Vinay Shukla

Indian film writer and director Vinay Shukla is an Indian film writer and director, who is producer of Hindi film Godmother. Vinay Shukla at the press conference to announce the ScreenWriters Association Awards in October 2022 Profile Vinay Shukla has been an active scriptwriter and director of Hindi films over the last three decades. His most well-known film, Godmother, won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1999 and the Filmfare Award for Best Story in 2000. History His association with performance arts began at the age of nine when he began participating in radio plays at Akashwani, Jaipur. Thereafter, his creative urges led him into theater at college and university levels. These experiences eventually drew him towards the cinema. So, he joined the Film and Television Institute at Pune. The training and exposure at the institute set the ground for a deep and lifelong interest in not just film-making in general, but more particularly the unique and vibrant narrative form that is at the center of popular Indian films. He passed out with a gold medal and immediately plunged into the first step of film-making and scriptwriting. Twenty five odd films followed