Manoj Tyagi

Manoj Tyagi
Born	1974 (age 49–50) Delhi
Occupation(s)	screenwriter, film director
Years active	2003–present

Manoj Tyagi (born 1974) is an Indian screenwriter and film director in the Hindi cinema. He had won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay twice, for Page 3 (2005) and Apaharan (2006), apart from Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Page 3, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. He made his directorial debut with Mumbai Salsa (2007) produced by Vikram Bhatt's ASA Films for whom he had written a couple of films.

Early life and education

Originally from Chhapraulla,Ghaziabad.Born and brought up in Delhi, Manoj is an MBA.

Career

He started career in the corporate world, working for companies like, Xerox, Canon and ABN AMRO Bank when he shifted to Mumbai in 2002. Meanwhile he started looking for opening the film world has a screenwriter which came as co-writing Satta, with Madhur Bhandarkar, which received critical acclaim. Over the years, he has worked extensively, National Film Award-winning director, Madhur Bhandarkar, in films like, Aan: Men at Work (2004), National Film Award-winningPage 3 (2005), Corporate (2006) and Jail (2009).

Filmography

• Satta (2003) (screenplay)
• Agni Pankh (2004) (screenplay)
• Aan: Men at Work (2004) (screenplay) (story)
• Page 3 (2005) (screenplay)
• Apaharan (2005) (screenplay)
• Ek Ajnabee (2005) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• Pehchaan: The Face of Truth (2005)
• Taxi No. 9211 (2006) (screenplay)
• Corporate (2006) (screenplay)
• Red: The Dark Side (2007) (writer)
• Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee (2007) (screenplay)
• Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever (2007) (adaptation)
• Mumbai Salsa (2007) (direction, screenplay & story)
• Jail (2009) (screenplay)
• Heroine(2012) (writer)
• Inkaar (2013) (Writer)

External links

• Manoj Tyagi at IMDb
• Manoj Tyagi at Bollywood Hungama