Anjum Rajabali

Anjum Rajabali is a veteran Indian screenwriter and teacher. He has written films like Drohkaal (1994), Ghulam (1998), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and Raajneeti (2010). He is also known for his leadership and lobbying for the rights of Indian screenwriters, as a senior activist of the Screenwriters Association, India.[1]

Anjum Rajabali
Born (1958-08-07) 7 August 1958
Talaja, Gujarat, India
Alma materUniversity of Pune
OccupationScreenwriter, Actor
Years active1994-present

Career

He began his career in the film industry as an associate scriptwriter for the critically acclaimed Drohkaal (1994). In 1998, Anjum wrote the screenplay for the film China Gate along with writing the story and screenplay for the hit crime-thriller Ghulam, starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherji. In the following years, Anjum is credited with writing for films across a variety of genres, including the action film Kachche Dhaage (1999), the drama Pukar (2000), the biographical film The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and the horror Naina (2005). He was the script consultant on Prakash Jha's crime-drama Apaharan (2005) and Anjum's association with him extended for the next four successive films that Prakash Jha directed, with Anjum writing for Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh and his latest release Satyagraha (2013).[2]

He is the Head of Screenwriting at Whistling Woods as well as the Honorary Head of Screenplay Writing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII),[3] a course that he founded in 2004. Apart from being a script consultant on several films, he also conducts workshops, seminars and conferences on screenwriting. In mid-2014, he joined with Mumbai Mantra as Convenor for their new initiative, the Mumbai Mantra CineRise Screenwriting Programme - 100 Storytellers A Year - a process of nurturing screenwriting talent, planned with 8 defined stages[4] of creative intervention, which invited applications from Indian screenwriters from any part of the world, including non-resident Indians and even those with mixed Indian parentage.[5]

Filmography

Writer
YearFilmNotes
2013Satyagraha
2012Chakravyuh
2011Aarakshan
2010Raajneeti
2005ApaharanScript consultant
2005Naina
2002The Legend of Bhagat SinghEnglish Dialogue / Screenplay writer
2000PukarDialogue / Screenplay writer
1999Kachche DhaageScreenplay / Story writer
1998Ghulam
1998China GateScreenplay writer
1994DrohkaalAssociate script writer

Actor
YearFilmRole
2018Veere Di WeddingKishan Puri
2014Time MachineChetan Kanodia (Older)
2011Turning 30David- Publisher
2008GhajiniDr. Debkumar Mitra
1996Kama Sutra: A Tale of LoveMadho singh

Producer
  • Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (2010) (executive producer)

Thanks
  • Int. Cafe Night (2014) (Special thanks)
  • Hrid Majharey (2014) (Special thanks)
  • Rab da Vaasta... (2013) (Thanks)
  • Dum Maaro Dum (2011) (Acknowledgment)
  • Turning 30 (2011) (Acknowledgment)
  • Der Andher (2011) (Very special thanks)
  • Read My Silence (2011) (Special thanks)
  • Via Kargil (2011) (Special thanks)
  • Khakee (2004) (Acknowledgment - as Mr. Anjum Rajabali)
  • Sarfarosh (1999) (Grateful thanks - as Shri. Anjum Rajaballi)
  • Godmother (1999) (Acknowledgment)

Miscellaneous Crew
  • Valmiki Ki Bandook (2010) (Script supervisor)
  • Mulk (Script supervisor)
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References
  1. "Prakash Jha felt he was married to Anjum Rajabali". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/anjum-rajabali-working-on-a-biopic/
  3. "Faculty | Screenwriting". Whistling Woods. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. http://www.mumbaimantra.com/about1.aspx
  5. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2600813/Satyagraha-writer-Anjum-Rajabali-teams-with-Mumbai-Mantras-new-initiative
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