Vijay Maurya
Born
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director

Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who works in Indian films and theatre.[1] He is best known for his work in the 2019 film Gully Boy.[2]

Career

Theatre

Maurya began his career in theatre by enrolling in a workshop under Satyadev Dubey for acting. He was an integral part of Prithvi Theatre from 1993 to 2008. He has worked in 14 original plays which have had a total of over 2500 shows. Some of his plays include Meena Kumari, Airawat, Solah Saal Ka Aakash, Jungle Ke Paar, Laila, Sa Hi Besura. The play Sa Hi Besura[3] has been his most popular running successfully with over a 100 shows.

Films

Maurya has acted in critically acclaimed films like Nishikant Kamat's Mumbai Meri Jaan[4] and Anurag Kashyap's[5] Black Friday.[6] He is also a screenwriter and has won a National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Chillar Party along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl at the 59th National Film Awards.[7] His latest film Gully Boy as a dialogue writer and supporting actor has been well received both critically and commercially.

Maurya made his digital debut as a director with the Amazon Original series Crash Course, created, produced and written by former UTV Motion Pictures associate Manish Hariprasad and co-written by Raina Roy.

Commercials

Having directed over a 150 commercials, Maurya is known for his witty sense of humour and has directed commercials for a number of Indian and International brands. He continues to work as an ad-film director along with his film commitments.

Filmography

Year Film Actor Director Screenwriter Role Notes
1998 Satya Yes No No  –
1999 Mast Yes No No  –
2003 Paanch Yes No No Pondy
2004 Black Friday Yes No No Dawood Ibrahim[8]
2005 Socha Na Tha Yes No No Shiva
2008 Bombay to Bangkok Yes No No Jamal Khan
Mumbai Meri Jaan Yes No No Constable Sunil Kadam
2009 Aage Se Right Yes No No Raghav Shetty
Ride the Wave Johnny Yes No No  –
Peter Gaya Kaam Se Yes No No  –
2010 Bombay Mirror Yes No No  – Short film
Striker No No Yes  –
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey No No Dialogues  –
Tees Maar Khan Yes No No Soda
2011 Chillar Party No No Yes  –
2013 Tendulkar Out Yes No No  –
2014 The Letters Yes No No Maharaj Singh English film
Bhoothnath Returns Yes No No Ghost[9]
Nachom-ia Kumpasar Yes No No  – Konkani film
2015 Hunterrr No No Dialogues  –
Vakratunda Mahakaaya Yes No No  – Marathi film
Dhanak Yes No No  –
2016 Photocopy No Yes Yes  –
2017 Tumhari Sulu Yes No Yes Pankaj Rai Baaghi
2019 Gully Boy Yes No Dialogues Ateeq Khan[10]
Sacred Games Yes No No Ram Gopal Verma Web Series[11]
2020 Yeh Ballet Yes No Dialogues Nishu's father
2021 Toofan No No Additional Screenplay & Dialogues  –
The White Tiger Yes No No Mukesh
Radhe No No Yes  –
2022 A Thursday No No Dialogues  –
Darlings Yes No Dialogues Inspector Rajaram Tawde
Shabaash Mithu No No Dialogues  –
The Great Indian Murder No No Yes  – Web Series
Crash Course No Yes No  –
Rangbaaz: Darr Ki Rajneeti Yes No No Lakhan Rai[12]
2023 Mast Mein Rehne Ka No Yes Yes  –
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Yes No No Malcolm Pereira


Awards

Filmfare Awards

Year Category For Result Ref.
2018 Best Dialogue Tumhari Sulu Nominated
2020 Gully Boy Won

IIFA Awards

Year Category For Result
2020 Best Dialogue Gully Boy Won

Star Screen Awards

Year Category For Result
2020 Best Dialogue Gully Boy Won

SWA Awards

Year Category For Result
2020 Best Dialogue Gully Boy Won

Indian Telly Streaming Awards

Year Category For Result
2022 Best Screenplay - Hindi Series The Great Indian Murder Won

References

  1. ^ Hindustan Times (19 December 2021). "Line between commercial and art films is getting blurred: Vijay Maurya". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ "EXCLUSIVE| Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh discovered that passion one can't write on paper, says Gully Boy dialogue writer Vijay Maurya". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Hindustan Times - Archive News". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. ^ admin (1 February 2013). "Mayank Shekhar's Review: Mumbai Meri Jaan".
  5. ^ "Black Friday - movie review by Vijay Venkataramanan - Planet Bollywood".
  6. ^ "B-Town's Dawood fascination continues". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  7. ^ "MSN India - Best of Bollywood, South Cinema, TV and Celebs". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Bollywood dares to portray Dawood Ibrahim, liberates itself from fear of underworld".
  9. ^ "लीक हुआ टाइगर श्रॉफ की फिल्म 'मुन्ना माइकल' का क्लाइमेक्स सीन! | Bollywood Life हिंदी". 6 March 2017.
  10. ^ Guha, Aniruddha (14 January 2019). "For those tripping on the #GullyBoy dialogues but don't know who wrote them, it's @urfvijaymaurya at work (also seen as the asshole office manager in the trailer). Puts the kadak in sadakchhaap". @AniGuha. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  11. ^ "'Sacred Games' plays it silly in season 2". 15 August 2019.
  12. ^ "'It Has Nothing To...': Vineet Kumar On Similarities Between Rangbaaz 3 And Shahabuddin's Life". Jagran English. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

External links

National Film Award for Best Screenplay
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
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