Sanjiv Jaiswal is an Indian film director and producer who mainly works in Hindi films.
Biography
Sanjiv Jaiswal is from
Lucknow
Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...
, Uttar Pradesh. He wanted to become a filmmaker since childhood. After completing his graduation, he came to Mumbai and established his own film production house. He produced his first film, ''
Fareb'', in 2005. His second film ''
Anwar'' (2007) was written and directed by
Manish Jha
Manish Jha is an Indian film writer and director, known for the film ''Matrubhoomi.''
Early life and education
Born in Dhamaura, in the West Champaran district of Bihar, Jha grew up in Delhi where he had moved at an early age. He did his grad ...
. His debut as a writer and director was in 2012, with ''
Shudra: The Rising'', which portrays slavery, untouchability and the
caste
A caste is a Essentialism, fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (en ...
system in Indian society. Jaiswal was awarded the Best Director's Award for ''Shudra: The Rising'' in Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival in 2013. The film was also nominated for the Boston International Film Festival (2013),
In 2019, Jaiswal wrote and directed the Hindi feature film ''
Pranaam
''Pranaam'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and written by Sanjiv Jaiswal, and produced by Anil Singh and Nitin Mishra. The film's score was composed by Jaan Nissar Lone. The film stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Abhimanyu Singh, ...
''.
Filming for Jaiswal's sequel to ''Shudra: The Rising'', called ''Bagawat'', began in 2020.
Filmography
Webseries
References
External links
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Hindi-language film directors
Living people
1972 births