Neeraj Pandey

Born December 17, 1973 · Arrah, Bihar, India

Neeraj Pandey is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who made his directorial debut with A Wednesday! His subsequent films include Special 26, Baby, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, and Khakee: The Bengal Chapter. He has also ventured into web series direction with Special Ops.

Films reviewed

7.8

Avg. rating

A Wednesday

Best-reviewed

2008–2016

Years active

Known forBest Hindi Drama (3)

Biography

Neeraj Pandey is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Pandey made his directoral debut in A Wednesday!, which was largely praised by audiences as well as critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades. His second film was Special 26 (2013), which was followed by Baby (2015), the latter of which received critical acclaim and became a huge commercial success. He served as a producer in Rustom (2016). Pandey returned to directing in 2017 helming the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on renowned Indian cricketer M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel names Ghalib Danger in 2013.

In 2016, his Production House Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment entered into a joint venture and formed Plan C Studios.

He has also directed a Web Short 'Ouch' with Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra which is nominated for Filmfare Short Film Award 2017. As the co-producer, his recent blockbuster Toilet- Ek Prem Katha is getting critical appreciation from the film industry and the audience.