Akhilesh Jaiswal
Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 19 March 1986) is an Indian film director and screenwriter.
Akhilesh Jaiswal
Lazywordsmith · CC BY 4.0
- Name
- Akhilesh Jaiswal
- Born
- 19 March 1986
- Birthplace
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- India
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Akhilesh Jaiswal. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q16231340 · wikipedia · Akhilesh Jaiswal
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
The documentary record
Statements marked “Documentary record” are set in the article beside the passage they confirm. Each is read from the authority records of the institutions named here; select “Prove” to see the record it was read from, where in that record, and when.
Institutions cited
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Not stated by the sources cited: nationality
Complete reading chain (JSON)In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Akhilesh Jaiswal • Born — 19 March 1986 • Birthplace — Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 2012–present
Documentary record
Akhilesh Jaiswal, recorded as a film director and screenwriter, was born in 1986. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Early life and background
Early life and background
Akhilesh Jaiswal was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He grew up in Bhopal, did his schooling from there and came to Mumbai in 2006 for graduation. He was pursuing Bachelor of Mass Media from Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce and Economics. Only a year later did he realize that he was ready to launch into his true calling filmmaking, and that graduation wasn't required for it. So, he dropped out after his first year of college and started making small-time Marathi ad films and worked backstage with some theater groups.
Career
Career
Jaiswal says he always wanted to be a film maker. He got his big break when he got the opportunity to co-write Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. He made his directorial debut with Mastram, which released on 9 May 2014. Akhilesh directed Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha a web-adaptation of Badal Sarkar's classic, by the same name. He has also helmed the story and screenwriting of ‘Simple Murder’ a web series which got released on 20 Nov 20
Director
Director
• Mastram (2014) • Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha (web-adaptation of Badal Sarkar's classic) (2017) • Bawri Chhori(2021) • Starfish (2023)
Writer
• Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012) • Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 (2012) • Mastram (2014) • Ugly (Additional writer) (2014) • A Simple Murder (2020)
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Akhilesh Jaiswal, revision 1356884885 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.IANS. Here comes 'Mastram', fictional biography on porn book author. Zee News.
- 2.Telly Chakkar. Mastram is not a porn film - Director Akhilesh Jaiswal. Tellychakkar.com.
- 3.Akhilesh Jaiswal Says His Film Mastram Isn't A Porn Film. Cineppets.
- 4.Mastram: The story behind pulp fiction. MTV.
- 5.Aradhna Wal. The Original Mastram Wrote Erotica, Not Filth. Tehelka.
- 6.Nishant Bari. Cheap Thrills. India Today.
- 7.Lakhani, Somya. The Dirty Picture. Indian Express.
- 8.BollywoodHungamaNewsNetwork. Gangs of Wasseypur writer Akhilesh Jaiswal to make directorial debut. Indian Express.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Citizenship
1- IndiaPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Akemi NegishiPerson
- Akeno WatanabePerson
- Akhabue Ebalu EvansPerson
- Akhil NiyogiPerson
- Akhtar MirzaPerson
- Akhtem SeitablayevPerson
- Aki KaurismäkiPerson
- Aki MaedaPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Akhilesh Jaiswal?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.