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Rajat Arora
Indian screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rajat Arora (born 23 July 1975) is an Indian screenwriter of Hindi-language films and television. He has written numerous screenplays, including Taxi No. 9211 (2006), Chandni Chowk to China (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010),[2] The Dirty Picture (2011),[3] Kick (2014),[4] Gabbar Is Back (2015), Azhaar (2016) and Baadshaho (2017).[5] He has also written the Indian series CID.
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Arora collaborates often with director Milan Luthria.
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Early life and education
Arora was born in New Delhi, India. He is an alumnus of Asian Academy of Film & Television and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University.
Career
Arora wrote the dialogues for the film Bluffmaster (2005), directed by Rohan Sippy.[6] In 2006, he worked with director Milan Luthria and wrote the film Taxi No. 9211.[7] Luthria and Arora have since worked together for the films Once Upon A Time in Mumbai (2010), The Dirty Picture (2011), Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (2013), Baadshaho (2017), Tadap (2021).[2][3] In 2009, he wrote Chandini Chowk to China directed by Nikhil Advani.[8] In 2014, he worked with Sajid Nadiadwala for Kick.[4] In 2015, he wrote the additional screenplay for the film Gabbar Is Back, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.[9] In 2017, he worked with Luthria for the third time for Badshaaho.[10]
In 2019, he wrote the Hindi version of Captain Marvel. In 2021, he wrote the Hindi version of the bilingual film, Thalaivii.[11] In 2022, he co-produced the Netflix Original, Plan A Plan B.[12]
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Filmography
Television
Films
Awards and accolades
In 2004, Arora was awarded 'Best Teleplay Writer' by the Indian Television Academy. He also has an entry at the Guinness Book of World Records for co-writing CID and getting the title of 'Longest Single Shot Episode'.[citation needed]
Arora has also been awarded the Hindi Seva Samman for his literary contribution towards Hindi Language.[15]
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External links
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