Tigmanshu Dhulia

Tigmanshu Dhulia

Dhulia at DVD launch of Paan Singh Tomar, 2012
Born (1967-07-03) 3 July 1967
Allahabad
Occupation Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
Years active 1991–present

Tigmanshu Dhulia (born 3 July 1967) is an Indian film dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, producer and casting director known for his works in Hindi cinema and Television.[1] He wrote the dialogues for the 1998 film Dil Se.., which was the first Bollywood film to chart in the UK top ten, and was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.[2] His directing career has also garnered international recognition with the biographical film, Paan Singh Tomar premiered at the 2010 BFI London Film Festival.[3][4] and the thriller drama Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster.[5]

Paan Singh Tomar eventually went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2012.[6] Similarly, his sequel film Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns had gained critical acclaim.[7][8][9] He is also well known for his role as Ramadhir Singh in Anurag Kashyap's modern cult film Gangs of Wasseypur.[10] Dhulia holds a Master's Degree in Theatre from the National School of Drama.[11]

Early life and education

Dhulia, who has his roots in the hills of Uttarakhand[12] was born and raised in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India,[13] where his father was a judge at the Allahabad High Court and a secretary of the Students' Federation of India, student wing of the CPM, while his mother was a professor of Sanskrit. He was the youngest of three brothers, one later joined the Navy, while the other became a judge at the Uttarakhand High Court . He attended St. Joseph's College and Anglo Bengali Intermediate College, then Allahabad University where he majored in English, Economics and Modern History. During his studies here, he joined and became a member of the pro-Left Progressive Students' Organisation. After graduating in 1986 he took a Master's Degree in Theatre at the National School of Drama in New Delhi, completing the course in 1989.[14]

Career

In 1990 he moved to Mumbai where he worked as casting director on the film Bandit Queen, a biopic of Phoolan Devi. He was casting director for 1995's Stiff Upper Lips, in which he also had a cameo role as a stallholder,[15] and 2000's The Warrior, directed by Asif Kapadia. Dhulia started his direction career, by assisting Pradip Krishen in Electric Moon (1992) and Ketan Mehta in Sardar (1993). Thereafter he turned to television, thus during the 90s Dhulia directed and produced several television programs, including the six-part Krishna's Dream for UK Channel Four.[16] Kahani Ek Kanya Ki (1991) was written for Doordarshan, and Hum Bambai Nahin Jayenge (1993), for BI Television, was set in an acting school. 1996's Just Mohabbat was the story of a boy's coming-of-age, and Naya Daur (1995) adapted a classic Hindi novel by Bhagwati Charan Verma for Zee TV.

Dhulia's 1999 series Star Bestsellers, a sequence of six 45-minute short stories ("Ek Sham Ki Mulaqat", "Fursat Main", "Hum Saath Saath Hain Kya", "Anekon Hitler", "Musafir", and "Bhawaron Ne Khilaya Phool"), won him popular recognition. His 2005 comedyWho Dus Din, for Star TV, satirised the Indian film industry, while Ek Duje Ke Liye, produced the same year and also for Star TV, was an adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple. He also directed the TV serial 'Rajdhaani' for Starplus featuring Neha Dhupia.

He directed his first feature film, Haasil in 2003, a love story set among politicised students in northern India. The film was critically well received and has gained a cult following. Haasil was nominated for six awards (including best directorial debut) at the Zee Cine Awards, where it won for best screenplay.[17] His second film Charas: A Joint Operation was a thriller concerning drug cartels, shot in marijuana-growing regions of Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, Tigmanshu has come up with two films – the first one being Shagird which released on 13 May and the second one was Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster.[18]

Dhulia's film Paan Singh Tomar released on 2 March 2012 and won him wide critical acclaim including National Film Award for Best Feature Film. He has announced four other upcoming projects, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013), Milan Talkies, Jai Ramji, Bullet Raja, and Sultana Daku.[19]

Recently he has been honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Films & Video Studios.

In Spring 2013, Dhulia announced plans to produce a female oriented action film to be called Revolver Rani and to star Kangana Ranaut and Vir Das.[20] According to Dhulia, it is a B grade entertainment movie and everybody will like it.[21]

Awards

National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards
Stardust Awards
SAARC Film Festival
Honours

Filmography

Year Film
Director Actor Producer Screen writer Casting director
2015 Sultana Daku Yes Yes
2015 Jai Ramji Yes Yes
2015 Yaara Yes
2015 Bhoole Se Naam Na Lo Pyar Ka Yes
2015 Hero (2015 film) Yes
2015 Manjhi - The Mountain Man Yes
2013 Bullet Raja Yes Yes Yes
2013 Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns Yes Yes Yes
2013 Shahid Yes
2012 Paan Singh Tomar Yes Yes
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 Yes
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur Yes
2011 Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Yes Yes Yes
2011 Shagird Yes Yes
2005 Family: Ties of Blood Yes
2004 Charas Yes Yes
2003 Haasil Yes Yes
2002 Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai Yes
1998 Stiff Upper Lips Yes
1998 Dil Se.. Yes
1996 Tere Mere Sapne Yes
1995 Bombay Blues Yes
1994 Bandit Queen Yes
1992 Electric Moon Yes

Television series

As writer, director and an actor

References

  1. ↑ "Entertainment - MSN India: Bollywood news - Movies Photos - TV Updates". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Programmes - Error - Channel 4". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Businessofcinema.Com Team. "UTV's Paan Singh Tomar & Udaan to be showcased at BFI London Film Fest". Businessofcinema.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Hindustan Times. "Paan Singh... gets thumbs up from critics". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 30 December 2014. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ Bollywood Hungama. "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ↑ http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf
  7. ↑ Bollywood Hungama. "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Review: Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns in grand style". Rediff. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Hindustan Times. "Critics' review: Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns will overwhelm you". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 30 December 2014. External link in |work= (help)
  10. ↑ "The Unreality of Wasseypur: Javed Iqbal". Kafila. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine".
  12. ↑ "Tigmanchu Dhulia - Uttarakhand Worldwide - Kumaon and Garhwal - Tigmanshu Dhulia from Uttaranchal". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Irrfan is intense, irritating and never satisfied: Tigmanshu Dhulia". The Times of India. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine".
  15. ↑ Stiff Upper Lips full cast and crew at IMDB
  16. ↑ "Nobody is a star today", interview with Tigmanshu Dhulia,Rediff, 16 May 2003
  17. ↑ Awards for Haasil at IMDB
  18. ↑ "Sahibbiwiaurgangster.com". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "Tigmanshu Dhulia moves on from Paan Singh Tomaar". Sify. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  20. ↑ Mangaokar, Shalvi (14 September 2013). "Kangana Ranaut prepares to become Revolver Rani". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "Revolver Rani is B grade entertainment: Tigmanshu Dhulia". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  22. ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  23. ↑ http://www.glamsham.com/movies/news/14/mar/15-news-7th-filmsaaz-concludes-with-tigmanshu-dhulia-may-shoot-at-amu-031403.asp

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