Vijay Maurya

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Vijay Maurya
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Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • film director
  • actor

Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who works in Indian films and theatre. [1] He is best known for his work in the 2019 film Gully Boy. [2]

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Career

Theatre

Maurya began his career in theatre by enrolling in a workshop under Satyadev Dubey for acting. He was an integral part of Prithvi Theatre from 1993 to 2008. He has worked in 14 original plays which have had a total of over 2500 shows. Some of his plays include Meena Kumari, Airawat, Solah Saal Ka Aakash, Jungle Ke Paar, Laila, Sa Hi Besura. The play Sa Hi Besura [3] has been his most popular running successfully with over 100 shows.

Films

Maurya has acted in critically acclaimed films like Nishikant Kamat's Mumbai Meri Jaan [4] and Anurag Kashyap's[ citation needed ] Black Friday . [5] He is also a screenwriter and has won a National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Chillar Party along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl at the 59th National Film Awards. [6] His latest film Gully Boy as a dialogue writer and supporting actor has been well received both critically and commercially.

Maurya made his digital debut as a director with the Amazon Original series Crash Course, created, produced and written by former UTV Motion Pictures associate Manish Hariprasad and co-written by Raina Roy.

Commercials

Having directed over a 150 commercials, Maurya is known for his witty sense of humour and has directed commercials for a number of Indian and International brands. He continues to work as an ad-film director along with his film commitments.

Filmography

YearFilmActorDirectorScreenwriterRoleNotes
1998 Satya YesNoNo 
1999 Mast YesNoNo 
2003 Paanch YesNoNoPondy
2004 Black Friday YesNoNoDawood Ibrahim [7]
2005 Socha Na Tha YesNoNoShiva
2008 Bombay to Bangkok YesNoNoJamal Khan
Mumbai Meri Jaan YesNoNo Constable Sunil Kadam
2009 Aage Se Right YesNoNoRaghav Shetty
Ride the Wave JohnnyYesNoNo 
Peter Gaya Kaam Se YesNoNo 
2010Bombay MirrorYesNoNo Short film
Striker NoNoYes 
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey NoNoDialogues 
Tees Maar Khan YesNoNoSoda
2011 Chillar Party NoNoYes 
2013Tendulkar OutYesNoNo 
2014 The Letters YesNoNoMaharaj Singh English film
Bhoothnath Returns YesNoNoGhost[ citation needed ]
Nachom-ia Kumpasar YesNoNo  Konkani film
2015 Hunterrr NoNoDialogues 
Vakratunda Mahakaaya YesNoNo  Marathi film
Dhanak YesNoNo 
2016 Photocopy NoYesYes 
2017 Tumhari Sulu YesNoYesPankaj Rai Baaghi
2019 Gully Boy YesNoDialoguesAteeq Khan [8]
Sacred Games YesNoNoRam Gopal VermaWeb Series [9]
2020 Yeh Ballet YesNoDialoguesNishu's father
2021 Toofan NoNoAdditional Screenplay & Dialogues 
The White Tiger YesNoNoMukesh
Radhe NoNoYes 
2022 A Thursday NoNoDialogues 
Darlings YesNoDialogues Inspector Rajaram Tawde
Shabaash Mithu NoNoDialogues 
The Great Indian Murder NoNoYes Web Series
Crash Course NoYesNo 
Rangbaaz: Darr Ki RajneetiYesNoNoLakhan Rai [10]
2023 Mast Mein Rehne Ka NoYesYes 
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan YesNoNoMalcolm Pereira
2024 Maidan YesNoNoIndian Commentator

Awards

Filmfare Awards

YearCategoryForResultRef.
2018 Best Dialogue Tumhari Sulu Nominated
2020 Gully Boy Won

IIFA Awards

YearCategoryForResult
2020 Best Dialogue Gully Boy Won

Star Screen Awards

YearCategoryForResult
2020Best Dialogue Gully Boy Won

SWA Awards

YearCategoryForResult
2020Best Dialogue Gully Boy Won

Indian Telly Streaming Awards

YearCategoryForResult
2022Best Screenplay - Hindi Series The Great Indian Murder Won

References

  1. Hindustan Times (19 December 2021). "Line between commercial and art films is getting blurred: Vijay Maurya". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE| Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh discovered that passion one can't write on paper, says Gully Boy dialogue writer Vijay Maurya". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. "Hindustan Times - Archive News". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. admin (1 February 2013). "Mayank Shekhar's Review: Mumbai Meri Jaan".
  5. "B-Town's Dawood fascination continues". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  6. "MSN India - Best of Bollywood, South Cinema, TV and Celebs". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  7. "Bollywood dares to portray Dawood Ibrahim, liberates itself from fear of underworld".
  8. Guha, Aniruddha (14 January 2019). "For those tripping on the #GullyBoy dialogues but don't know who wrote them, it's @urfvijaymaurya at work (also seen as the asshole office manager in the trailer). Puts the kadak in sadakchhaap". @AniGuha. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  9. "'Sacred Games' plays it silly in season 2". 15 August 2019.
  10. "'It Has Nothing To...': Vineet Kumar On Similarities Between Rangbaaz 3 And Shahabuddin's Life". Jagran English. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.