QUALIFICATIONS
- Masters Degree in Hindi Literature 1st class,MumbaiUniversity, 1989
- Diploma in Marketing & Advertising, Xavier Institute Of Communications, Mumbai, 1989
- A Regular Member of Film Writers Association. Membership No: R- 6417
- Ex-Lecturer on Films and Television-Creative- at the Mass Communication Institute ofSRSSCollegeJ. B. Nagar, [Affiliated toMumbaiUniversity]
- Accredited Journalist
PROFESSION
JOURNALIST / SCRIPT WRITER
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
“HAZARDOUS GOODS TRANSPORTATION”: Awarded the Best Asian Film in the European Union Film Festival On Road Safety held in France in October 2008. Produced by EICHER MOTORS
“THE FILM ON SAFE DRIVING”: Awarded the Best Film at The International Road Safety Film Festival organized by the Ministry of Surface Transport, India from among 33 entries from UK, Europe etc. in January 2007. Dr Kiran Bedi, Director General, Bureau of Police Research & Development presented the award to in a glittering function on 12th January 07. Produced by EICHER MOTORS
AAYUSHMAAN BHAV
A Marathi weekly serial on Sahyadri Channel of Mumbai Doordarshan. Screenplay.
Was awarded of the Most Popular Show during the 50th Annual Awards of DD in March 2009. Won 5 Awards in all.
Was among the top 4 shows on Sahyadri as long as it was on air, concluded in November 2008.
GHAR EK MANDIR
A Daily Soap on Sony TV for Balaji Telefilms. Dialogues
Nominated as the best serial in the first ever Indian Television Awards [ITA]
AAMRAPALI
A period drama on DD 1 for L.R. Entertainment
Nominated at the Indian Television Awards [ITA]
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
Written a Show for SaharaIndia. A music based Show that spoke about the Hindi Film Songs that were based on the Classical or Folk Music. Anchored by the renowned Santoor Player and Music Director PT. SHIV KUMAR SHARMA (Shiv-Hari)
KASBA- A Serial based on the so called Dry Subject (Health Related) and being praised by the Various NGO’s and Govt. Agencies and shown across the SAARC Countries.
WORK EXPERIENCE
AS A SCRIPT WRITER (1995 Onwards)
STORY & / OR SCREENPLAY & / OR DIALOGUES
CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS / UNDER VARIOUS STAGES OF PRODUCTION
FICTION
MUKTI
A feature film for Lotus Films. Co-written with director Ajay Phansekar starring Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Shabana Azmi, Urvashi Sharma, Jackie Shroff, Vinod Khanna, Shivaji Satam, Ravi Kisen, etc
DUNIYA PAAGAL HAI
A Comedy feature film. Dialogues. Starring Sonu Sood, Tanushree Dutta, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever, Asrani, Makrand Deshpande, Mukesh Tiwari etc.
CHI CHI CHEATER
A Comedy feature film Co-written with director Ajay Phansekar
NON-FICTION
CONGRESS EK YAATRA: A 100 minutes stage show for the Congress Party on completion of 125 years of its existence
EICHER GENUINE MOTOR SPARE PARTS
A short film for Eicher Motors to promote the sales of their Genuine Motor Spare Parts
RELEASED FILMS
RUNWAY
Co-Written A Feature Film for J71 starring Lucky Ali, Tulip Joshi, Deepal Shaw, Shawar Ali, Sharat Saxena etc
AIRED SERIALS
VICKY KI TAXI
A weekly soap on Real TV. Dialogues.
HOTEL KINGSTON
A weekly soap on Star One. Dialogues.
KABHI AAYE NAA JUDAAI
A daily on Star Plus for Deepti Bhatnagar Productions. Dialogues
SANJEEVANI
A weekly on Star Plus for Cinevisttas Communications. Dialogues
AAMRAPALI
A period drama on DD 1 for L.R. Entertainment. Dialogues
SANSKRITI
A Daily Soap on Star Plus for Cinevisttas Communications. Dialogues
SHAGUN
A Daily Soap on Star Plus For UTV. Screenplay
AAP JO BOLEIN HAAN TO HAAN AAP JO BOLEIN NA TO NAA
A bi-weekly on ZEE TV for Cutting Edge Pics. Anchor Links
KANYADAAN
A Weekly on Sony TV for Balaji Telefilms. Dialogues
GHAR EK MANDIR
A Daily Soap on Sony TV for Balaji Telefilms. Dialogues
Nominated as the best serial in the first ever Indian Television Awards [ITA]
BANDHAN
A Daily Soap on DD Metro for Balaji Telefilms. Dialogues
TARA
The most popular serial o Zee TV for Tracinema. Teleplay & Dialogues
RAAHAT
The first Daily Soap on Zee TV for Tracinema. Dialogues
YUG
On DD 1. A Daily soap onIndia’s struggle for Freedom. Dialogues
KASBA
A 26 Episode Weekly for the Health Ministry OfIndiaon DD. Producers- Project Smita. Story, Screenplay & Dialogues
10 CIVIL LINES
A weekly on Sony TV for Tracinema. Dialogues & Screenplay.
