Neeraj Pandey

Neeraj Pandey
Pandey in 2020
Born (1973-12-17) 17 December 1973 (age 50)
Howrah, West Bengal
Occupations
Years active2008-present
Notable work

Neeraj Pandey (born 17 December 1973) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Pandey made his directoral debut in A Wednesday!, which was largely praised by critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades.[1] His second film was Special 26 (2013), which was followed by Baby (2015), both of them received critical acclaim and became commercial success. He served as a producer in Rustom (2016). Pandey returned to directing in 2016 helming the biopic movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on Indian cricketer M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel named Ghalib Danger in 2013.[2]

In 2016, his production house Friday Filmworks entered into a joint venture with Reliance Entertainment and formed Plan C Studios.

He has also directed a Web Short 'Ouch' with Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra which is nominated for Filmfare Short Film Award 2017. He was the co-producer of the film Toilet- Ek Prem Katha. His next release was Aiyaary which starred Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee and was both critically and commercially unsuccessful, becoming his first failed venture.

In March 2020, Neeraj Pandey presented and directed his first web series Special Ops on Hotstar.[3][4][5] The eight episode series, the first production of Friday Storytellers, the digital arm of Friday Filmworks, was extremely well received by the critics. He is currently working on his next feature film Chanakya.[6]

  1. ^ "7 Neeraj Pandey movies and web series on Netflix, Disney+Hotstar and YouTube that you can watch today". GQ India. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Neeraj Pandey: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Want to push the envelope as a storyteller: Neeraj Pandey on his films, 'Special Ops' By Bedika". Zee Business. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Watch the New Trailer for Special Ops, Out Tomorrow on Hotstar". NDTV Gadgets 360. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Special Ops review: Neeraj Pandey's meandering spy thriller lacks the thrill and emotional heft of his earlier work". Firstpost. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Bollywood Talkies with Outlook -- Writer, director and producer Neeraj Pandey". YouTube. 8 May 2020.