Manoj Tyagi

Manoj Tyagi (born 1968) is an Indian screenwriter and film director in the Hindi cinema. He had won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay twice, for Page 3 (2005) and Apaharan (2006), apart from Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Page 3, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.^[1] He made his directorial debut with Mumbai Salsa (2007) produced by Vikram Bhatt's ASA Films for whom he had written a couple of films.^[2]

Manoj Tyagi
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Delhi
Occupation(s)	screenwriter, film director
Years active	2003–present

Early life and education

Born and brought up in Delhi, Tyagi is an MBA.^[3]

Career

He started career in the corporate world, working for companies like, Xerox, Canon and ABN AMRO Bank when he shifted to Mumbai in 2002. He started looking for an opening in the film world as a screenwriter which came as co-writing Satta, with Madhur Bhandarkar, which received critical acclaim.^[3] Over the years, he has worked extensively with National Film Award-winning director, Bhandarkar, in films like, Aan: Men at Work (2004), National Film Award-winning Page 3 (2005), Corporate (2006) and Jail (2009).

Filmography

• Satta (2003) (screenplay)
• Agnipankh (2004) (screenplay)
• Aan: Men at Work (2004) (screenplay) (story)
• Page 3 (2005) (screenplay)
• Apaharan (2005) (screenplay)
• Ek Ajnabee (2005) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• Pehchaan: The Face of Truth (2005)
• Taxi No. 9211 (2006) (screenplay)
• Corporate (2006) (screenplay)
• Red: The Dark Side (2007) (writer)
• Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee (2007) (screenplay)
• Victoria No. 203 (2007) (adaptation)
• Mumbai Salsa (2007) (direction, screenplay & story)
• Jail (2009) (screenplay)
• Heroine (2012) (writer)
• Inkaar (2013) (writer)