Directing

Neeraj Ghaywan

Born April 20, 1980 · Hyderabad, India (age 46)

Neeraj Ghaywan (born 20 April 1980) is an Indian film director and writer who works in Hindi films. He is the winner of several accolades including a National film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Ghaywan assisted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Ugly (2013) before he made his directorial debut in 2015 with Masaan which received wide acclaim and won two prizes at the Cannes…

Known For

Homebound

Homebound · 2025

Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 · 2012

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

MovieActionThriller

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Masaan

Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

Ajeeb Daastaans

Ajeeb Daastaans · 2021

Ajeeb Daastaans

MovieDramaRomance

An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.

Noise

Lallan and Meena, a couple from Banaras (North India), are consumed by their pursuit to survive in the seedy ghettos of Mumbai city. Lallan ambles about hopelessly while Meena is losing touch with her emotions, almost turning into a machine herself. One day over a phone call, they find each other while embracing death, divorce and redemption.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur · 2013

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

MovieDocumentary

An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wasseypur".

Juice

Manju Singh and her husband are hosting a get-together of families on a really warm night. Between the snacks, drinks and the laughs, something completely unexpected happens.

Shorts

Exploring a common theme 'India Is a Visual Journey', 'Shorts' is a compilation of 5 short films that focus on things that are quintessentially Indian.

Filmography

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Homebound

Homebound · 2025

Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.

Director

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 · 2012

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

MovieActionThriller

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Assistant Director

Masaan

Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

Director

Ajeeb Daastaans

Ajeeb Daastaans · 2021

Ajeeb Daastaans

MovieDramaRomance

An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.

Writer

Noise

Lallan and Meena, a couple from Banaras (North India), are consumed by their pursuit to survive in the seedy ghettos of Mumbai city. Lallan ambles about hopelessly while Meena is losing touch with her emotions, almost turning into a machine herself. One day over a phone call, they find each other while embracing death, divorce and redemption.

Director

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur · 2013

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

MovieDocumentary

An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wasseypur".

Director

Juice

Manju Singh and her husband are hosting a get-together of families on a really warm night. Between the snacks, drinks and the laughs, something completely unexpected happens.

Director

Shorts

Exploring a common theme 'India Is a Visual Journey', 'Shorts' is a compilation of 5 short films that focus on things that are quintessentially Indian.

Director

The Epiphany

The Epiphany · 2013

After their college reunion in Pune, a divorced couple is forced to take a ride together to Mumbai. As they meet an old woman on the highway in desperate need of help, their disparate sense of morality, culture and class creates friction, scraping the wounds of past that they thought was long gone. Some journeys may not take you anywhere, but you do move on.

Director

Sacred Games

Sacred Games · 2018

SeriesDramaCrime

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

Director

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven · 2019

The story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of big fat Indian weddings revealing many secrets and lies.

Director