Upendra Sidhaye (born 8 October 1980), born and brought up in

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, is a screenplay and story writer in Indian Film industry (

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). Sidhaye won honors and admiration with his debut film ''

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'' (2008). Sidhaye and Yogesh Vinayak Joshi collectively received the Filmfare Awards (2009) and Cine Blitz award of best screenplay for

. Sidhaye graduated with a degree in Commerce. He did his post graduation in Mass Communication from

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. He joined theatre group viz. Maitree, Pune that staged Marathi plays like Sankraman. In conjunction, He also participated in a prestigious trophy named Purushottam Karandak to direct and act in a Marathi play viz. Enigma. This play won the team a silver cup and Sidhaye received award for best direction and acting. Sidhaye wrote and directed the

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s ''3 Khwaab'' and ''Waiting Room''. Following this, he worked as an in-house writer for

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starting 2005 and, with Yogesh Vinayak Joshi, co-wrote Nishikant Kamat's ''

'' and was also an assistant director for the film. He was a writer for the Bollywood film ''

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'' (2010). Sidhaye has written the Hindi adaptation of ''

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'', as well as dialogues for the award-winning Marathi film '' Killa.'' He made his directorial debut with the Marathi film ''Girlfriend.'' Most recently, he worked on the feature film ''Me Vasantrao'', which he has co-written with director Nipun Dharmadhikari, which released in April 2022 to wide critical and commercial acclaim.

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