Tushar Hiranandani Explained

Tushar Hiranandani
Birth Date:13 July 1975
Birth Place:Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Children:1
Years Active:1999-present

Tushar Hiranandani (born 13 July 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has written films like Masti (2004), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010), Housefull 2 (2012), (2013), Ek Villain (2014), Dishoom (2016) and Half Girlfriend (2017) among others. He then made his directorial debut with Saand Ki Aankh (2019) and went onto make Srikanth (2024). In 2023, he directed Sony LIV series Scam 2003.

Early life and career

He grew up around the world of films as his grandfather Hiranand Hiranandani and father Ashok Hiranandani were Hindi film distributors and had a company called Black and White film distribution.[1] He tasted early success with his debut film Masti directed by Indra Kumar in 2004.[2] He is the head of content development at Balaji Motion Pictures.[3] He also directed the SonyLIV show Scam 2003.

Born in Mumbai, Tushar started out as a clapper boy on the sets of Mann (1999) directed by Indra Kumar.[4] [5] [6] Along with Milap Zaveri, he went on to write films like Kyon Ho Gaya na, Pyaare Mohan and more recently ABCD, Main Tera Hero and Ek Villain. In 2019, Tushar made his directorial debut with the biographical drama Saand Ki Aankh.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2004Masti
Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...
2006Pyare Mohan
Naksha
2008Sunday
2009 Daddy Cool
2010 Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
2011 F.A.L.T.U
Double Dhamaal
2012 Housefull 2
2013Grand Masti
ABCD
2014 Main Tera Hero
Ek Villain
2015 ABCD 2
2016 Great Grand Masti
A Flying Jatt
Dishoom
2017 Half Girlfriend
2019 Saand Ki Aankh
Housefull 4
2020 Street Dancer 3D
2024 Srikanth

Television

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2023Scam 2003 10 episodes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tushar Hiranandani . https://web.archive.org/web/20160119130522/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1564449/Tushar-Hiranandani/biography . dead . 19 January 2016 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2016 . 3 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Tushar Hiranandani . . 3 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Writer Tushar Hiranandani joins Balaji Motion Pictures as Head of Development . https://web.archive.org/web/20150811230614/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/6047711/Writer-Tushar-Hiranandani-joins-Balaji-Motion-Pictures-as-Head-of-Development . dead . 11 August 2015 . . 16 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Tushar Hiranandani . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405183745/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/index/id/32558 . dead . 5 April 2012 . . 3 April 2015.
  5. Web site: "Grand Masti did well because it's a funny film" - Tushar Hiranandani . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025044823/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/5651 . dead . 25 October 2013 . . 21 October 2013 . 3 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Film writer Tushar Hiranandani - ETC Bollywood Business - Komal Nahta . . 3 April 2015.