Neeraj Ghaywan

Neeraj Ghaywan is the National Award winning director of the critically acclaimed Indo-French drama Masaan. He has previously assisted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on films like Gangs of Wasseypur. Masaan received wide acclaim from critics, mainstream media, and audiences alike, and won the FIPRESCI prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film festival.[1] 2015 as well as the Promising Future prize (Prix avenir prometteur), in addition to several other awards and nominations around the world.

Neeraj Ghaywan
Born1980 (age 39–40)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, (now Telangana), India
OccupationDirector, screenwriter
Years active2010–present

He directed the Fuelled By Love commercial for British Airways.[2], which has won multiple international awards. Neeraj also directed the widely popular Vicks commercial #TouchOfCare, which won hearts all over. The touching ad tells the story of a transgender woman and activist who came to adopt a young girl whose birth mother died of AIDS. His latest award-winning short, Juice, subtly tackles patriarchy and misogyny in the Indian household. He co-directed the second season of Netflix's highly acclaimed series - Sacred Games.

Early life and education

Neeraj Ghaywan was born in a Dalit community[3] and brought up in Hyderabad, to Maharashtrian parents.[4] He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Shivrampally (National Police Academy). After completing his degree in Electrical Engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, in 2002, he did his MBA in Marketing from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune.

Career

He started his career in corporate world with stints in UTV New Media, Hindustan Times and Tech Mahindra. But he was drawn towards cinema. Observing films with a critic's eye he started writing for the now defunct Passionforcinema.com. According to him, that interest grew into passion and with a push from the director, Anurag Kashyap, he made cinema his career and his life.[5]

He made his first short film, Independence that was shortlisted for the In Competition section of PFCOne, an online one-minute film festival, in 2010.[6]

He assisted Anurag in the making of Ugly and Gangs of Wasseypur directing two short films in the meanwhile, Shor and Epiphany. In January 2014 a screenplay he co-wrote "Fly Away Solo" was awarded the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award.[7] He made a motion picture based on it Masaan in 2015 that went on to win the FIPRESCI (International Federation Of Film Critics) and Promising Future awards in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film festival.[1]

He made his first commercial short film in 2016 for British Airways.[2]

He received the Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Debut Film of a director for Masaan at the 63rd Indian National Film Awards.[8]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref.
2013 Shorts Yes Yes No segment "Shor" [9]
Epiphany Yes Yes No Short film [9]
2015 Masaan Yes Yes No [9]
2017 Juice Yes No No Short film [10]
2019 Sacred Games Yes No No 8 episodes [11]

Awards
Cannes Film Festival
  • The Un Certain Regard special jury prize for debut film (Prix de l’avenir) for Masaan[12]
  • The International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) award for Masaan[13]
63rd National Film Awards
61st Filmfare Awards
  • 2018|Filmfare Award for Best Short Film (fiction)
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References
  1. "'Masaan' director Neeraj Ghaywan: Cannes win was beyond dreams". The Times of India. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. "How This British Airways Stewardess Fell in Love With India".
  3. "Neeraj Ghaywan responds to Vivek Agnihotri's Dalit tweet; Twitter lines up in support of the Masaan director- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "The last five years have not been easy: Neeraj Ghaywan". Hindstan Times. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. "I'm overwhelmed, says 'Masaan' director Neeraj Ghaywan on his Cannes experience". First Post. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  6. "PFCOne 2010 Online One Minute Film Festival begins". 5 January 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  7. "Ghaywan's 'Fly Away Solo' to be turned into motion picture". Business Standard. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  8. "National Awards 2016: Kangana, Amitabh best actors; Manoj Kumar receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award". ABP Live. 3 May 2016.
  9. Bapna, Amit (2 March 2016). "The 'Masaan'-man turned ad-man: How Neeraj Ghaywan found his calling" – via The Economic Times.
  10. "Juice review: Neeraj Ghaywan puts everyday misogyny in sharp focus. Watch video". Hindustan Times. 26 November 2017.
  11. "Neeraj Ghaywan Opens Up on Replacing Vikramaditya Motwane as Director on Sacred Games 2". News18.
  12. "Cannes: 'Rams' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  13. "Cannes: 'Son of Saul,' 'Masaan' Take Fipresci Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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