Tushar Hiranandani

Tushar Hiranandani (born 13 July 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has written films like Masti (2004), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010), Housefull 2 (2012), ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013), Ek Villain (2014), Dishoom (2016) and Half Girlfriend (2017) among others. He then made his directorial debut with Saand Ki Aankh (2019) and went onto make Srikanth (2024). In 2023, he directed Sony LIV series Scam 2003.

Tushar Hiranandani
Born (1975-07-13) 13 July 1975
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1999-present
Spouse
Nidhi Parmar
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(m. 2011)​
Children1

Early life and career

He grew up around the world of films as his grandfather Hiranand Hiranandani and father Ashok Hiranandani were Hindi film distributors and had a company called Black and White film distribution.[1] He tasted early success with his debut film Masti directed by Indra Kumar in 2004.[2] He is the head of content development at Balaji Motion Pictures.[3] He also directed the SonyLIV show Scam 2003.


Born in Mumbai, Tushar started out as a clapper boy on the sets of Mann (1999) directed by Indra Kumar.[4][5][6] Along with Milap Zaveri, he went on to write films like Kyon Ho Gaya na, Pyaare Mohan and more recently ABCD, Main Tera Hero and Ek Villain. In 2019, Tushar made his directorial debut with the biographical drama Saand Ki Aankh.

Filmography

Films
YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2004MastiNoYes
Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...NoYes
2006Pyare MohanNoYes
NakshaNoYes
2008SundayNoYes
2009Daddy CoolNoYes
2010Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?NoYes
2011F.A.L.T.UNoYes
Double DhamaalNoYes
2012Housefull 2NoYes
2013Grand MastiNoYes
ABCDNoYes
2014Main Tera HeroNoYes
Ek VillainNoYes
2015ABCD 2NoYes
2016Great Grand MastiNoYes
A Flying JattNoYes
DishoomNoYes
2017Half GirlfriendNoYes
2019Saand Ki AankhYesNo
Housefull 4NoYes
2020Street Dancer 3DNoYes
2024SrikanthYesNo

Television
YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2023Scam 2003YesNo10 episodes

References
  1. "Tushar Hiranandani". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. "Tushar Hiranandani". IMDb. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. "Writer Tushar Hiranandani joins Balaji Motion Pictures as Head of Development". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. "Tushar Hiranandani". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. ""Grand Masti did well because it's a funny film" - Tushar Hiranandani". Bollywood Hungama. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. "Film writer Tushar Hiranandani - ETC Bollywood Business - Komal Nahta". YouTube. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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