Dhiraj Mishra is an Indian screenwriter and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
on movies such as
''Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan''.
Career
Mishra worked as a freelance
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
for magazines and newspapers. He was the creative writer for various TV serials. He wrote a feature film
screenplay
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993.
Background
After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...
based on the life of Indian Prime Minister
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Re ...
titled
''Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan''. His upcoming movies are ''Birsa,'' about a freedom fighter from
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
and ''
Chapekar brothers
The Chapekar Brothers, Damodar Hari Chapekar (25 June 1869 – 18 April 1898), Balkrishna Hari Chapekar (1873 – 12 May 1899, also called Bapurao) and Vasudeo Hari Chapekar (1880 – 8 May 1899), also spelt Wasudeva or Wasudev, were Indian r ...
'', a revolutionary story about freedom fighters from
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
.
Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...
was to play
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence a ...
.
Mishra wrote a novel ''Patjhar aur Bahar''. He wrote a play on the life of India’s first woman Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
titled ''Indira''.
Filmography
( as writer)
*
''Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan''
* ''
Chapekar Brothers (Movie)''
* ''
Main Khudiram Bose Hun''
*
Gaalib
* Deendayal Ek Yugpurush
*
Hero of Nation Chandra Shekhar Azad
*
Alingan
''Alingan'' is a Hindi film starring Tushar Purwar, Anil Rastogi ,Vivek Anand Mishra and Prashant Rai in lead roles. Film has been shot at Varanasi , Prayagraj and Bhadrawah in Jammu. It was released on 25 March 2022.
Plot
Alingan is a story of ...
Awards
* Special Award As Writer for
''Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan'' at International Film Festival of Prayag 2015.
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Indian male screenwriters
Hindi screenwriters
Writers from Allahabad
Screenwriters from Uttar Pradesh