Maneesh Sharma is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the Hindi film Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), starring Parineeti Chopra, Sushant Singh Rajput Starring Vaani Kapoor.
Wiki/Biography
Maneesh Sharma was born on Monday, November 5, 1973 (age 49; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. Manish studied at Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi. Shortly after completing his studies, he received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature. After receiving his undergraduate degree, he attended the filmmaking program at California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California. Fascinated by art and filmmaking, Maneesh Sharma joined the Drama Society in college.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
From left: Cameron Bailey, Parineeti Chopra, Maneesh Sharma and Jaideep Sahni; 2013 Toronto International Film Festival photo, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada, September 11, 2013
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about Maneesh Sharma’s family.
wife
Maneesh Sharma is unmarried.
Relationships/Affairs
In 2011, Maneesh Sharma started dating actress Parineeti Chopra. According to Parineeti sources, soon after she started dating Maneesh, she moved into his building in Andheri, Mumbai. However, in 2014, the couple decided to end the relationship and moved out of the apartment. One source said in an interview,
A few years ago, when she started dating Manish, she moved to his building in Andheri. She earlier lived in Ari Road. But with their recent breakup, he moved out of the apartment and Parineeti was looking for another house in Bandra. She even viewed an apartment in Mallard. “
Manish Sharma and Parineeti Chopra
Maneesh Sharma and Parineeti reportedly got back together in 2016 after breaking up in 2014; however, in an interview, Maneesh Sharma refuted the dating rumors and said:
I haven’t seen Manish for two or three months. I didn’t even know he was on vacation. We were on the phone not too long ago and he asked me, ‘Apparently, you come to my cabin[at producer Aditya Chopra’s office]and meet with me every day. But mera kaunsa Cabin hai (which cabin do I have). “Maneesh and I have known each other for six years. For six years we have been saying the same thing – that we are not dating. This is too much because my personal life is affected by these things and people don’t understand.”
Profession
as director
In 2004, Maneesh Sharma made his directorial debut with the English-language film Trona; it was an Anglo-German student film shot in Los Angeles.
Poster for the English film “Trona”
In 2006, soon after completing a filmmaking course in California, he moved back to India and made his directorial debut in Bollywood with the film Fanaa; he worked as an assistant director in Hindi films.
Poster of Hindi movie Fanaa
Later, Maneesh Sharma worked as an assistant director in two Yash Raj Film Productions, Aaja Nachle (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008). Manish made his feature film directorial debut in 2010 with the Hindi film Band Bajaa Baaraat; he also served as screenwriter for the film.
Poster of Band Bajaa Baaraat, director Maneesh Sharma’s first Hindi film
In 2013, he directed the Bollywood film Shuddh Desi Romance, starring Parineeti Chopra, Sushant Singh Rajput and Vaani Ka Starring Vaani Kapoor. In 2016, he directed the Hindi film “Fan” starring Shah Rukh Khan.
Maneesh Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan during the promotions of Hindi film Fan
In an interview, Manesh Sharma talked about his film Van (2016) and said that the pre-production of the film started in 2013. He said,
Let’s start pre-production fan Back in 2013. The main task is that it must look as real as possible. I was initially told that it was impossible to make older actors look younger. We spent several months on the look and prosthetics.I sent Greg some stills from old SRK movies, like Diwana, Bazigal and Dar. I wanted Gaurav to look a bit like Shah Rukh in these movies, but not exactly the same.Greg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers visual effects [Shah Rukh Khan’s visual effects company] A lot of effort was put into making the look appear seamless. Hope this will be a new experience. “
as a producer
In 2015, Maneesh Sharma made his directorial debut with the film “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar. He serves as co-producer on the film.
Poster of Hindi movie Dum Laga Ke Haisha
In 2017, he produced the Hindi film Meri Pyaari Bindu. In 2018, he produced the Hindi film Hichki. In 2018, he produced the Bollywood film Sui Dhaaga, starring Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan.
Awards
- In 2011, he won the Filmfare Awards for Best Debut Director for the film Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).
- In 2016, he won the National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film for the film Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015).
- In 2016, he won the Stardust Award for Film Editor of the Year for the film Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015).
Facts/Trivia
- Maneesh Sharma in an interview talked about his career in Bollywood and said that although several of his films were rejected, he never struggled. He said,
Yaar, I’ll be honest, I haven’t had any struggles. That doesn’t mean I haven’t had some scripts turned down that I wanted to support, but it all becomes part of the process. My struggle is that I can’t let Van…now that’s not a struggle! It would be silly of me to say it was a struggle because I had to do three movies while I was waiting to do The Fan. I am grateful. As far as things that interest me or ideas that excite me, most of the time I end up executing on those. Then whether it is right or wrong is another matter. With 9 films under my belt so far, including 1 produced, I can say the quality of any of them is entirely up to me. I wasn’t forced into a studio mentality of “ye nahi karna chahiye”. Yes Yes. I would say it’s a great location. “
- A fan of Shah Rukh Khan, Manish had been hoping to cast Shah Rukh Khan in one of his films since his graduation from Cal. In an interview, Manish recalled that in 2004, when he was in film school in California, he called Shah Rukh Khan at 1:30 am to pitch him an idea and offer him An opportunity to play a role in his own film. Manish explained,
The thing is, it was a very long journey for Shah Rukh Khan to reach Van. Let me tell you a little story. It was 2004 and I was about to graduate from film school. I wanted to meet Shah Rukh Khan, pitch him an idea that I wanted to make a film with him, and ask him how to do it. One night, while I was studying at CalArts in Los Angeles, I was partying like crazy, and at 1:30 am, I called my boy on the spot, Subhash Da, and told him that my name was Maneesh and that I was graduating from film school, I have a script from Shah Rukh Khan (laughs). He said he would call back in 10 minutes. I thought he was just ignoring me, but I did call back 15 minutes later and he said hold on, and then from the other side came Shah Rukh Khan’s voice, “Hello?” I was standing on the street in Los Angeles wondering Is this true (laughs). “
- Amid rumors of Manish Sharma dating Parineeti Chopra, sources from the sets of one of Manish Sharma’s films say he was extremely depressed and was often on the sets Scolding people. Sources said in an interview,
Manish arrives and leaves in his own sweet moments. He thought it would be okay if he was late. But if others fall behind schedule, he fails completely. He is very irritable these days. If he finds out anything about him and Parineeti, we’ve had enough! “
- In 2013, Shahid Kapoor signed Yash Raj Films Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma; however, Shahid dropped the film due to creative differences between Maneesh and Shahid. A source from the Baha Bharat movie set said in an interview,
Manish is confident that Shahid will do justice to his film’s script. Initially, Shahid was also excited about the script. But when they started working together, they realized that most of the time they couldn’t agree. “In fact, Shahid did not commit to any other projects after that. mausam There was a period of time that was entirely dedicated to Sharma’s films. “However, at a certain point, he just couldn’t agree with Manish. Manish couldn’t accept Shahid’s constant feedback and suggestions for revisions.”
- In an interview, Manish Sharma shared his favorite Hindi movies. He said his three favorite films are Chashme Buddoor (1981), Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006) and Do Dooni Chaar (2010).
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education