Anshai Lal is an Indian

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film Director and Producer. He made his directorial debut with '' Phillauri'', starring Anushka Sharma,

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, which released worldwide on 24 March 2017. The movie was produced by Clean Slate Films and Fox Star Studios. His work as a Director And Executive Producer includes Mai (2022), starring Sakshi Tanwar, a highly acclaimed Netflix show. He is also the creative producer on the feature films

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(2020) and Qala (2022)

Career

Anshai Lal was always interested in creative arts from a very young age and was actively involved in the dramatics society of his school. This love for arts and driven by his passion for films , he decided to shift to Mumbai in early 2005 right after his graduation where he started his career as an assistant director to

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for the box office success

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(2006), followed by

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for the Indian

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Chak De! India (2007). Anshai has also assisted for Dostana (2008), Housefull (2010) and Himmatwala (2013). Anshai made his debut as a director with Phillauri, a romantic comedy set in

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. The film released worldwide on 24 March 2017. His next venture as a Director and Executive Producer was Mai (2022), produced by Clean slate Films. Anshai Lal is also the Creative Producer on

(2020), a feature film directed by Anvita Dutt, Starring Tripti Dimri and Avinash Tiwary.

Personal life

Anshai was born and brought up in New Delhi where he completed his schooling from

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and graduation in Bachelors of Journalism and Mass Communication from Indraprastha University.

Filmography

As Director

As Executive Producer

As Creative Producer

Bulbbul (2020)

As Assistant Director

References

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