Jaideep Sahni
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Born: May 1905
Jaideep Sahni (born 1968) is an Indian screenwriter, songwriter and producer, most known for screenplays of films like, Company (2002), Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006) and Chak De! India (2007). He is currently on contract with Yash Raj Films. As a lyricist he most known for theme song, Chak De India.He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue as well as Filmfare Award for Best Story for Company (2002), followed by Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006). He turned lyricist after jam sessions with rock band, Euphoria's Palash Sen, and screenwriter after discovering the screenplay for film Gandhi in a New Delhi bookshop at age 27. His first film, Jungle (2000), directed by Ram Gopal Verma was a critical failure, but a commercial success. But their second film, Company (film), a commercial and critical success was nominated for eleven Filmfare Awards and won seven of them. Post company he worked with Dibakar Banerjee in Khosla Ka Ghosla which was well received by critics and met with reasonable box office success. 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 Abhishek Bachchan's career.He then wrote the script of Chak De! India, directed by Shimit Amin, who was also an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma before joining Yashraj films. The movie starred bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the coach of Indian hockey team, and was loosely based on the real life story of Maharaj Krishan Kaushik. The movie was praised by critics and went on to become on of the biggest hits of 2007. His next film, Aaja Nachle directed by Anil Mehta was not well received by critics and was a box office flop. His latest film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, the third film of Shimit Amin, was a box office failure despite the critical acclaim it received.
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Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
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Role Played: Lyricist, Screenplay, Dialogue Writer, Writer
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is a Hindi film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Yash Raj Films. Screenplay of the film is by Jaideep Sahni, who collaborated with Shimit Amin for Chak De! India. Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee and Gauhar Khan play primary roles in the movie. Shazahn Padamsee, daughter of Alyque Padamsee and Sharon Prabhakar, made her debut in the film. read more
The dream of every middle class man... to own a house... KK Khosla (Anupam Kher) is no different. On retirement, he invests hsi entire life's earnings into a plot of land to build hsi dream house, only to be cheated by a corrupt, greedy Khurana (Boman Irani) who usurps the land that belongs to the Khosla. Khosla Ka Ghosla is a sweet black comedy in the life of a dysfunctional Indian family. The pl... read more
