Sanjiv Jaiswal


Sanjiv Jaiswal is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Hindi films.

Biography

Jaiswal is from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He wanted to become a filmmaker since childhood. After completing his graduation, he came to Mumbai and established his own film production house and produced his first Film “Fareb” directed by Deepak Tijori, starring Shilpa Shetty, Manoj Bajpayee and Shamita Shetty, Written by Girish Dhameeja and Music by Anu Malik. His second film “Anwar” was written and directed by Manish Jha, starring Manisha Koirala, Siddharth Koirala, Naauheed Cyrasi and music by Mithoon. Later, he had his debut as writer and director with his film . The film portrays slavery, untouchability and class division of society. Jaiswal was awarded the Best Director's Award for the film ‘Shudra-The Rising’ in Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Boston International Film Festival, and received a rating of 7 on IMDb, by the Times of India with 3.5 ratings and by NDTV with 3 ratings. After the appreciation received for Shudra-The Rising, Sanjiv's second written and directorial Hindi Feature Film was “Pranaam” starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Vikram Gokhle, Atul Kulkarni, Abhimanyu Singh and others which was released in August 2019. Now he is coming with his next Directorial feature film “Bagawat” which was planned for release in March 2020 with Rajniesh Duggall, and Vikram Gokhle.

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