Tushar Hiranandani

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Tushar Hiranandani
Born (1975-07-13) 13 July 1975 (age 49)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1999-present
Spouse
Nidhi Parmar
(m. 2011)
Children1

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 .

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Early life and career

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.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2004 Masti NoYes
Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... NoYes
2006 Pyare Mohan NoYes
Naksha NoYes
2008 Sunday NoYes
2009 Daddy Cool NoYes
2010 Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? NoYes
2011 F.A.L.T.U NoYes
Double Dhamaal NoYes
2012 Housefull 2 NoYes
2013 Grand Masti NoYes
ABCD NoYes
2014 Main Tera Hero NoYes
Ek Villain NoYes
2015 ABCD 2 NoYes
2016 Great Grand Masti NoYes
A Flying Jatt NoYes
Dishoom NoYes
2017 Half Girlfriend NoYes
2019 Saand Ki Aankh YesNo
Housefull 4 NoYes
2020 Street Dancer 3D NoYes
2024 Srikanth YesNo

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2023 Scam 2003 YesNo10 episodes

References

  1. "Tushar Hiranandani". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. "Tushar Hiranandani". IMDb . Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. "Writer Tushar Hiranandani joins Balaji Motion Pictures as Head of Development". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. "Tushar Hiranandani". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. ""Grand Masti did well because it's a funny film" - Tushar Hiranandani". Bollywood Hungama . 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. "Film writer Tushar Hiranandani - ETC Bollywood Business - Komal Nahta". YouTube . Retrieved 3 April 2015.