1. Neeraj Ghaywan is the winner of several accolades including a National film Award and two Filmfare Awards.
15 Facts About Neeraj Ghaywan
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Neeraj Ghaywan's acclaimed 2017 short film Juice won him the Filmfare Award for Best Short Film-Fiction.
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Neeraj Ghaywan then co-directed the second season of Netflix's series Sacred Games with Kashyap in 2019 and Geeli Pucchi from the anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans in 2021.
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Neeraj Ghaywan was born in 1980 and brought up in Hyderabad, to Maharashtrian parents.
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Neeraj Ghaywan's father was a research scientist, and mother ran a garment store.
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Neeraj Ghaywan did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Shivrampally.
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Neeraj Ghaywan made his first short film, Independence that was shortlisted for the In Competition section of PFCOne, an online one-minute film festival, in 2010.
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Neeraj Ghaywan then assisted Kashyap in the making of Gangs of Wasseypur and Ugly, directing two short films in the meanwhile, Shor and Epiphany.
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Neeraj Ghaywan recalls fond memories of working with Kashyap, whom he considers as his mentor.
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Neeraj Ghaywan then made a motion picture based on it, Masaan in 2015.
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Neeraj Ghaywan received the Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Debut Film of a director at the 63rd National Film Awards.
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Neeraj Ghaywan made his first commercial in 2016 for British Airways.
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Neeraj Ghaywan wrote and directed his third short film Juice on gender politics of middle class Indian households starring Shefali Shah in 2017.
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In 2019, Neeraj Ghaywan replaced Vikramaditya Motwane as co-director alongside Anurag Kashyap for the second season of Netflix's highly acclaimed series Sacred Games.
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Neeraj Ghaywan was an episodic director on the second season of Amazon Prime Video's Made in Heaven.