Akhilesh Jaiswal

Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 19 March 1986) is an Indian film director and screenwriter.

Akhilesh Jaiswal
Born	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986 (age 39) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2012–present

Early life and background

Akhilesh Jaiswal was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.^{[citation needed]} He grew up in Bhopal, did his schooling from there and came to Mumbai in 2006 for graduation.^{[citation needed]} He was pursuing Bachelor of Mass Media from Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce and Economics.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} 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

Filmography

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)