Zeishan Quadri

Zeishan Quadri
Born	1983 (age 32–33)[1] Wasseypur, Dhanbad, India (Now Wasseypur,Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India)
Occupation	Writer, Actor, Producer, Director
Years active	2012–present

Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer^[2] who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film Gangs of Wasseypur, directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri also acted in Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2. He is currently working on his first film as a director and producer named Meeruthiya Gangsters.^[3] Zeishan is playing a lead in upcoming movie Akki te Vikki te Nikki directed by Vipin Sharma, produced by Bohra bros.^[4][5][6] Quadri is playing a negative lead in upcoming movie Banana directed by Sajid Ali, produced by John Abraham Entertainment.^[7] He is also working on a script with Madhur Bhandarkar for his upcoming movie Madamji.^[8][9] He has written a script Oh Womaniya for Pritish Nandy Communications to be helmed by Anu Menon.^[10] He has written a script for Fardeen Khan Productions tentatively titled Firauti which will be going on the floor in the end of 2015.^[11] According to Mumbai Mirror, Anurag Kashyap and Quadri are collaborating on the Gangs of Wasseypur franchise. GOW3 will release next year and Kashyap insists that Quadri writes and directs the film.^[12] Zeishan Quadri, is producing a woman-oriented feature film "Sarabjit". The story will be about Dalbir, Sarabjit’s sister. The two extremely talented entertainment-makers Zeishan Quadri & Ekta Kapoor have prospered in their respective fields and are soon to entertain the audience with a new non-fiction TV series.

Early life

Zeishan Quadri was born in Wasseypur, Dhanbad Jharkhand, India in 1983.^[13] He is the only son and the youngest child of Syed Imran Quadri, a civil engineer. Quadri grew up in a strict and protective environment. He has two older sisters.^[14] Quadri was educated in Dhanbad. Quadri left Dhanbad to complete a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Meerut, and then moved to Delhi to seek employment. Quadri worked in a call center in Delhi for 18 months.....

Film career

In 2009, Quadri moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting.^[15][16] Quadri studied world cinema including film makers such as Majid Majidi, Fateh Akın and Akira Kurosawa.^[17] Quadri has worked in the genre of Bollywood crime films. His film "Revolver Rani" was directed by Sai Kabir and starred Kangana Ranaut and vir Das.^{[18][19][20][21]} He is also working on his first film as a director and producer named 'Meeruthiya Gangsters'.^[22] The editing of the film has been done by veteran filmmaker Anurag Kashyap who is also presenting the film along with Prateek Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.^[23] Recently he visited many cities for the promotion of his upcoming film Meeruthiya Gangster including Aligarh at Aligarh Muslim University.^[24]

Awards

Honours

• Jury member at the 8th Filmsaaz.^[25]

Gangs of Wasseypur 2

"Gangs of Wasseypur" is based on events in Dhanbad. It is a story about the "coal mafia" that spans several generations from 1941 to 2010 in two parts. On 30 May 2009, Quadri's story was sold to Anurag Kashyap. Quadri negotiated to write the script and play the character "Definite" in the second part.^{[26][27][28][29]}

Filmography

Feature films

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Imdb - Zeishan Quadri