Tigmanshu Dhulia

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Tigmanshu Dhulia
Photo Of Tigmanshu Dhulia From The DVD launch of 'Paan Singh Tomar'.jpg
Dhulia in 2012
Born (1967-07-03) 3 July 1967 (age 57)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
Years active1991–present

Tigmanshu Dhulia (born 3 July 1967) is an Indian film dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, producer and casting director known for his works in Hindi cinema and Television. [1] He wrote the dialogue for the 1998 film Dil Se.. , the first Bollywood film to chart in the UK top ten, and screened at the Berlin International Film Festival. [2] His directing career has also garnered international recognition with the biographical film, Paan Singh Tomar premiered at the 2010 BFI London Film Festival. [3] [4] and the thriller drama Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster . [5]

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Paan Singh Tomar eventually went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2012. [6] Similarly, his sequel film Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns had gained critical acclaim. [7] [8] [9] He is also well known for his role as Ramadhir Singh in Anurag Kashyap's modern cult film Gangs of Wasseypur . [10] Dhulia holds a master's degree in Theatre from the National School of Drama. [11]

Early life and education

Dhulia was born and raised in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, [12] where his father was a judge at the Allahabad High Court, while his mother was a professor of Sanskrit. He is the youngest of three brothers, one of whom later joined the Navy, while the other is a judge at the Supreme Court of India. He attended St Joseph's College, Allahabad, then Allahabad University where he majored in English, Economics and Modern History. After graduating in 1986 he took a master's degree in Theatre at the National School of Drama in New Delhi, completing the course in 1989. [13] His brother Sudhanshu Dhulia is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. [14]

Career

In 1990 he moved to Mumbai where he worked as casting director on the film Bandit Queen , a Phoolan Devi biopic. He was casting director for 1995's Stiff Upper Lips , in which he also had a cameo role as a stallholder, [15] and 2000's The Warrior , directed by Asif Kapadia. Dhulia started his career by assisting Pradip Krishen in Electric Moon (1992) and Ketan Mehta in Sardar (1993). Thereafter he turned to television, and during the 90s Dhulia directed and produced several television programs, including the six-part Krishna's Dream for UK Channel Four. [16] Kahani Ek Kanya Ki (1991) was written for Doordarshan, and Hum Bambai Nahin Jayenge (1993), for BI Television, was set in an acting school. 1996's Just Mohabbat was the story of a boy's coming-of-age, and Naya Daur (1995) adapted a classic Hindi novel by Bhagwati Charan Verma for Zee TV.[ citation needed ]

Dhulia's 1999 series Star Bestsellers , a sequence of six 45-minute short stories ("Ek Sham Ki Mulaqat", "Fursat Main", "Hum Saath Saath Hain Kya", "Anekon Hitler", "Musafir", and "Bhawaron Ne Khilaya Phool"), won him popular recognition. His 2005 comedy Who Dus Din, for Star TV, satirised the Indian film industry, while Ek Duje Ke Liye, produced the same year and also for Star TV, was an adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple . He also directed the TV serial 'Rajdhaani' for Starplus featuring Neha Dhupia.

He directed his first feature film, Haasil in 2003, a love story set among politicised students in northern India. The film was critically well received and has gained a cult following. Haasil was nominated for six awards (including best directorial debut) at the Zee Cine Awards, where it won for best screenplay. [17] His second film Charas: A Joint Operation was a thriller concerning drug cartels, shot in marijuana-growing regions of Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, Tigmanshu has come up with two films – the first one being Shagird which released on 13 May and the second one was Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster . [18]

Dhulia's film Paan Singh Tomar released on 2 March 2012 and won him wide critical acclaim including National Film Award for Best Feature Film. He has announced four other upcoming projects, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013), Milan Talkies, Jai Ramji, Bullett Raja , and Sultana Daku. [19]

Recently he has been honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Films & Video Studios.

Tigmanshu had also started production and directing a film titled "Showman" starring Govinda. He was a big fan of Govinda and dreamed of directing a film on him.[ citation needed ] The film has been abandoned. Apart from directing and acting in films, Tigmanshu has now become a well-known YouTuber.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorActorProducerScreenwriterCasting director
1992 Electric Moon Yes
1994 Bandit Queen Yes
1995Bombay BluesYes
1996 Tere Mere Sapne Yes
1998 Stiff Upper Lips Yes
1998 Dil Se.. YesYes
2002 Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai Yes
2003 Haasil YesYes
2004 Charas YesYes
2005 Family: Ties of Blood Yes
2011 Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster YesYesYes
2011 Shagird YesYes
2012 Paan Singh Tomar YesYes
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 Yes
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur Yes
2013 Bullett Raja YesYesYes
2013 Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns YesYesYes
2013 Shahid Yes
2015 Hero Yes
2015 Manjhi - The Mountain Man Yes
2017 Raag Desh YesYes
2018 Zero Yes
2018Baarish Aur ChowmeinYesYes
2018 Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 YesYesYes
2019 Milan Talkies YesYesYesYes
2020 Raat Akeli Hai Yes
2020 Yaara YesYes
2022 Holy Cow Yes
2025 Mr. I YesNoYesYesYes

Television

Acting credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Kahani Ek Kanya KiUn­known
2014 Yudh Minister
2018 Rangbaaz Ramshankar Tiwari
2019 Fixerr Yashpal Sahrawat
2021 Tandav PM Devki Nandan Singh
Call My Agent: Bollywood HimselfEpisode: "In Loving Memory"
2023 Kaalkoot Mani Shankar Tripath
Commando Bakshi

Awards

National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards
Stardust Awards
SAARC Film Festival
Filmfare OTT Awards

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