Jaideep Sahni
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Jaideep Sahni is an Indian screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and producer, most known for screenplays of films like, Company
Company (film)
Company is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by...

(2002), Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...

(2006) and Chak De! India (2007). He is currently on contract with Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films is an Indian Entertainment company set up by Yash Chopra, an Indian film director and producer who is considered an entertainment mogul in India.-Initial years:...

. As a lyricist he most known for theme song, Chak De India
Chak De India (song)
Chak De! India is the title song of the 2007 Hindi sports film Chak De! India....

.

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue as well as Filmfare Award for Best Story for Company
Company (film)
Company is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by...

(2002), followed by Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...

(2006).

Early life and education

Born and brought up in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

, Jaideep Sahni known as JD by his friends in the Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, a premier center of technical education, was established in the academic year 1980-81 by the Prabandhak Committee Gurudwara, Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb, Bidar. The college is approved by All India Council for Technical Education .- History :Initially Guru Nanak Dev...

, Bidar
Bidar
Bidar is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the north-eastern part of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Bidar District....

 was respected by his classmates as an intelligent. The irony is that he hardly watched any Hindi movies during that time. He was generally a quiet person, and was well liked by all his class mates. Sahni started as a computer Engineer, He worked with a company named NIIT
NIIT
NIIT Limited is a global computer education company. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange of India. The company provides training for individuals, enterprises, schools and colleges. It has its presence in 40 countries worldwide.In 2004 , NIIT was...

. His writing style is mostly contemporary with realistic settings and about characters who disagree with authoritarian rules.he always put story writer bag on his shoulder during the college time.

Career

He turned lyricist after jam sessions with rock band, Euphoria
Euphoria (Indian band)
Euphoria , is an Indian rock band from the city of Delhi, India.-Films:The band has composed the soundtrack for a Malayalam film named Best of luck .-Albums:* 1998 - Dhoom* 2000 - Phir Dhoom* 2003 - Gully* 2006 - Mehfuz* 2008 - ReDhoom...

’s Palash Sen
Palash Sen
Palash Sen is an Indian doctor turned lead vocalist of the Indian band Euphoria, and also a songwriter.-Early life and education:He was born to Dr Rupendra Kumar Sen and Dr Pushpa Sen on 23 September 1965. He is a half Bengali and half Dogra, was born in Banaras, and brought up in Delhi, staying in...

, and screenwriter after discovering the screenplay for film Gandhi
Gandhi (film)
Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Ben Kingsley as Gandhi. They both...

in a New Delhi bookshop at age 27. His first film, Jungle
Jungle (film)
Jungle is a Hindi language film, a product of the Bollywood film industry. It was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and starred Sunil Shetty, Fardeen Khan and Urmila Matondkar. The film got good response both from critics and the audience....

 (2000), directed by Ram Gopal Verma was a critical failure, but a commercial success. But their second film, Company (film)
Company (film)
Company is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by...

, a commercial and critical success was nominated for eleven Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...

 and won seven of them. Post company he worked with Dibakar Banerjee
Dibakar Banerjee
Dibakar Banerjee is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for films, Khosla Ka Ghosla , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , which he also wrote, both of which won National Film Awards...

 in Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...

 which was well received by critics and met with reasonable box office success. Since then he continues to work for Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films is an Indian Entertainment company set up by Yash Chopra, an Indian film director and producer who is considered an entertainment mogul in India.-Initial years:...

, where he started as a screenwriter for the film Bunty Aur Babli
Bunty Aur Babli
Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

 directed by Shaad Ali
Shaad Ali
-Early life:Shaad Ali was born to Muzaffar Ali and Subhashini Ali née Sehgal, an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India ). He is thus the grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal...

 which was a box office success and a major breakthrough in Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

's career.

He then wrote the script of Chak De! India, directed by Shimit Amin
Shimit Amin
Shimit Amin is an Indian film director and editor. He is best known for the award winning film Chak De! India .Amin was born in Uganda but grew up in Florida, in the United States.He entered the film industry straight out of college, working primarily on independent films in Los Angeles.He is...

