Directing

Vikramaditya Motwane

Born December 6, 1976 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (age 49)

Vikramaditya Motwane is an Indian film director, and screenwriter for films like Dev.D (2009) and Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007). His directorial debut Udaan (2010) was selected to compete in the 'Un Certain Regard’ category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and also won seven Filmfare awards.

Known For

Lust Stories 3

Lust Stories 3 · 2026

MovieRomanceDrama

Through four bite-sized yet emotionally resonant films, the anthology once again explores lust, love, relationships, and repressed desire, offering fresh perspectives on intimacy, longing, and human connection in all their complexity.

Devdas

MovieDramaRomance

In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.

Dev.D

MovieComedyDrama

Dev, after spurning his childhood love Paro due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and alcohol for solace. Paro moves on but Dev remains in remorse. He then meets Chanda, an escort navigating her own past trauma, but Dev’s chauvinistic attitude and penchant for self-destruction stands in the way of their developing bond.

Lootera

Lootera · 2013

MovieDramaRomance

In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?

CTRL

MovieThrillerDrama

Nella and Joe are the perfect influencer couple. But when he cheats on her, she turns to an AI app to erase him from her life — until it takes control.

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.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam · 1999

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

MovieComedyDrama

A young singer falls in love with his teacher’s daughter, but their romance is tested when the girl’s parents arrange her marriage with Vanraj, which takes three of them into an unexpected journey of love, sacrifice, and selflessness.

Thursday Special

Thursday Special · 2024

Thursday Special

MovieFamilyDrama

An intimate tale of Ram and Shakuntala, an aged couple bound by years of marriage, a shared love for food, and a cherished Thursday ritual. A tender exploration of love, companionship, and change.

Filmography

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Lust Stories 3

Lust Stories 3 · 2026

MovieRomanceDrama

Through four bite-sized yet emotionally resonant films, the anthology once again explores lust, love, relationships, and repressed desire, offering fresh perspectives on intimacy, longing, and human connection in all their complexity.

Director

Devdas

MovieDramaRomance

In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.

Assistant Director

Dev.D

MovieComedyDrama

Dev, after spurning his childhood love Paro due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and alcohol for solace. Paro moves on but Dev remains in remorse. He then meets Chanda, an escort navigating her own past trauma, but Dev’s chauvinistic attitude and penchant for self-destruction stands in the way of their developing bond.

Story

Lootera

Lootera · 2013

MovieDramaRomance

In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?

Director

CTRL

MovieThrillerDrama

Nella and Joe are the perfect influencer couple. But when he cheats on her, she turns to an AI app to erase him from her life — until it takes control.

Screenplay

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.

Producer

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam · 1999

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

MovieComedyDrama

A young singer falls in love with his teacher’s daughter, but their romance is tested when the girl’s parents arrange her marriage with Vanraj, which takes three of them into an unexpected journey of love, sacrifice, and selflessness.

Assistant Director

Thursday Special

Thursday Special · 2024

Thursday Special

MovieFamilyDrama

An intimate tale of Ram and Shakuntala, an aged couple bound by years of marriage, a shared love for food, and a cherished Thursday ritual. A tender exploration of love, companionship, and change.

Presenter

Bombay Velvet

Bombay Velvet · 2015

MovieCrimeThriller

An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence.

Producer

Bhavesh Joshi Superhero

Bhavesh Joshi Superhero · 2018

Bhavesh Joshi Superhero

MovieActionDrama

A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.

Writer

Manmarziyaan

Manmarziyaan · 2018

MovieRomanceDrama

A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.

Producer

Trapped

Trapped · 2017

MovieThrillerDrama

A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.

Director

Udta Punjab

Udta Punjab · 2016

MovieCrimeDrama

Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.

Producer

Cactus Pears

Cactus Pears · 2025

MovieDramaRomance

Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

Executive Producer

Queen

MovieComedyDrama

Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.

Producer

INT. CAFÉ – NIGHT

INT. CAFÉ – NIGHT · 2014

INT. CAFÉ – NIGHT

MovieRomanceDrama

A short film exploring two stories about love, loss and reunion set inside a café in Kolkata, India.

Thanks

Hasee Toh Phasee

Hasee Toh Phasee · 2014

Hasee Toh Phasee

MovieComedyRomance

On the eve of Nikhil and Karishma’s engagement, Karishma’s wealthy father, Devesh Solanki, expresses his disapproval, believing Nikhil to be a lackadaisical young man. With one week to prove himself worthy to marry Karishma, Nikhil and Karishma's sister, Meeta, grow closer to each other.

Producer

Udaan

Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.

Screenplay

No Smoking

No Smoking · 2007

MovieThrillerDrama

A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.

Employee in K's Office

Raman Raghav 2.0

Raman Raghav 2.0 · 2016

Raman Raghav 2.0

MovieThrillerCrime

A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

Producer

Shaandaar

Shaandaar · 2015

MovieComedyRomance

Jagjinder Joginder, a wedding planner, brings together the dysfunctional family of businessman Bipin Arora while making arrangements for Bipin's daughter's destination wedding in London.

Producer

Keep Punching

Keep Punching · 2020

Prior to fighting for her country, Kirnay, a withdrawn boxer must fight the battle for her freedom.

Producer

NH10

MovieCrimeThriller

Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.

Producer

Hunterrr

Hunterrr · 2015

MovieDramaRomance

An ordinary bachelor pursues girls like a hunter, but not with the intention of settling down in life.

Producer

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

Black Warrant

Black Warrant · 2025

SeriesDramaCrime

When an upright officer accepts a job at Tihar Jail, he vows to make amends after witnessing cold-blooded corruption within its walls.

Executive Producer

Jubilee

Jubilee · 2023

In a newly independent India, a studio boss, his movie-star wife, a trusted aide, a nautch girl and a refugee will have their paths cross in their pursuit of stardom and riches.

Creator