
Directing
Neeraj Ghaywan
Born
1980-04-20 (46)
Place of birth
Hyderabad, India
Known for
Directing
Credits
16 titles
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. …
Known for
7.7Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Homebound
2025
6.1An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
Ajeeb Daastaans
2021
7.1Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Masaan
2015
NRLallan and Meena, a couple from Banaras (North India), are consumed by their pursuit to survive in the seedy ghettos of Mumbai city. Lallan ambles about hopelessly while Meena is losing touch with her emotions, almost turning into a machine herself. One day over a phone call, they find each other while embracing death, divorce and redemption.
Noise
2011
8.8An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wasseypur".
Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
2013
7.8Manju Singh and her husband are hosting a get-together of families on a really warm night. Between the snacks, drinks and the laughs, something completely unexpected happens.
Juice
2017
Behind the camera
7.7Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Homebound
2025
7.7Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Homebound
2025
6.1An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
Ajeeb Daastaans
2021
6.1An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
Ajeeb Daastaans
2021
7.1Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Masaan
2015
7.1Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Masaan
2015
NRLallan and Meena, a couple from Banaras (North India), are consumed by their pursuit to survive in the seedy ghettos of Mumbai city. Lallan ambles about hopelessly while Meena is losing touch with her emotions, almost turning into a machine herself. One day over a phone call, they find each other while embracing death, divorce and redemption.
Noise
2011
8.8An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wasseypur".
Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
2013
7.8Manju Singh and her husband are hosting a get-together of families on a really warm night. Between the snacks, drinks and the laughs, something completely unexpected happens.
Juice
2017
7.8Manju Singh and her husband are hosting a get-together of families on a really warm night. Between the snacks, drinks and the laughs, something completely unexpected happens.
Juice
2017
Bharti Mandal, a qualified Dalit factory worker, dreams of a better-paying job but loses it to Priya Sharma, hired through connections. Bitter, Bharti hides her caste, but an unlikely bond forms when Priya confides her unhappiness in marriage and lack of real skills. Their intimacy carries unspoken queer desire—moments of tenderness, longing, and suppressed attraction. Yet caste and heteronormativity shape their fates: Bharti is humiliated at work, while Priya retreats into prescribed roles of wife and mother. In the end, Priya quits after giving birth, and Bharti finally secures the job. The story reveals how caste, class, and patriarchy deny both women the freedom to love and live authentically.
Geeli Pucchi
2021
6.0Exploring a common theme 'India Is a Visual Journey', 'Shorts' is a compilation of 5 short films that focus on things that are quintessentially Indian.
Shorts
2013
7.0After their college reunion in Pune, a divorced couple is forced to take a ride together to Mumbai. As they meet an old woman on the highway in desperate need of help, their disparate sense of morality, culture and class creates friction, scraping the wounds of past that they thought was long gone. Some journeys may not take you anywhere, but you do move on.
The Epiphany
2013
7.0After their college reunion in Pune, a divorced couple is forced to take a ride together to Mumbai. As they meet an old woman on the highway in desperate need of help, their disparate sense of morality, culture and class creates friction, scraping the wounds of past that they thought was long gone. Some journeys may not take you anywhere, but you do move on.
The Epiphany
2013
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