Anjum Rajabali

Anjum Rajabali
at Gujarat Literature Festival Ahmedabad, December 2016
Born	(1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 Talaja, Gujarat, India
Alma mater	University of Pune
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, actor
Years active	1994-present

Anjum Rajabali is a veteran Indian screenwriter and teacher. He has written films like Drohkaal (1994), Ghulam (1998), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and Raajneeti (2010). He is also known for his leadership and lobbying for the rights of Indian screenwriters, as a senior activist of the Screenwriters Association, India.

Career

He began his career in the film industry as an associate scriptwriter for the critically acclaimed Drohkaal (1994). In 1998, Anjum wrote the screenplay for the film China Gate along with writing the story and screenplay for the hit crime-thriller Ghulam, starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherji. In the following years, Anjum is credited with writing for films across a variety of genres, including the action film Kachche Dhaage (1999), the drama Pukar (2000), the biographical film The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and the horror Naina (2005). He was the script consultant on Prakash Jha's crime-drama Apaharan (2005) and Anjum's association with him extended for the next four successive films that Prakash Jha directed, with Anjum writing for Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh and his latest release Satyagraha (2013).

He is the Head of Screenwriting at Whistling Woods as well as the Honorary Head of Screenplay Writing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), a course that he founded in 2004. Apart from being a script consultant on several films, he also conducts workshops, seminars and conferences on screenwriting. In mid-2014, he joined with Mumbai Mantra as Convenor for their new initiative, the Mumbai Mantra CineRise Screenwriting Programme - 100 Storytellers A Year - a process of nurturing screenwriting talent, planned with 8 defined stages of creative intervention, which invited applications from Indian screenwriters from any part of the world, including non-resident Indians and even those with mixed Indian parentage.

Filmography

Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2020	Toofan
2013	Satyagraha
2012	Chakravyuh
2011	Aarakshan
2010	Raajneeti
2005	Apaharan	Script consultant
2005	Naina
2002	The Legend of Bhagat Singh	English Dialogue / Screenplay writer
2000	Pukar	Dialogue / Screenplay writer
1999	Kachche Dhaage	Screenplay / Story writer
1998	Ghulam
1998	China Gate	Screenplay writer
1994	Drohkaal	Associate script writer

Actor

Year	Film	Role
2018	Veere Di Wedding	Kishan Puri
2014	Time Machine	Chetan Kanodia (Older)
2011	Turning 30	David- Publisher
2008	Ghajini	Dr. Debkumar Mitra
1996	Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love	Madho singh

Producer

• Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (2010) (executive producer)

Thanks

• Int. Cafe Night (2014) (Special thanks)
• Hrid Majharey (2014) (Special thanks)
• Rab da Vaasta... (2013) (Thanks)
• Dum Maaro Dum (2011) (Acknowledgment)
• Turning 30 (2011) (Acknowledgment)
• Der Andher (2011) (Very special thanks)
• Read My Silence (2011) (Special thanks)
• Via Kargil (2011) (Special thanks)
• Khakee (2004) (Acknowledgment - as Mr. Anjum Rajabali)
• Sarfarosh (1999) (Grateful thanks - as Shri. Anjum Rajaballi)
• Godmother (1999) (Acknowledgment)

Miscellaneous crew

• Valmiki Ki Bandook (2010) (Script supervisor)
• Mulk (Script supervisor)

External links

• Anjum Rajabali at IMDb