Jayprad Desai is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing '' Kaun Pravin Tambe?'' (2022), ''

Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy Mukhbir – The Story of a Spy is an Indian Spy fiction, spy-thriller series directed by Shivam Nair and Jayprad Desai and produced by Vaibhav Modi and Tabassum Modi, under Victor Tango Entertainment. It is the official adaptation of the retire ...

'' (2022), and ''

Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba '' Aayi Hasseen Dillruba'' () is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Jayprad Desai and written by Kanika Dhillon. Produced by Colour Yellow Productions and T-Series Films. A sequel to the 2021 film '' Haseen Dillruba' ...

'' (2024). He made his directorial debut with '' Nagrik'' (2015), a Marathi political drama thriller. He is the grandnephew of composer

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Career

His first directorial venture Nagrik, a Marathi political drama-thriller, revolving around a struggling middle class journalist, won several accolades including Maharashtra State Awards for Best Social Film. It was also selected at multiple prestigious film festivals such as MAMI and IFFI. He later went on to create 'Hutatma' (2019), a historical-fiction thriller web series set against the

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. It was received well by critics as well as audiences and went on to win big at the MA TA Sanman including Best Web Series. In 2022, Desai directed Kaun Pravin Tambe?, a biographical sports drama film. The film is based on the life of cricketer Pravin Tambe, who made his debut in professional cricket at the age of 41. The movie stars

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as Tambe and explores Tambe's journey of becoming a professional cricketer. The film highlights his passion, perseverance, and determination to achieve his dreams despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks. The film was also nominated for the Filmfare Awards 2022 and it is one of the most viewed Hindi films released in 2022. Mukhbir (2022) a period spy thriller web series which Jayprad co-wrote and co-directed with

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won immense critical acclaim and became the most watched original series on Zee5 of 2022 with over 15 million views in less than 2 weeks. It went on to win numerous awards for Best Series, as well as Best Story, Screenplay and Dialogue. It was also nominated at the Filmfare OTT awards 2022 for Best Series. Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (2024) starring

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, Vikrant Massey, Sunny Kaushal and

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and produced by

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under

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and T-Series premiered on

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on 9 August 2024 to a stupendous opening.

Filmography

References

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