, who was also an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma before joining Yashraj films. The movie starred Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the coach of Indian hockey team, and was loosely based on the real life story of Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik is a former member of the India national field hockey team and is former coach of the Indian women's national field hockey team. He was a member of the team when it won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.In 1998, he received the Arjuna Award...

,. The movie was praised by critics and went on to become on of the biggest hits of 2007. His next film, Aaja Nachle
Aaja Nachle
The film's soundtrack was released on 18 October 2007 composed by Salim-Sulaiman and lyrics by Jaideep Sahni and Piyush Mishra. A few songs from the final sequence of the movie have not been included on the soundtrack including "Yeh Ishq"....

 directed by Anil Mehta
Anil Mehta
Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, writer and director of Bollywood movies. He has studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune....

 was not well received by critics and was a box office flop. His latest film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is a Hindi film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Yash Raj Films. Screenplay of the film is by Jaideep Sahni, who collaborated with Shimit Amin for Chak De! India. Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee and Gauhar Khan play primary roles in the movie...

, the third film of Shimit Amin, was a box office failure despite the critical acclaim it received.

Filmography

Screenwriter
  • Jungle
    Jungle (film)
    Jungle is a Hindi language film, a product of the Bollywood film industry. It was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and starred Sunil Shetty, Fardeen Khan and Urmila Matondkar. The film got good response both from critics and the audience....

    (2000)
  • Company
    Company (film)
    Company is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by...

    (2002)
  • Bunty Aur Babli
    Bunty Aur Babli
    Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

    (2005)
  • Khosla Ka Ghosla
    Khosla Ka Ghosla
    Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...

    (2006)
  • Chak De! India (2007)
  • Aaja Nachle
    Aaja Nachle
    The film's soundtrack was released on 18 October 2007 composed by Salim-Sulaiman and lyrics by Jaideep Sahni and Piyush Mishra. A few songs from the final sequence of the movie have not been included on the soundtrack including "Yeh Ishq"....

    (2007)
  • Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
    Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
    Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is a Hindi film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Yash Raj Films. Screenplay of the film is by Jaideep Sahni, who collaborated with Shimit Amin for Chak De! India. Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee and Gauhar Khan play primary roles in the movie...

    (2009)


Lyricist
  • Jungle
    Jungle (film)
    Jungle is a Hindi language film, a product of the Bollywood film industry. It was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and starred Sunil Shetty, Fardeen Khan and Urmila Matondkar. The film got good response both from critics and the audience....

    (2000)
  • Naach
    Naach (film)
    Naach is a 2004 Bollywood film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali and Ritesh Deshmukh....

    (2004)
  • Bluffmaster! (2005)
  • Salaam Namaste
    Salaam Namaste
    The film has seven songs composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. The music of the film released on 10 August 2005. The music includes four songs and two remixes.-External links:*...

    (2005)
  • Bunty Aur Babli
    Bunty Aur Babli
    Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

    (2005)
  • Aaja Nachle
    Aaja Nachle
    The film's soundtrack was released on 18 October 2007 composed by Salim-Sulaiman and lyrics by Jaideep Sahni and Piyush Mishra. A few songs from the final sequence of the movie have not been included on the soundtrack including "Yeh Ishq"....

    (2007)
  • Johnny Gaddaar
    Johnny Gaddaar
    Johnny Gaddaar , is a 2007 Indian crime thriller noir film written and directed by Sriram Raghavan; produced under the banner Adlabs...

    (2007)
  • Roadside Romeo
    Roadside Romeo
    Roadside Romeo is a 2008 computer animated musical comedy film written and directed by Jugal Hansraj and co-produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney Pictures...

    (2008)
  • Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
  • Dil Bole Hadippa!
    Dil Bole Hadippa!
    -External links:* from IBN Live.in* from Orissadiary.com...

    (2009)
  • Tere Bin Laden
    Tere Bin Laden
    Tere Bin Laden is a 2010 Bollywood satire film produced by Walkwater Media and written and directed by Abhishek Sharma. The film stars Pakistani pop singer Ali Zafar in the lead role as an ambitious young reporter, who, in his desperation to migrate to the U.S., makes a fake Osama bin Laden video...

    (2010)
  • Dum Maaro Dum (2011)

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