Jagdeep Sidhu

Jagdeep Sidhu is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter and dialogue writer associated with Punjabi and Hindi cinema.^[2][3] He has been nominated for seven awards for categories "Best Screenplay", "Dialogue", and "Direction" PTC Punjabi Film Awards, winning one "Best Debut Director" for the film Qismat (2019) and has been nominated for five Filmfare Awards Punjabi.

Jagdeep Sidhu
Jagdeep Sidhu in 2019
Born	2 January 1983[1]
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Director writer screenplay writer dialogue writer
Years active	2014–present
Notable work	Nikka Zaildar Qismat Surkhi Bindi Sufna Qismat 2 Lekh Moh

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Director	Story	Screenplay	Dialogues	Notes
2013	Jal	—	—	—	Additional
	Ronde Sare Vyah Picho	—	—	—	Yes	Uncredited
	Just U & Me	—	—	—	Yes
2014	Proper Patola	—	—	—	Additional	Co-Additional Dialogue Writer with Jyoti Vyas
2015	Punjabian Da King	—	—	Yes	Yes
	Dildariyaan	—	Yes	Yes	Yes
2016	Nikka Zaildar	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue Award in PTC Punjabi Film Awards and Filmfare Awards Punjabi[4]
2017	Sargi	—	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Super Singh	—	No	No	Yes	Co-Dialogue Writer with Rupinder Inderjit and Anurag Singh
	Nikka Zaildar 2	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue Awards at Filmfare Punjabi Awards[5]
2018	Harjeeta	—	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Qismat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Won Best Debut Director Award at PFA
2019	Guddiyan Patole	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-Dialogue Writer with Deep Jagdeep Jaedy
	Shadaa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Surkhi Bindi	Yes	No	No	No
	Nikka Zaildar 3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-Writer (Story, Screenplay & Dialogues) with Gurpreet Singh Palheri
	Saand Ki Aankh	No	No	No	Yes
2020	Street Dancer	No	No	Additional	Additional
	Sufna	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2021	Qismat 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[6]
2022	Lekh	No	No	Yes	Yes	[7]
	Sher Bagga	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Moh	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Co-Screenwriter and Co-Dialogue Writer with Shiv Tarsem Singh and Govind Singh
2024	Srikanth	No	No	No	Yes	Co-Dialogue Writer with Sumit Purohit
	Jatt & Juliet 3	Yes	Yes	—	—	[8]

Awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award Ceremony	Category	Result
2017	Nikka Zaildar	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Nominated
			Best Dialogues	Nominated
		Filmfare Awards	Best Screenplay	Nominated
			Best Dialogues	Nominated
			Best Original Story	Nominated
2018	Nikka Zaildar 2		Best Screenplay	Nominated
			Best Dialogues	Nominated
2019	Qismat	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Director	Nominated
			Best Debut Director	Won
			Best Screenplay	Nominated
			Best Story	Nominated
			Best Dialogues	Nominated
		Brit Asia TV Awards	Best Director	Nominated
2020	Shadaa	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Comedy Film	Nominated
			Best Entertainer	Won