| Manish Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
Manish Gupta is an Indian writer and director in Bollywood. Gupta started his career as a scriptwriter. His first film as a writer was Sarkar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif. Gupta Manish soon graduated to film direction and made his debut as director with The Stoneman Murders, starring Kay Kay Menon and Arbaaz Khan.
His latest movie, "Hostel", explores the psychology of ‘Ragging’ (Hazing/Initiation) and its disastrous effects on a student’s psyche. The President, Mrs. Pratibha Patil congratulated Manish Gupta for directing his last film ‘HOSTEL’. [1]
Gupta graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Agnel Technical College (Bandra, Mumbai) in 1994 and worked in an equipment manufacturing company as a shopfloor engineer in his family business. After working for six years in this field, he decided to pursue his creative instincts. Gupta switched professions by joining an ad agency as a copywriter and began writing TV and radio commercials.
It was during this short stint in advertising that Gupta saw Ram Gopal Varma’s film Company based on the Mumbai underworld. The film influenced Gupta to give up his lucrative career in advertising and approach Varma with his scripts. Varma took him under his wing. Impressed with his work in Sarkar, Varma asked Manish to script three other films, D (2005), James (2005), and Darna Zaroori Hai (2006).
Gupta’s first job as a director was one story of Darna Zaroori Hai, which had six separate stories and six separate directors for each story. When Varma turned down Gupta's script for the sequel to Sarkar, Sarkar Raj, Gupta went on to become an independent director with The Stoneman Murders. The film released on 13 February 2009.
Manish is protesting against the evil practice of ragging in Indian hostels, through his latest movie Hostel, to be released Jan 2011 (previously Dec 31, 2010).
Discuss the movie with Manish on Passion for Cinema
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