Himanshu Sharma

Himanshu Sharma
Himanshu Sharma
Born	20 August 1981 (age 43); Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Kirori Mal College
Occupation(s)	Film Writer and also Producer
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Kanika Dhillon (m. 2021)

Himanshu Sharma is an Indian film writer and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is most well known as the writer of the Tanu Weds Manu series (2011 & 2015) and Raanjhanaa (2013), all of which were considered highly successful domestically.^[1] His screenwriting for the films was generally received with praise.

Early life and education

Himanshu Sharma was born to Jiwan Sharma, a U.P. Tourism officer and Shama Sharma in Lucknow. Himanshu did his schooling from Spring dale College, Lucknow and later moved to Kirori Mal College, Delhi for higher education, where he started taking part in theatre.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Himanshu has one younger sister and a brother, and he was in a relationship with Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar. In January 2021, Himanshu married Kanika Dhillon.^[2]^[3]

Career

He started his career with NDTV as script writer for a health show. Subsequently, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his career in serials and movies. He wrote the script for many TV serials like Kkusum on Sony TV and Bhootwala on SAB TV. He made his film writing debut with the movie Strangers, with Nandana Sen and Jimmy Sheirgill, produced by Raj Kundra. He is a member of International Film And Television Club of AAFT. Himanshu Sharma is also part of Colour Yellow Productions, which co-produced Raanjhanaa and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns.

Filmography

Writer

Year	Name
2007	Strangers
2011	Tanu Weds Manu
2013	Mr. Pellikoduku
2013	Raanjhanaa
2015	Tanu Weds Manu: Returns
2018	Zero
2021	Atrangi Re
2022	Raksha Bandhan

Creative producer

Year	Name
2016	Happy Bhag Jayegi
2016	Nil Battey Sannata

Producer

Year	Name
2017	Shubh Mangal Savdhan
2018	Manmarziyaan
2018	Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
2018	Meri Nimmo
2019	Laal Kaptaan
2020	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
2021	Haseen Dillruba
2021	Atrangi Re
2021	Good Luck Jerry
2022	Raksha Bandhan

Awards and nominations

Nominations

2012 Best Dialogue: Star Screen awards for Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
2012 Best Dialogue: IIFA Singapore awards for Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
2012 Best Story: Filmfare awards for Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
2012 Best Story: Apsara awards for Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
2014 Best Story: Star guild award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Best Dialogue: Star guild award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Best Screenplay:Star guild award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Dialogue of the year : Star guild award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Best Story: Zee Cine award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Best Dialogue: Zee Cine award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Best Screenplay: Zee Cine award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2016 Best Story: Star Screen award for Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2016)
2016 Best Dialogue: Star Screen award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)
2016 Best Screenplay: Star Screen award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)
2016 Best Dialogue: TOIFA award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)
2016 Best Dialogue: National Film Awards for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)
2016 Best Story: National Film Awards for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)

Wins

2014 Best Dialogue: Star Guild award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2014 Best Dialogue: Zee Cine award for Raanjhanaa (2013)
2016 Best Dialogue: Filmfare award for Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2016)
2016 Best Dialogue: TOIFA award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)
2016 Best Dialogue: National Film Awards Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)
2016 Best Story: National Film Awards for Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2016)

References

Filmography

Himanshu Sharma at IMDb

[1] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm2402576/ ^{[user-generated source]}

[2] "Famed Bollywood writers Kanika Dhillon, Himanshu Sharma set Covid-wedding goals with simple and intimate nuptials. See pics".

[3] "Akshay Kumar-Bhumi Pednekar's Rakshabandhan is writers Himanshu Sharma-Kanika Dhillon's first collaboration".

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
1959–1970	Rajinder Singh Bedi (1959) Ramanand Sagar (1960) Amanullah Khan, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza & Ehsan Rizvi (1961) Wajahat Mirza (1962) Akhtar ul Iman (1963) Arjun Dev Rashk (1964) Govind Moonis (1965) Akhtar ul Iman (1966) Vijay Anand (1967) Manoj Kumar (1968) Ali Raza (1969) Pt Anand Kumar (1970)
1971–1990	Rajinder Singh Bedi (1971) Gulzar (1972) Ramesh Pant (1973) Gulzar (1974) Kaifi Azmi (1975) Salim-Javed (1976) Sagar Sarhadi (1977) Vrajendra Gaur (1978) Rahi Masoom Raza (1979) Satyadev Dubey (1980) Shabd Kumar (1981) Kader Khan (1982) Dr. Achla Nagar (1983) Mahesh Bhatt (1984) Sai Paranjpye (1985) Rahi Masoom Raza (1986) no award (1987) no award (1988) Kamlesh Pandey (1989) Javed Akhtar (1990)
1991–2010	Suraj Sanim (1991 ) Rahi Masoom Raza (1992) Kader Khan (1993) Prof Jay Dixit (1994) K K Singh (1995) Aditya Chopra & Javed Siddiqui (1996) Gulzar (1997) Aditya Chopra (1998) Rajkumar Santoshi & K. K. Raina (1999) Hriday Lani & Pathik Vats (2000) O. P. Dutta (2001) Karan Johar (2002) Gulzar & Jaideep Sahni (2003) Abbas Tyrewala (2004) Aditya Chopra (2005) Prakash Jha (2006) Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi (2007) Imtiaz Ali (2008) Manu Rishi (2009) Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2010)
2011–present	Habib Faisal (2011) Farhan Akhtar (2012) Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal & Sachin Ladia (2013) Subhash Kapoor (2014) Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2015) Himanshu Sharma (2016) Ritesh Shah (2017) Hitesh Kewaliya (2018) Akshat Ghildial (2019) Vijay Maurya (2020) Juhi Chaturvedi (2021)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States