Raaj Shaandilyaa Explained

Raaj Shaandilyaa
Birth Date:16 September 1985
Birth Place:Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality:Indian
M.D. & Chairman of ThinkInk Picturez Ltd.[1]
Years Active:2007-present
Known For:Comedy Circus
Dream Girl
Spouse:Vershaa Kashyap

Raaj Shaandilyaa is an Indian television and Bollywood writer from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.[2] From 2007 to 2014, Shaandilyaa was a lead writer and content director for the Sony Entertainment Television series, Comedy Circus. Shaandilyaa began his career in 2006 and has written approximately 350 scripts for Krishna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri and approximately 200 scripts for comedian Kapil Sharma.[3]

Shaandilyaa holds a 2013 record in the Limca Book of Records[4] for having written 625 scripts. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the comedy film Dream Girl, which was a commercial success.[5]

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year TitleDirectorWriter Dialogue writer Screenplay Producer Lyrics Notes
2007 Comedy Circus
2015 Welcome Back [6]
2016 Freaky Ali [7]
2017 Bhoomi
2018 Bhaiaji Superhit
2019 Jabariya Jodi [8]
Dream Girl Directorial debut[9]
2022Janhit Mein Jaari Debuting as a producer [10]
The Great Weddings of Munnes web series on Voot[11]
2023Dream Girl 2
2024Luv Ki Arrange Marriage[12]
Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video

Notes and References

  1. News: Think Ink Studio Ltd - Announcement Under Regulation 30 Of SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 - Direction Of Hindi Film By Mr. Rajesh Sharma AKA Mr. Raaj Shaandilyaa, Managing Director Of Think Ink Studio Limited With Balaji Telefilms Limited. . 7 June 2020 . @businessline . en.
  2. Web site: Meet the man behind Kapil Sharma's comedy. https://web.archive.org/web/20230422035329/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140623/entertainment-tvmusic/article/meet-muan-behind-kapil%E2%80%99s-sharma-comedy. dead. 22 April 2023. 23 June 2014. Deccan Chronicle.
  3. Web site: Who makes Kapil Sharma funny?. binita. ramchandani. 25 June 2014. Deccan Chronicle.
  4. Web site: My LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS...pic.twitter.com/KigS0fh8hD. Raaj. Shaandilyaa. 26 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Dream Girl Box Office Collection Day 17: Ayushmann Khurrana's film continues dream run. www.businesstoday.in. 2019-10-16.
  6. Web site: Film review: Welcome Back. Mumbai Mirror.
  7. Web site: Freaky Ali review by Deepanjana Pal: Nawazuddin to the rescue. 9 September 2016. Hindustan Times.
  8. Web site: Prashant Singh on directing Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra in Jabariya Jodi: It's a perfect collaboration. Mumbai Mirror.
  9. Web site: Ayushmann Khurrana announces his next film Dream Girl. Indian Express. 22 May 2019. 30 November 2018.
  10. Web site: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Pavail Gulati cast in Omung Kumar's Janhit Mein Jaari, written, produced by Raaj Shaandilyaa . Firstpost . 4 February 2021 . 25 November 2020.
  11. Web site: Raaj Shaandilyaa to make his OTT debut as writer-producer with Abhishek Banerjee's 'The Great Wedding of Munnes'. Free Press Journal. 5 August 2022.
  12. Web site: 2024-06-01 . Luv Ki Arrange Marriage: Sunny Singh-Avneet Kaur starrer to release on ZEE5 . 2024-06-01 . . en.