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

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.

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.

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.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam · 1999

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

MovieComedyDrama

A newly-wed man discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. Ignoring the ridicule he might have to face for this, he takes his wife to Italy in search of her love.

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.

Shadowbox

Shadowbox · 2026

Maya discovers that her husband – an ex-soldier who is suffering from PTSD - is the prime suspect in a murder investigation. She and her teenage son are forced to go to extremes to keep the family together.

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.

Trapped

Trapped · 2017

MovieThrillerDrama

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

Filmography

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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

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

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

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam · 1999

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

MovieComedyDrama

A newly-wed man discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. Ignoring the ridicule he might have to face for this, he takes his wife to Italy in search of her love.

Assistant Director

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

Shadowbox

Shadowbox · 2026

Maya discovers that her husband – an ex-soldier who is suffering from PTSD - is the prime suspect in a murder investigation. She and her teenage son are forced to go to extremes to keep the family together.

Executive Producer

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

Trapped

Trapped · 2017

MovieThrillerDrama

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

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

AK vs AK

AK vs AK · 2020

MovieComedyAction

After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.

Director

2024

MovieThrillerDrama

It's 2024, and a mutated virus is turning Mumbai into a death zone. Meanwhile, four friends try to find each other and get to the last train to escape the city.

Producer

Keep Punching

Keep Punching · 2020

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

Producer

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

Dada - The Sourav Ganguly Story

Dada - The Sourav Ganguly Story · 2027

Dada - The Sourav Ganguly Story

A biopic on former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly.

Director

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

Manmarziyaan

Manmarziyaan · 2018

MovieRomanceDrama

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

Producer

Wrong Side Raju

Wrong Side Raju · 2016

Wrong Side Raju

MovieThrillerDrama

A driver named Raju embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing lives of 3 people due to a controversial hit and run accident.

Producer

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

Ugly

MovieThrillerDrama

When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.

Producer

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

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

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

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

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

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