Manoj Tyagi (born 1968 ) is an Indian

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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in the

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. He had won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay twice, for ''

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'' (2005) and '' Apaharan'' (2006), apart from

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for ''Page 3'', which won the

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. He made his directorial debut with ''

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'' (2007) produced by

Vikram Bhatt Vikram Bhatt (born 27 January 1969) is an Indian director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the ''Raaz'' film series, an Indian horror series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt and for directing '' Ghula ...

's ASA Films for whom he had written a couple of films.

Early life and education

Born and brought up in

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, Tyagi is an MBA.

Career

He started career in the corporate world, working for companies like,

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, Canon and

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Bank when he shifted to

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in 2002. Meanwhile, he started looking for opening the film world has a screenwriter which came as co-writing '' Satta'', with

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, which received critical acclaim. Over the years, he has worked extensively, National Film Award-winning director,

, in films like, '' Aan: Men at Work'' (2004), National Film Award-winning''

'' (2005), ''

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'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2009).

Filmography

* '' Satta'' (2003) (screenplay) * '' Agnipankh'' (2004) (screenplay) * '' Aan: Men at Work'' (2004) (screenplay) (story) * ''

'' (2005) (screenplay) * '' Apaharan'' (2005) (screenplay) * '' Ek Ajnabee'' (2005) (dialogue) (screenplay) * '' Pehchaan: The Face of Truth'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) (screenplay) * ''

'' (2006) (screenplay) * '' Red: The Dark Side'' (2007) (writer) * ''

Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee ''Life Mein Kabhi Kabhiee'' (transl. ''At Times in Life'') is a 2007 Bollywood social thriller movie, directed by Vikram Bhatt. It was released on 13 April 2007. Boxofficeindia declared the movie box office disaster. Actor Sameer Dattani's role ...

'' (2007) (screenplay) * ''

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'' (2007) (adaptation) * ''

'' (2007) (direction, screenplay & story) * ''

'' (2009) (screenplay) * '' Heroine'' (2012) (writer) * '' Inkaar'' (2013) (writer)

References

External links

*
Manoj Tyagi
at ''

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