Anjum Rajabali is a veteran Indian screenwriter and teacher. He has written films like ''

Drohkaal ''Drohkaal'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed and produced by Govind Nihalani, which deals with India's fight against terrorism. The film examines the mental and psychological trauma that honest police officers go th ...

'' (1994), ''

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'' (1998), ''

The Legend of Bhagat Singh ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film is about Bhagat Singh, a revolutionary who fought for Indian independence along with fellow members of the Hindus ...

'' (2002) and ''

Raajneeti ''Raajneeti'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film co-written, directed and produced by Prakash Jha, with a screenplay by Anjum Rajabali and Prakash Jha. Depicting an archetypal conflict between rival political families a ...

'' (2010). He is also known for his leadership and lobbying for the rights of Indian screenwriters, as a senior activist of the Screenwriters Association, India.

Career

He did his schooling from Rashtriya Military School Belgaum and began his career in the film industry as an associate scriptwriter for the critically acclaimed

(1994). In 1998, Anjum wrote the screenplay for the film China Gate along with writing the story and screenplay for the hit crime-thriller

, starring

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and

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. In the following years, Anjum is credited with writing for films across a variety of genres, including the action film

Kachche Dhaage ''Kachche Dhaage'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Milan Luthria and starring Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, and Manisha Koirala. The film features Devgan as a smuggler, delivering goods across the Rajasthan-Pak ...

(1999), the drama Pukar (2000), the biographical film

(2002) and the horror Naina (2005). He was the script consultant on Prakash Jha's crime-drama

Apaharan ''Apaharan'' (English: ''Abduction'') is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Prakash Jha and stars Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, and Nana Patekar in the lead roles. It is the story of a complex relationship and clashing ideo ...

(2005) and Anjum's association with him extended for the next four successive films that

Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as ''Hip Hip Hurray (film), Hip Hip Hurray'' (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand ...

directed, with Anjum writing for

(2010),

Aarakshan ''Aarakshan'' () is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language socio-political drama film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film is mostly based on the controversial ...

(2011),

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and his latest release

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(2013). He is the Head of Screenwriting at Whistling Woods as well as the Honorary Head of Screenplay Writing at the

Film and Television Institute of India The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. ...

(FTII), a course that he founded in 2004. Apart from being a script consultant on several films, he also conducts workshops, seminars and conferences on screenwriting. In mid-2014, he joined with Mumbai Mantra as Convenor for their new initiative, the Mumbai Mantra CineRise Screenwriting Programme - ''100 Storytellers A Year'' - a process of nurturing screenwriting talent, planned with 8 defined stages of creative intervention, which invited applications from Indian screenwriters from any part of the world, including non-resident Indians and even those with mixed Indian parentage.

Filmography

Writer

Script Consultant

Actor

Producer

*''Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One'' (2010) (executive producer)

Thanks

* ''Int. Cafe Night'' (2014) (Special thanks) * ''

Hrid Majharey ''Hrid Majharey'' (হৃদ্‌ মাঝারে) () is a 2014 India-Bengali language, Bengali Romance film, romantic tragedy film written and directed by debutant Bengali people, Bengali filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh. It was originally presented ...

'' (2014) (Special thanks) * ''Rab Da Vaasta...'' (2013) (Thanks) * ''Dum Maaro Dum'' (2011) (Acknowledgment) * ''

Turning 30 ''Turning 30!!!'' is a 2011 Indian romance film produced by Prakash Jha and is also the directorial debut of Alankrita Shrivastava, a longtime assistant of Jha. The movie features Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar and Purab Kohli, with music compo ...

'' (2011) (Acknowledgment) * ''Der Andher'' (2011) (Very special thanks) * ''Read My Silence'' (2011) (Special thanks) * ''Via Kargil'' (2011) (Special thanks) * ''

Khakee ''Khakee'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi produced by Keshu Ramsay. The film revolves around an Indian police team on a mission to escort an accused terrorist from ...

'' (2004) (Acknowledgment - as Mr. Anjum Rajabali) * ''

Sarfarosh Sarfarosh may refer to: * Sarfarosh (1930 film) * Sarfarosh (1956 film) * Sarfarosh (1985 film) * Sarfarosh (1989 film) * Sarfarosh (1999 film) {{Disambiguation ...

'' (1999) (Grateful thanks - as Shri. Anjum Rajaballi) * '' Godmother'' (1999) (Acknowledgment)

Miscellaneous crew

*''Valmiki Ki Bandook'' (2010) (Script supervisor) *'' Mulk ''(2018) (Script supervisor)

References

External links

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