Ajay Monga is an Indian

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and

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. He has written films like ''

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'' which starred

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and ''

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'' and ''

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'' both directed by

Madhur Bhandarkar Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. In 2016, Bhandarkar was honoured with the Padma Shri, the Indian honours system, fourth highest civilian honour, by the Government of India. He i ...

. He has also written a supernatural thriller

Flat! ''A Flat'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language horror film directed by Hemant Madhukar and produced by Anjum Rizvi. Starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Sanjay Suri, Kaveri Jha, Aindrita Ray, Hazel Crowney and Sachin Khedekar, the film follows a young busi ...

which was released in 2010. He completed his debut feature film Padduram as a writer-director. Ajay wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues of the web-series 'The Whistleblower' which is available to watch on

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, an OTT platform.

Early life and education

Monga has done his schooling from St. Anne's High School, Orlem Malad ...He did his graduation from

Jai Hind College Jai Hind College (Autonomous) (Marathi: जय हिंद कॉलेज) is an autonomous college in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, affiliated to the University of Mumbai. It was established in 1948. In 2000, ''India Today'' named Jai Hind C ...

Churchgate. He has done his Advertising & Marketing Management subsequently from Xavier's Institute of Communications Mumbai. In school as well as in college Monga was associated with various cultural societies and groups. After college he was a part of Ekjute a theatre group run by Nadira Babbar.

Career

Monga started his career as a copywriter with an advertising agency ADVIEWS. He later became the business development head of the company and diversified into Marketing & Management Consultancy. His equity research outfit Profiles & Projections serviced foreign institutional investors on behalf of leading broking houses. Eventually he branched out into television and films as a writer, producer and director. Monga has also conceived and designed a non-academic platform for kids 'Chhoton Ka Funda'.

Filmography

Writer

*''

'' *''

'' *'' Padduram'' *''The Whistleblower (Web Series)''

Creative Producer

*''

Bas Ek Pal ''Bas Ek Pal'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language romantic crime thriller film directed by Onir. It stars Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, and Urmila Matondkar with Jimmy Sheirgill, Rehaan Engineer, and Yashpal Sharma in supporting roles. The film's ...

Director

*''Barabar (Equal)'' (Short Feature) *'' Padduram''

Nominations

*''Star Screen 2008 - Best story

'' (Nom.) *''Filmfare 2008 - Best Screenplay

'' (Nom.) *''

Cine Blitz ''Cine Blitz'' is a Hindi and English film magazine published every month from Mumbai about Bollywood, Hindi cinema. Started in December 1974, as of 2006, it was one of the top three film magazines in India. Currently ''Cine Blitz'' belongs to ...

2008 Best Story

'' (Nom.) * IIFA 2009 - Best Story

Books

*''Skin Deep'' - A novel which he has authored released by Rupa Publications. A narrative born out of deep research and innumerable personal encounters Skin Deep sheds light on the challenges, pressures and hidden truths that encompass the quest for beauty and validation. It exposes the dark underbelly of the beauty pageant business.

Television Foray

Monga's television foray Ad Mad Show was a comedy show which was aired in 1996 on

Zee TV ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India. History ...

- (List of programs broadcast by Zee TV). The show found maximum acceptability amongst college kids who started experimenting with the wacky concept of ad-mad games in schools & colleges.

Copyright infringement claim

Monga has filed a copyright infringement case on Red Chillies Entertainment for the story screenplay of

Om Shanti Om ''Om Shanti Om'' (transl. literally to ''Peace Be With You'') is a 2007 Hindi-language romantic fantasy film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh, and produced by Gauri Khan under Red Chillies E ...

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043755/http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article§id=19&contentid=200811222008112204184051347fa014d§xslt=&pageno=3 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/OSO_a_copy_of_my_script_alleges_scriptwriter_Ajay_Monga/rssarticleshow/3337446.cms * https://web.archive.org/web/20090510230900/http://www.iifa.com/web07/showcase/2009-nomineelist.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20120223142334/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=30&contentid=2009060420090604021922918c5fa5acb

References

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