Vibhu Puri

Vibhu Puri (Full Name: Vibhu Virender Puri )iVibhu Puri (Full Name: Vibhu Virender Puri )is an Indian Film director, writer and lyricist. He has mushroomed up as one of the most promising d film makers in last three-four years. A gold medalist from FTII, Vibhu Puri's debut feature as a director and producer, Hawaizaada featured Mithun Chakraborty and Ayushmann Khurrana. It is the untold story of the first man who ever made a plane and was actually an India. In January 2015, the film opened to great reviews by critics. Though it didn't make a huge impact at the box office.

Before making his feature, he assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on various feature films. He also wrote Saawariya, Guzaarish and Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi, all made by SLB Films. To add to it, he also penned songs for Guzaarish and Hawaizaada. He also assisted Vishal Bharadwaj on The Blue Umbrella.

In the world of advertising, he started off as a writer in Contract Delhi, before getting into film making. In the last three years, he has been directing commercials. Durting which he has directed more than 150 films and has collaborated on campaigns with various prominent agencies like Ogilvy, McCann, Leo Burnett, Scarecrow, Rediff, Mudra amongst others for major brands like Maggi, HDFC, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G, Zee, Heinz, Star Sports, Dabur, Parle G, Himani, Emami, Amazon, to name a few. He has made films for Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi agencies and brands. Besides Hindi and English, he has made ad films in various languages like Telegu, Malyalam, Haryanvi, Bangla etc. and has had the honor of working on films with Indian celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, NTR Jr, Katrina Kaif, Siddharth Malhotra, Virender Sehwag, Anushka Shetty, Sunny Leone Swara Bhaskar, and Pakistani film actors like Ehsan Khan, Sab Qamar, Sajal Ali. His efforts won him seven advertising awards.

Two of his student films, Chaurus Chaand and Chabiwali Pocket Watch, have traveled to various film festivals in India and abroad. Both of them had the unique distinction of being selected for Indian Panorama.  Chauras Chand is an ode to life and poetry of a rebel Punjabi poet Avtar Singh sandy 'Pash'. Chabi Wali Pocket Watch featured at many prestigious festivals including Cannes (where it was awarded Kodak emerging filmmaker of the world, 2006); has won various international awards, and also the prestigious national award from the Indian president. The film is set in Old Delhi and deals with story of a romantic Urdu poet now dying anomously, and the struggle between his daughter and an opportunist publisher. This film was also India's official entry to the Student Oscars, 2006.

Also, academically bent, he takes workshops on subjects of filming music and playback sequences at FTII, Pune and Whistling Woods, Mumbai. Has also taken lectures on film acting at FTTI, Pune and film and management workshop at IIM Udaipur.

He has also served on the jury of the prestigious 57th National Awards, 2009. He clearly has immense potential to make a comeback worthy of his amazing short film.