Rohan Shankar (screen writer)

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Rohan Shankar
Born6 April 1985 (1985-04-06) (age 36)
Chalisgaon, Maharashtra, India
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouse(s)Varsha Sharma
Children1

Rohan Shankar is an Indian screenwriter who pens scripts for Bollywood and Marathi films. He has films like Luka Chuppi, Lalbaugchi Rani and Mimi to his credit.

Early life and education[]

Rohan Shankar.[1] was born on 6 April 1985 in Andhari Village, Chalisgaon, Maharashtra. After graduating from college he pursued a career in scriptwriting and acting.

Career[]

In 2014 Roahn Shankar[2] was finally hired by Director –cinematographer Laxman Utekar[3] to pen the script of his second Marathi film Lalbaugchi Rani. The film starring Veena Jamkar in the lead role was released in 2016 receiving great reviews both from the critics and the audience.

Rohan Shankar's[4] journey in Bollywood started three years later in 2019 with Luka Chuppi[5] under the banner Maddock Films. The script was earlier titled Mathura Live as Rohan developed the script exploring various places of Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra and Gwalior. With a huge list of star cast including Kriti Sanon, Kartik Aaryan, Aparshakti Khurana, Vinay Pathak and Pankaj Tripathi, Luka Chuppi emerged a huge box office hit in March, 2019.

Rohan Shankar[6] has also penned script for Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari[7] directed by Abhishek Sharma under Zee Studios. He even made his debut as an actor[8] with this movie. The film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Manoj Bajpayee in lead roles. His next venture is a film under Sony Pictures titled Helmet,[9][10][11] directed by Satram Ramani and starring Aparshakti Khurana,[12] Pranutan Bahl[13] and Abhishek Banerjee.

He is the writer of Kriti Sanon's much hyped film Mimi adopted from Marathi film Mala Aai Vhhaychy. The is his second venture with Maddock Films and third with director Laxman Utekar.

Filmography[]

Year Title Language Director Production
2016 Lalbaugchi Rani Marathi Laxman Utekar Boney Kapoor & Sunil Manchanda
2019 Luka Chuppi Hindi Laxman Utekar Dinesh Vijan
2020 Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Hindi Abhishek Sharma Zee Studios
2021 Mimi Hindi Laxman Utekar Maddock Films
2021 Helmet Hindi Satram Ramani Sony Pictures

Personal life[]

Rohan Shankar married to writer Varsha Sharma on 12 March 2020. They have a son named Elaksh.

References[]

  1. ^ "ZEE5". comingsoon.zee5.com.
  2. ^ "Rohan Shankar interview".
  3. ^ "Rohan Shankar and Laxman Utekar collaboration".
  4. ^ "Blame and responsibility of a flop film is always on the screenwriter, says Rohan Shankar". Hindustan Times. August 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Best time for writers in B'wood: 'Luka Chuppi' writer". TheQuint. August 31, 2019.
  6. ^ "Stories are the new heroes of Hindi Cinema says Writer Rohan Shankar". Deccan Chronicle. August 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Rohan Shankar on writing Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari".
  8. ^ "Rohan Shankar debuted as an actor".
  9. ^ "Dino Morea on Helmet".
  10. ^ "Bollywood: 'Helmet' Is a Unique yet hilarious ride Says Rohan Shankar". Zoom News.
  11. ^ "Helmet teaser: Dino Morea brings Aparshakti Khurana, Pranutan Bahl together in a quirky comedy. Watch". Hindustan Times. December 19, 2019.
  12. ^ DelhiDecember 20, India Today Web Desk New; December 20, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 14:15. "Helmet: Aparshakti Khurana and Pranutan Bahl play leads in Dino Morea's comedy drama". India Today.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ DelhiDecember 28, India Today Web Desk New; December 28, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 15:40. "Helmet: Aparshakti Khurana and Pranutan Bahl wrap Varanasi schedule of film". India Today.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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