Tushar Hiranandani

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| name = Tushar Hiranandani

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|07|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Nidhi Parmar|2011}}

| children = 1

| years_active = 1999-present

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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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1564449/Tushar-Hiranandani/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119130522/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1564449/Tushar-Hiranandani/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2016 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2016 |title=Tushar Hiranandani |accessdate=3 April 2015}} He tasted early success with his debut film Masti directed by Indra Kumar in 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1571874/ |title=Tushar Hiranandani |website=IMDb |accessdate=3 April 2015}} He is the head of content development at Balaji Motion Pictures.{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/6047711/Writer-Tushar-Hiranandani-joins-Balaji-Motion-Pictures-as-Head-of-Development |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811230614/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/6047711/Writer-Tushar-Hiranandani-joins-Balaji-Motion-Pictures-as-Head-of-Development |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2015 |title=Writer Tushar Hiranandani joins Balaji Motion Pictures as Head of Development |website=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=16 May 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/index/id/32558 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405183745/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/index/id/32558 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2012 |title=Tushar Hiranandani |website=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=3 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/5651 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025044823/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/5651 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2013 |title="Grand Masti did well because it's a funny film" - Tushar Hiranandani |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=21 October 2013 |accessdate=3 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_31YDLSgC8 |title=Film writer Tushar Hiranandani - ETC Bollywood Business - Komal Nahta |website=YouTube |accessdate=3 April 2015}} 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=

Year \|\| Title \|\| Director \|\| Writer \|\| Notes
class="wikitable sortable"style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
rowspan=2\|2004	Masti	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
rowspan=2\|2006	Pyare Mohan	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| Naksha	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2008	Sunday	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2009	Daddy Cool	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2010	Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
rowspan=2\|2011	F.A.L.T.U	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| Double Dhamaal	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2012	Housefull 2	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
rowspan=2\|2013	Grand Masti	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| ABCD	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
rowspan=2\|2014	Main Tera Hero	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| Ek Villain	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2015	ABCD 2	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
rowspan=3\|2016	Great Grand Masti	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| A Flying Jatt	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
\| Dishoom	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2017	Half Girlfriend	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
rowspan=2\|2019	Saand Ki Aankh	{{Yes}}	{{No}}
\| Housefull 4	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2020	Street Dancer 3D	{{No}}	{{Yes}}
2024	Srikanth	{{Yes}}	{{no}}

=Television=

Year \|\| Title \|\| Director \|\| Writer \|\| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
2023	Scam 2003	{{Yes}}	{{No}}	10 episodes

References

External links

TellyChakker : http://www.tellychakkar.com/movie/movie-news/mohit-sidharth-karan-anil-thadani-do-boys-night-out-415
Indian Express : http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/creating-money-spinners/
Bollywood Hungama : [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023080219/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5651]

Category:Living people

Category:Indian male screenwriters

Category:Screenwriters from Mumbai

Category:Indian Sindhi people

Category:1975 births