DIL DHOONDTA HAI
A weekly on DD 1. Dialogues.
CHANAKYA
A Daily Marathi thriller on E TV (Eenadu TV). Story & Screenplay
PANKHANCHI SAVLI
A Daily Marathi social on E TV (Eenadu TV). Screenplay
HERO UNCLE
A Comedy on DD Metro for Tracinema. Dialogues
CAFÉ 18
A Campus Story on Home TV Tracinema. Dialogues
RAJA AUR RANCHO
A thriller on DD Metro for One Minute Films Prod. Story, Screenplay & Dialogues
LABELLAS
A Campus Story on BI TV for Tracinema. Dialogues
NON FICTION SHOWS:
MR & MISS BOLLYWOOD
Talents hunt on Sahara One. Anchor links for the 1st January 2005 show
MACHALE DHOOM
Anchor links for Sahara One 1st January ’05 show on the Musical Stage show at Royal Albert Hall,London.
KALAM
On DD Metro. A heart to heart chat with renowned writers from all the fields – Literary, Films, Fiction, etc.
CITI HULCHUL
Daily News, Views and Happenings program on the Citi Cable for Tracinema. Research & Script.
MOVIE MAGIC
A Film based Show on ATN. The first of its kind to include Top 5 songs of the Week and a Film Review, apart from the regular features like the Interviews, On Location and a Photo Shoot.
PEHLI MULAQAT
Among the first Film Based Shows on Sony TV. As the name suggests, it spoke about the various ways and means adopted to make the Hero and Heroine meet for the first time.
EVENTS / LIVE SHOWS:
GHANTE KI TUNING JAMEGI
A Live Contest onSaharaOne, Deewali ‘04. Anchor links.
GOVINDA AALA RE
A stage show by Govinda inNew Delhishown on Zee TV. Anchor links
CORPORATE FILMS / DOCUMENTARIES:
HAZARDOUS GOODS TRANSPORT [RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD]
A short film on Hazardous Goods Transport for Reliance Industries Ltd
DRIVER’S TRAINING FILM
A driver’s training film for Gantry operations inside Reliance Refinery, Jaamnagar
A Corporate film on the leading Educational Institutes inGwalior, M.P. The GICTS Group of Institutions.
A Corporate Film on Shukra Jewellery for R K Swamy Advertising.
A Short film on RCH (Reproductive & Child Health Care) for the Govt. of M.P. to be shown in all the districts of M.P.
Assisted in the Corporate Film on NBCC (National Building Constructions Corporation,Delhi).
LANGUAGES KNOWN
English, Hindi, Gujarati & Marathi
STRENGTHS
Capable of Translations & Transcriptions.
From English, Gujarati, Marathi to Hindi, From Hindi to English.
Can take overall responsibilities on all projects from Concepts to Execution. Handled various genres of TV from Films, Music Shows, Daily Soaps, and Thrillers, Daily News / Views Happenings etc.
AS A JOURNALIST ( Dec. 1989-1997)
- Freelanced for Filmfare – A Times OfIndia Publication.
- Assistant Editor for the Film monthly – PRIYA. Published by Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. (1990 – 1992 )
- Senior Sub-Editor for DOPAHAR KA SAAMNA, the Daily Evening News Paper. Edited the Sports Page. ( 1993 )
- Assistant Editor for a Socio-Political Magazine, Published by Key Publications, the Publishers of CUISINE. ( 1994 )
- Freelanced for THE TIMES OF INDIA (Channel Times), MIDDAY, SCREEN (An Indian Express Publication), THE HINDUSTAN TIMES, DAINIK BHASKAR (Indore) – 1993 – 1997.
- Freelancer for NEWS EXPRESS, a daily fromBhopal, M.P.
Sanjay Joshi 