Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan

This article is about the Indian filmmaker. For other uses, see Sanjay Chauhan (disambiguation).

Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for his works mainly in Hindi cinema.^[1][2] He won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 2009 National Film Award. In 2021, he won the National Film Award for Best Direction for the film 72 Hoorain.^[3][4]

Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Indira Gandhi Award to Shri Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for the Best Debut Film of a Director (Film: Lahore), at the 57th National Film Awards function, in New Delhi on 22 October 2010
Born	8 September Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	film director, screenwriter
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Kiran Singh Chauhan

Filmography

• Lahore (2010) (Director, story, screenplay and dialogues)
• 72 Hoorain (2019) (Director and editor)
• 83 (2021) (Writer)
• Gorkha (TBA)† (Director, story, screenplay and dialogues)

Awards

National Film Awards

Winner

• 2009 - Best First film of a Director for the film Lahore^{[citation needed]}
• 2021 - Best Direction - Feature Film for the film 72 Hoorain^{[citation needed]}

International Film Festival of India

Winner

• 2019 - 50th International Film Festival of India

UNESCO Gandhi Medal - Special Mention for Best Film on peace and inter-cultural dialogue for 72 Hoorain

Indian Panorama

• 2019 - Bahattar Hoorain selected at the Indian Panorama

International awards

Winner

• 2022 - Writer - Best Story (Adapted) at IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards), for 83
• 2009 - Best Film, Special Jury Award at 42nd Worldfest, Houston International Film Festival, US for Lahore

Nomination

• 2022 - Best Screenplay Writer at 67th Filmfare Awards, for 83
• 2009 - Best Director at Asian Festival of 1st Films, Singapore for Lahore
• 2009 - Best Writer at Asian Festival of 1st Films, Singapore for Lahore
• 2010 - Hottest New Director at Stardust Awards for Lahore

Jury Member

• 2016 - Jury Member at 63rd National Film Awards
• Jury member feature film, Indian Panorama at 51st International Film Festival of India, Goa 2021.^[5]
• Jury member (selection) for '75 Creative minds of the tomorrow', at 52nd International Film Festival of India, Goa 2021.^[6]