Vijay Maurya

Vijay Maurya
Born (1972-09-01) 1 September 1972
Occupation Actor, Writer, Director
Spouse(s) Payal Arora

Vijay Maurya is an Indian film actor, writer and director.

Early life

Vijay Maurya was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Career

Theatre

Maurya began his career in theatre by enrolling in a workshop under Satyadev Dubey for acting. He was an integral part of Prithvi Theatre from 1993–2008. He has worked in 14 original plays which have had a total of over 2500 shows. Some of his plays include Meena Kumari, Airawat, Solah Saal Ka Aakash, Jungle Ke Paar, Laila, Sa Hi Besura. The play Sa Hi Besura[1] which came out in 2007 is still running with successful shows.

He's worked with Makrand Deshpande, Sudhir Pandey, Kay Kay Menon, Sanjna Kapoor among others.

Films

Maurya has acted in critically acclaimed movies like Nishikanth Kamath's Mumbai Meri Jaan[2] & Anurag Kashyap's[3] Black Friday.[4] He is also a screenplay writer and has won a National film award for the best original screenplay for writers for the movie Chillar Party along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bhal at the 59th National Film Awards.[5]

Commercials

Having directed over a 150 commercials, Maurya is known for his witty sense of humour and has directed commercials for a number of Indian and International brands. He continues to work as an ad-film director along with his film commitments.

Feature film direction

Vijay Maurya debuted as a feature film director with a Marathi film Photocopy[6] Maurya wrote the screenplay of the film with award winning writer Yogesh Vinayak Joshi.

Filmography

YearFilmAs
1998SatyaActor
1999MastActor
2003PaanchActor
2004Black FridayActor[7]
2005Socha Na ThaActor
2008Bombay to BangkokActor
2008Mumbai Meri JaanActor
2009Aage Se RightActor
2009Ride the Wave JohnnyActor
2009Peter Gaya Kaam SeActor
2010Bombay MirrorActor, short film
2010StrikerCo-Writer, Screenplay & Dialogues
2010Khelein Hum Jee Jaan SeyDialogues
2010Tees Maar KhanActor
2011Chillar PartyCo-Writer, Screenplay & Dialogues
2013Tendulkar OutActor[8]
2014Bhoothnath ReturnsActor[9]
2014Nachom-ia KumpasarActor
2015The LettersActor
2015HunterrrDialogues, Lyrics
2015Vakratunda MahakaayaActor
2015DhanakActor
2016PhotocopyDirector, Co-Writer - Screenplay & Dialogues, Lyrics
2017 Tumhari Sulu Actor, Additional Writer - Screenplay & Dialogues, Diction Coach

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ↑ admin (1 February 2013). "Mayank Shekhar's Review: Mumbai Meri Jaan".
  3. ↑ "Black Friday - movie review by Vijay Venkataramanan - Planet Bollywood".
  4. ↑ "B-Town's Dawood fascination continues". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "MSN India - Best of Bollywood, South Cinema, TV and Celebs".
  6. ↑ "Neha Rajpal heard 1800 songs before choosing six for her movie 'Photocopy'". The Times of India.
  7. ↑ "Bollywood dares to portray Dawood Ibrahim, liberates itself from fear of underworld".
  8. ↑ EDITORIAL STAFF (11 October 2013). "Tendulkar Out Marathi Movie". Marathi Movies,Actress,Actors,Cast,Tv Serials,Biography,Review,News,Events,Wiki,photos,wallpapers,Images,.
  9. ↑ http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/salman-represented-that-personality-of-the-film/
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