Vikramaditya Motwane

Vikramaditya Motwane (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter for films like Dev.D (2009), Udaan (2010) and Lootera (2013). His directorial debut Udaan (2010) was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and also won seven Filmfare awards.[2][3][4][5] His second film was Lootera, a big-budget Bollywood period romance, released on 5 July 2013. His third film was Trapped, a survival drama starring Rajkummar Rao, released theatrically on 17 March 2017. His fourth film was Bhavesh Joshi, released theatrically on 1 June 2018. Motwane is the creator of Netflix's first Indian series Sacred Games.

Vikramaditya Motwane
Vikramaditya Motwane, 2010
Born (1976-12-06) 6 December 1976[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationFilm director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1999–present

Life and career

Motwane was a long-time assistant of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and collaborated with Bhansali on the films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Devdas (2002). He directed the song sequences in Anurag Kashyap's unreleased film Paanch (2003)[6] and was Choreographer on Deepa Mehta's Academy Award-nominated film Water (2005).[7]

Motwane released his debut feature film, entitled Udaan (2010), for Anurag Kashyap's production house, Anurag Kashyap Films, on 16 July 2010.,[3] which won seven Filmfare awards including Filmfare critics award for best movie and also won him the Best Director Award at the 2011 Star Screen Awards.[2][8][9]

Motwane's second film, a period romance called Lootera, was released on 5 July 2013.

Motwane's third film was a survival drama called Trapped. The film had its world premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival on 26 October 2016, where it was praised and received a Standing ovation. The film was released theatrically on 17 March 2017 to universal critical acclaim. The movie also won the award for 'Best Asian Film' by Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in 2017.

Motwane created American streaming company Netflix's first Indian series 'Sacred Games', based on the novel of the same name by Vikram Chandra and directed it along with Anurag Kashyap.[10] The series was met with critical acclaim and Netflix has commissioned a second season for it.[11]

Motwane was co-owner of Phantom Films, a film production company, with Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap, and Madhu Mantena that dissolved in 2018.

In June 2020, it was announced that Motwane will be adapting the 2019 non-fiction book Black Warrant into a web series.[12] The rights are jointly acquired by his production company Andolan Films and writer-journalist Josy Joseph's Confluence Media.[13]

Personal life

His father is Sindhi while his mother is Bengali.[14] He is married to photographer Ishika Mohan, who also appeared in his movie Udaan as Rohan's mother.

Filmography

Films
YearTitleDirectorProducerWriterNotes
2007Dhan Dhana Dhan GoalYes
2009Dev.DYes
2010UdaanYesYes
2013LooteraYesYesYes
2014Hasee Toh PhaseeYes
2014QueenYes
2014UglyYes
2015NH10Yes
2015MasaanYes
2015HunterrrYes
2015Bombay VelvetYes
2015ShaandaarYes
2016Wrong Side RajuYes
2016Udta PunjabYes
2016Raman Raghav 2.0Yes
2017TrappedYesYes
2018MukkabaazYes
2018High JackYes
2018Bhavesh JoshiYesYesYes
2018ManmarziyaanYes
2020AwakeYesShort film
202083Yes

Series
YearTitleDirectorProducerWriterNotes
2018 – Present Sacred Games Yes Executive Netflix series
2018 Ghoul Executive Netflix series

Awards
YearAwardCategoryFilm
2014National Film AwardsBest Feature Film in HindiQueen
2011Filmfare AwardsBest Film - CriticsUdaan
Best Story
Best Screenplay
2015Best FilmQueen
2003IIFA AwardsBest Sound RecordingDev.D
2015Best PictureQueen
2011Star Screen AwardsBest DirectorUdaan
2015Best FilmQueen
2011Zee Cine AwardsBest Director - CriticsUdaan
2014Stardust AwardsBest FilmQueen
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References
  1. Vikramaditya Motwane film.com.
  2. "Udaan, Dabangg top winners at Fimfare Awards". Times of India. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  3. ‘I feel very pressurized right now’: Vikramaditya Motwane Mint (newspaper), 20 April 2010.
  4. "Cannes Calling". Indian Express. 17 April 2010.
  5. Festival 2010: Official Selection:Udaan Cannes Film Festival website.
  6. 15 Apr One Liners Rajeev Masand, CNN-IBN, 15 April 2010.
  7. ‘Don’t Lie To Audiences’ Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 19, Dated 15 May 2010.
  8. Winners of 17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011 Archived 9 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Bollywood Hungama, 6 January 2011
  9. "Star Screen Awards 2011: Salman Khan, Vidya Balan win top honours". Economic Times. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011.
  10. "Sacred Games: How India's first Netflix original came together". Hindustan Times. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. "Pankaj Tripathi to be the main villain in season 2 of Sacred Games, says report". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  12. "Vikramaditya Motwane to adapt Black Warrant into series, to bring unheard Tihar Jail stories on screen". India Today. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. "Vikramaditya Motwane to adapt 'Black Warrant' into series". The Week. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. Priya Gupta (6 July 2013), "My parents' divorce helped me become a filmmaker: Vikramaditya", The Times of India. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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