Neeraj Ghaywan
Directing

Neeraj Ghaywan

April 20, 1980 (45 years old) Hyderabad, India

Biography

Neeraj Ghaywan (born 20 April 1980) is an Indian film director and writer who works in Hindi films. He is the winner of several accolades including a National film Award and two Filmfare Awards.

Ghaywan assisted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Ugly (2013) before he made his directorial debut in 2015 with Masaan which received wide acclaim and won two prizes at the Cannes Film festival including the FIPRESCI prize. His acclaimed 2017 short film Juice won him the Filmfare Award for Best Short Film-Fiction. Ghaywan then co-directed the second season of Netflix’s series Sacred Games with Kashyap in 2019 and Geeli Pucchi from the anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans in 2021. Ghaywan was an episodic director on the second season of Made in Heaven.

Movie Credits (12)

Crew

2015

Masaan

Director

2013

The Epiphany

Director

2013

The Epiphany

Writer

2025

Homebound

Director

2013

Shorts

Director

2017

Juice

Director

2017

Juice

Writer

2013

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

Director

2011

Noise

Director

2021

Ajeeb Daastaans

Director

TV Credits (2)

Crew

2018

Sacred Games

Director

2019

Made in Heaven

Director

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 20, 1980 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Hyderabad, India
Popularity
0.4

Career Stats

12
Movies
2
TV Shows