Manish Gupta (director)

Manish Gupta
Director Manish Gupta
Born (1975-05-12) 12 May 1975 (age 49)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Years active2005 – present

Manish Gupta is a film director and writer in the Indian film industry.

As a director, Manish has directed the movies One Friday Night (2023), 420 IPC (2021), Rahasya (2015), Hostel (2011), The Stoneman Murders (2009) and Darna Zaroori Hai (2006).[1][2][3]

As a writer, Manish has written the screenplay and dialogues for the movies Sarkar (2005) and Section 375 (2019).[4]

Career

Manish Gupta started his career as a screenwriter with Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Sarkar.[5] He received nominations for the screenplay and dialogues of Sarkar.[6]

Manish debuted as a director with Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) in which there were six different stories and a separate director for each story. Manish directed the main story titled ‘Grandma narrates stories to five children’.[7]

Manish's next film as director was The Stoneman Murders (2009) starring Kay Kay Menon and Arbaaz Khan, based on the Stoneman killings that shook Bombay in 1983.[8]

After that, Manish directed Hostel (2011) about students’ deaths due to ragging (hazing) inside college hostels. Manish was felicitated for making this socially relevant film by the then President of India, Ms. Pratibha Patil.[9][10][11]

Manish's next film as director was Rahasya (2015) based on the Aarushi Talwar murder case, starring Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra and Ashish Vidyarthi.[12][13][14]

Manish's next film was the 2019 film Section 375, a courtroom drama about a fake rape case, which took Manish three years to research and script. For his script of Section 375, Manish was nominated for a Filmfare award under the Best Screenplay category at the 65th Filmfare Awards 2020.[15][16][17]

Manish's next film 420 IPC was a courtroom drama about an economics offence. The film starring Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Gul Panag and Rohan Vinod Mehra released in 2021 on the OTT platform ZEE5. The film was featured in Forbes list of the five best film/series in 2021.[18]

Manish's latest release was One Friday Night starring Raveena Tandon. The film's released on the OTT platform JIO Cinema in 2023.[19][20]

Manish specializes[21] in writing and directing suspense dramas that incorporate details from real cases.

Filmography

Director

Screenplay and Dialogues

References

  1. ^ "Director Manish Gupta on One Friday Night: Me and Raveena Tandon had some creative differences". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ "'Filmmakers should stop touching the actors' feet and treating them like a god,' says director Manish Gupta - Exclusive". The Times of India. 27 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Kumar Mangat at war with director Manish Gupta". Bollywood Hungama. 26 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Manish Gupta: Raveena Tandon's true potential remains untapped". mid-day.com. 19 December 2021.
  5. ^ "'Filmmakers should stop touching the actors' feet and treating them like a god,' says director Manish Gupta - Exclusive". The Times of India. 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ "How Did an Engineer Bag the Script of Big B's 'Sarkar'? Manish Gupta Shares His Story". thebetterindia.com. 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Manish Gupta signs Sakshi Sem to play Aarushi Talwar". Indian Express. 14 November 2013.
  8. ^ "The Stoneman Murders is gripping". www.rediff.com. 13 February 2018.
  9. ^ "OTT has changed the game, there is more creative freedom: '420 IPC' director Manish Gupta". deccanherald.com. 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "'Hostel' film director Manish Gupta gets president's push". DNA India. 15 June 2015.
  11. ^ "President's thumbs up to anti-ragging films". mid-day.com. 4 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Rahasya Movie Review: Gripping, Edge-Of-The-Seat Whodunit". india.com. 30 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Director Manish Gupta is glad about Rahasya's extended run". The Times of India. 26 February 2015.
  14. ^ "RGV's child star is the new Aarushi". Mumbai Mirror. 14 November 2013.
  15. ^ "Manish Gupta is all set to direct two films". The Times of India. 25 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Section 375 director Manish Gupta: The law around rape is being misused by men and women alike". Mumbai Mirror. 11 September 2019.
  17. ^ "BEST SCREENPLAY NOMINEE". filmfare.com.
  18. ^ "Indian Entertainment In 2021: 7 Best Hindi Films And Shows". Forbes. 27 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Raveena Tandon and Milind Soman's film One Friday Night to stream on JioCenema". filmcompanion.in. 26 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Manish Gupta: Raveena Tandon's true potential remains untapped". mid-day.com. 19 December 2021.
  21. ^ "'It is not crime but realism that excites me': Manish Gupta". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Director Manish Gupta mistaken for a theatre usher". The Times of India. 6 February 2015.