghavan Answer All Your Questions About War". www.filmcompanion.in. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
7. "Magic of cinema happens without planning: 'Pathaan' writer Sridhar Raghavan". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
8. Pande, Shreyas (2025-05-20). "War 2 Teaser: Hrithik Roshan's charisma clashes with the enigma of Jr NTR in this actioner". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
9. "Internet Roasts Ramayana Part I 'Writer' Shridhar Raghavan For Taking Story Credit: "What About Brother Valmiki?"". NDTV. Retrieved 2025-07-25.

External links

• Shridhar Raghavan at IMDb