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Paritosh Painter (born 8 January 1972) is an Indian theatre actor, director, and film, TV writer. He is the writer of several Bollywood movies, some of which are
Total Dhamaal ''Total Dhamaal'' (also known as ''Dhamaal 3'') is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language adventure comedy film directed and written by Indra Kumar and loosely based on the 1963 Hollywood film ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' with some scenes borrowe ...
(2019), Dhamaal (2007), Paying Guests (2009), and All The Best: Fun Begins (2009)


Education

Paritosh Painter did his early schooling at St.Joseph's College, Nainital, and then attended Maneckji Cooper School in Mumbai. He graduated from Mithibai College with a bachelor's degree in Science (Chemistry). And then completed his Business Management from NMIMS, Mumbai.


Early career

Paritosh Painter started his career with a television series CAMPUS on
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and then in 1996 established his own theatre production company Ideas The Entertainment Company under the guidance of
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.


Career

Paritosh Painter is the writer of several Bollywood movies, some of which are ''
Dhamaal ''Dhamaal'' () is a List of Bollywood films of 2007, 2007 Cinema of India, Indian Bollywood, Hindi-Hindi, language comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, ...
'' (2007), ''
Paying Guests ''Paying Guests'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film starring Ashish Chaudhary, Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey, Vatsal Seth, Celina Jaitly, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen, Sayali Bhagat and Johnny Lever. It is directed by Paritosh Painter ...
'' (2009), and '' All The Best: Fun Begins'' (2009). He did his early education from the prestigious
St. Joseph's College, Nainital St. Joseph's College, Nainital is a day boarding and boarding school, residential school in Nainital, Kumaon division, Kumaon, India, providing private school education. Overview St Joseph's college was established in 1888. The site was previou ...
. Paritosh joined
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as the Network Creative Director. With this role, Paritosh looks into the creation of differentiated content for the company's television and radio business, including Big Magic and 92.7 Big FM. He reports to and works closely with
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at RBNL. Paritosh has been the creative mastermind behind some of BIG Magic's most iconic shows like ‘Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal - India's first Historical Comedy. His unique storytelling technique coupled with some of the best-known names on Indian television like
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, Delnaaz Irani, Vishal Kotial, and Keeshwar Merchantt have led the show to become one of the most-watched shows on Indian Television. He has launched shows like Big Googly with
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on 92.7 BIG FM and
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on BIG MAGIC. He also launched Narayan Narayan Chulbule Narad ki Natkhat leelayain starring
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on Big Magic. His latest launches are Total Nadaniyaan on BIG MAGIC - a mad comedy starring
Upasna Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film '' Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative portrayal in '' Son Pari'' as Cruella/Kalipari, a ...
, Gaurav Sharma among others and Indian adaptation of The Middle called
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. He's also working with Gaurav Gera on developing the famous Shopkeepa Chutki series for the channel. He was also involved with producing and scripting the Indian television drama series ''
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'' (2012). Paritosh Painter is also active in the Indian theater scene, where he is known for writing and producing See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Get Rid of My Wife, and I Am The Best. In 2018, Paritosh created and co-produced comedy web series, '' Baby Come Naa'' for
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's OTT platform
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starring
Shreyas Talpade Shreyas Talpade (born 27 January 1976) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who appears in Hindi and Marathi films. He has appeared in several critically and commercially successful films. He is better known for his role as Shah Rukh ...
,
Chunky Pandey Suyash Panday (born 26 September 1962), better known by his stage name Chunky Panday, is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He has appeared in over 100 films in a career that has spanned over three decades. His most successful films ...
,
Kiku Sharda Kiku Sharda (born Raghavendra Sharda; 14 February 1976) is an Indian comedian as well as film and television actor. He was born on 14 February 1976 in Jodhpur district, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Kiku completed his schooling in Mumbai where he also co ...
, Shefali Zariwala and
Manasi Scott Manasi Scott is an Indian singer, songwriter, and an actress. Manasi is best known for her live performances and for composing "Khatti Meethi" for Sanjay Gupta's '' Acid Factory''. In 2018, she played the female protagonist in ALTBalaji's web s ...
. Paritosh Painter also performs as a stand-up comedian with his show called Women Decoded.


Sports

Paritosh Painter is the owner of PUNERI USTAAD - Kabbadi Team, The Winner of the Zee Marathi Khusti Dangal 2018.


Upcoming Films


Films


Television


Theatre


Professional Experience

* Writer Singapore India Icon Awards 2014 * Writer
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- 2013 * Directed & Scripted the ICICI Awards * Directed & Script
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– Pink Slip Awards * Directed & Scripted
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– Rouge Show * Directed & Scripted the HSBC – GLT Training Film.


References

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