Jaideep Sahni (born 1968) is an Indian

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and creative producer, who wrote the screenplays for films like '' Chak De! India'', '' Khosla Ka Ghosla'', '' Company'', '' Bunty Aur Babli'', '' Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year'' and '' Shuddh Desi Romance''. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue as well as Filmfare Award for Best Story for '' Company'' (2002), and the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for '' Khosla Ka Ghosla'' (2006). He also won the IIFA award 2008 for best story, for '' Chak De! India'' .

Early life and education

Born and brought up in

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, Jaideep Sahni studied at the Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College,

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. He started working as a computer engineer,Close Encounter
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Career

He became a lyricist after jam sessions with Palash Sen, and after discovering the screenplay for the film '' Gandhi'' in a New Delhi bookshop, he started writing screenplays, at age 27. He wrote both the screenplay and the lyrics for

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(2000), which was directed by Ram Gopal Verma. The second film written by Sahni and directed by Verma, '' Company'' (2002), was nominated for eleven

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and won seven of them. Sahni then worked with Dibakar Banerjee in '' Khosla Ka Ghosla''. Since then he continues to work for Yash Raj Films, where he started as a screenwriter for the film '' Bunty Aur Babli'' directed by Shaad Ali which was a box office success and a major breakthrough in

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's career. He then wrote the 2007 film '' Chak De! India'', directed by

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, who was also an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma before joining Yashraj films. The movie starred Shah Rukh Khan as the coach of Indian hockey team, and was loosely based on the real-life story of Maharaj Krishan Kaushik. He also wrote the screenplay for '' Aaja Nachle'', which was directed by Anil Mehta and which was also released in 2007. '' Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year'', the third film of Shimit Amin, was released in 2009.

Filmography

Writer *''

'' (2000) *'' Company'' (2002) * '' Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005) *'' Khosla Ka Ghosla'' (2006) *'' Chak De! India'' (2007) *'' Aaja Nachle'' (2007) *'' Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year'' (2009) *'' Shuddh Desi Romance'' (2013) Lyricist * ''

'' (2000) * ''

Naach ''Naach'' ("Dance") is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language dance film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali and Riteish Deshmukh. Synopsis Abhinav (Abhishek Bachchan) and Reva (Antara Mali) are two, middle-class citi ...

'' (2004) * '' Bluffmaster!'' (2005) * '' Salaam Namaste'' (2005) * '' Chak De! India'' (2007) *'' Aaja Nachle'' (2007) * '' Johnny Gaddaar'' (2007) * '' Roadside Romeo'' (2008) * '' Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' (2008) * ''

Dil Bole Hadippa! ''Dil Bole Hadippa!'' (''Heart Says Hurray!'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language sports film directed by Anurag Singh and produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. It stars Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor in the story about a youn ...

'' (2009) * '' Tere Bin Laden'' (2010) * '' Dum Maaro Dum'' (2011) * '' Shuddh Desi Romance'' (2013) * '' Befikre'' (2016) * '' Hichki'' (2018) * ''

Andhadhun ''Andhadhun'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime thriller film co-written and directed by Sriram Raghavan. It stars Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte and Anil Dhawan. The film tells the story of a blind piano player who ...

'' (2018) * '' 83'' (2021) * '' Jayeshbhai Jordaar'' (2022)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahni, Jaideep Living people Indian male screenwriters 1974 births Musicians from Delhi Indian lyricists Filmfare Awards winners Screenwriters from Delhi Hindi screenwriters Hindi-language lyricists 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian screenwriters