Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 19 March 1986) is an Indian

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and

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Early life and background

Akhilesh Jaiswal was born in

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. He grew up in

, did his schooling from there and came to

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in 2006 for graduation. He was pursuing

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from Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce and Economics. Only a year later did he realize that he was ready to launch into his true calling

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, and that graduation wasn't required for it. So, he dropped out after his first year of college and started making small-time Marathi ad films and worked backstage with some theater groups.

Career

Jaiswal says he always wanted to be a film maker. He got his big break when he got the opportunity to co-write

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's 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. He made his directorial debut with

Mastram ''Mastram'' () is 2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed by Akhilesh Jaiswal, and starring Rahul bagga and Tara Alisha Berry. The film is about an aspiring litterateur turning into an initially reluctant finally full-fledged ...

, which released on 9 May 2014. Akhilesh directed ''Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha'' a web-adaptation of

Badal Sarkar Sudhindra Sircar (Born 15 July 1925), also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti-establishment plays during the Naxalite movement in the 1970s and taking theatre out of the pros ...

's classic, by the same name. He has also helmed the story and screenwriting of ‘Simple Murder’ a web series which got released on 20 Nov 2

Filmography

Director

* ''

'' (2014) * ''Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha'' (web-adaptation of

's classic) (2017) * '' Bawri Chhori (film), Bawri Chhori ''(2021)

Writer

*'' Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1'' (2012) *'' Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2'' (2012) *''

'' (2014) *'' Ugly'' (Additional writer) (2014) * A simple murder (2020)

References

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* 1986 births Living people Writers from Bhopal Hindi-language film directors Hindi screenwriters Film directors from Madhya Pradesh 21st-century Indian film directors Screenwriters from Madhya Pradesh {{India-film-director-stub