Tushar Hiranandani | |
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Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 13 July 1975
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Years active | 1999-present |
Spouse | Nidhi Parmar (m. 2011) |
Children | 1 |
Tushar Hiranandani (born 13 July 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has written films like Masti (2004), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010), Housefull 2 (2012), ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013), Ek Villain (2014), Dishoom (2016) and Half Girlfriend (2017) among others. He then made his directorial debut with Saand Ki Aankh (2019) and went onto make Srikanth (2024). In 2023, he directed Sony LIV series Scam 2003 .
He grew up around the world of films as his grandfather Hiranand Hiranandani and father Ashok Hiranandani were Hindi film distributors and had a company called Black and White film distribution. [1] He tasted early success with his debut film Masti directed by Indra Kumar in 2004. [2] He is the head of content development at Balaji Motion Pictures . [3] He also directed the SonyLIV show Scam 2003 .
Born in Mumbai, Tushar started out as a clapper boy on the sets of Mann (1999) directed by Indra Kumar. [4] [5] [6] Along with Milap Zaveri, he went on to write films like Kyon Ho Gaya na, Pyaare Mohan and more recently ABCD, Main Tera Hero and Ek Villain. In 2019, Tushar made his directorial debut with the biographical drama Saand Ki Aankh.
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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2004 | Masti | No | Yes | |
Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... | No | Yes | ||
2006 | Pyare Mohan | No | Yes | |
Naksha | No | Yes | ||
2008 | Sunday | No | Yes | |
2009 | Daddy Cool | No | Yes | |
2010 | Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? | No | Yes | |
2011 | F.A.L.T.U | No | Yes | |
Double Dhamaal | No | Yes | ||
2012 | Housefull 2 | No | Yes | |
2013 | Grand Masti | No | Yes | |
ABCD | No | Yes | ||
2014 | Main Tera Hero | No | Yes | |
Ek Villain | No | Yes | ||
2015 | ABCD 2 | No | Yes | |
2016 | Great Grand Masti | No | Yes | |
A Flying Jatt | No | Yes | ||
Dishoom | No | Yes | ||
2017 | Half Girlfriend | No | Yes | |
2019 | Saand Ki Aankh | Yes | No | |
Housefull 4 | No | Yes | ||
2020 | Street Dancer 3D | No | Yes | |
2024 | Srikanth | Yes | No |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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2023 | Scam 2003 | Yes | No | 10 episodes |
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