Vijay Maurya
Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who works in Indian films and theatre. He is best known for his work in the 2019 film Gully Boy.
Vijay Maurya
- Name
- Vijay Maurya
- Birthplace
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Occupation
- * Screenwriter
- Born
- 1971 · Mumbai.
- Nationality
- India
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Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who works in Indian films and theatre. He is best known for his work in the 2019 film Gully Boy.
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• Name — Vijay Maurya • Birthplace — Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Occupation — * Screenwriter • film director • actor
Theatre
Theatre
Maurya began his career in theatre by enrolling in a workshop under Satyadev Dubey for acting. He was an integral part of Prithvi Theatre from 1993 to 2008. He has worked in 14 original plays which have had a total of over 2500 shows. Some of his plays include Meena Kumari, Airawat, Solah Saal Ka Aakash, Jungle Ke Paar, Laila, Sa Hi Besura. The play Sa Hi Besura has been his most popular running successfully with over 100 shows.
Commercials
Commercials
Having directed over a 150 commercials, Maurya is known for his witty sense of humour and has directed commercials for a number of Indian and International brands. He continues to work as an ad-film director along with his film commitments.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Actor — Director — Screenwriter — Role — Notes • 1998 — Satya • 1999 — Mast • 2003 — Paanch — Pondy • 2004 — Black Friday — Dawood Ibrahim • 2005 — Socha Na Tha — Shiva • 2008 — Bombay to Bangkok — Jamal Khan • Mumbai Meri Jaan — Constable Sunil Kadam • 2009 — Aage Se Right — Raghav Shetty • Ride the Wave Johnny • Peter Gaya Kaam Se • 2010 — Bombay Mirror — Short film • Striker • Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey — Dialogues • Tees Maar Khan — Soda • 2011 — Chillar Party • 2013 — Tendulkar Out • 2014 — The Letters — Maharaj Singh — English film • Bhoothnath Returns — Ghost • Nachom-ia Kumpasar — Konkani film • 2015 — Hunterrr — Dialogues • Vakratunda Mahakaaya — Marathi film • Dhanak • 2016 — Photocopy • 2017 — Tumhari Sulu — Pankaj Rai Baaghi • 2019 — Gully Boy — Dialogues — Ateeq Khan • Sacred Games — Ram Gopal Verma — Web Series • 2020 — Yeh Ballet — Dialogues — Nishu's father • 2021 — Toofan — Additional Screenplay & Dialogues • The White Tiger — Mukesh • Radhe • 2022 — A Thursday — Dialogues • Darlings — Dialogues — Inspector Rajaram Tawde • Shabaash Mithu — Dialogues • The Great Indian Murder — Web Series • Crash Course • Rangbaaz: Darr Ki Rajneeti — Lakhan Rai • 2023 — Mast Mein Rehne Ka • Kho Gaye Hum Kahan — Malcolm Pereira • 2024 — Maidan — Indian Commentator • Agni
Films
Maurya has acted in critically acclaimed films like Nishikant Kamat's Mumbai Meri Jaan and Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. He is also a screenwriter and has won a National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Chillar Party along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl at the 59th National Film Awards. His latest film Gully Boy as a dialogue writer and supporting actor has been well received both critically and commercially. Maurya made his digital debut as a director with the Amazon Original series Crash Course, created, produced and written by former UTV Motion Pictures associate Manish Hariprasad and co-written by Raina Roy.
Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
• Year — Category — For — Result — Ref. • 2018 — Best Dialogue — Tumhari Sulu • 2020 — Gully Boy
IIFA Awards
IIFA Awards
• Year — Category — For — Result • 2020 — Best Dialogue — Gully Boy
Star Screen Awards
Star Screen Awards
• Year — Category — For — Result • 2020 — Best Dialogue — Gully Boy
SWA Awards
SWA Awards
• Year — Category — For — Result • 2020 — Best Dialogue — Gully Boy
Indian Telly Streaming Awards
Indian Telly Streaming Awards
• Year — Category — For — Result • 2022 — Best Screenplay - Hindi Series — The Great Indian Murder
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- 1.Hindustan Times. Line between commercial and art films is getting blurred: Vijay Maurya. 19 December 2021.
- 2.EXCLUSIVE Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh discovered that passion one can't write on paper, says Gully Boy dialogue writer Vijay Maurya. www.timesnownews.com.
- 3.Hindustan Times - Archive News.
- 4.admin. Mayank Shekhar's Review: Mumbai Meri Jaan. 1 February 2013.
- 5.B-Town's Dawood fascination continues. The Times of India.
- 6.MSN India - Best of Bollywood, South Cinema, TV and Celebs.
- 7.Bollywood dares to portray Dawood Ibrahim, liberates itself from fear of underworld.
- 8.Guha, Aniruddha. For those tripping on the #GullyBoy dialogues but don't know who wrote them, it's @urfvijaymaurya at work (also seen as the asshole office manager in the trailer). Puts the kadak in sadakchhaap. @AniGuha. 14 January 2019.
- 9.'Sacred Games' plays it silly in season 2. 15 August 2019.
- 10.'It Has Nothing To.': Vineet Kumar On Similarities Between Rangbaaz 3 And Shahabuddin's Life. Jagran English. 2022-07-25.
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