Mushtaq Shiekh

Mushtaq Shiekh is an Indian screenwriter, author, producer and actor. He is mainly known for writing the screenplays of Ra.One, Om Shanti Om and Billu.^[2]

Mushtaq Shiekh
Shiekh in 2018
Born	Mumbai
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Screenwriter Producer Actor Author [1]

Early life

Shiekh was born in Maharashtra.^[3] He also wrote the script for Priyadarshan's Rangrezz.^[4] He authored the biography of Indian actor Shahrukh Khan titled Still Reading Khan.^[5]

Career

Shiekh has written several books about movies in India. During a visit to a book fair of Abu Dhabi, he said "I wish more books were written about movies for people who are genuinely interested in knowing how this art form is made."^[6] He worked as an associate producer in Anubhav Sinha's Mulk (2018). He has also worked with Indian TV channel Sahara One as a creative director.^[7][8]

Shiekh is writing a book for children titled "Blue Forest". He told reporters that the book will be released in 2019.^[9] The book tells the story of a magical forest. He is also writing a web series for Ekta Kapoor's ALTBalaji.^[10][11]

In year 2024, Mushtaq wrote and presented a short horror film titled Happy Ending. The film was directed by Anil Bajpai and featured Ishita Ganguly and Nalini Negi. It was released on JioCinema. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Mushtaq wrote his first fiction novel titled Secrets Within in year 2024. The book was a thriller which tells the story of an architect who was given contract to construct the mansion of a rich man but found himself trapped in mysterious circumstances once he started working on the project. ^[15] A film on the book is in the process with a film studio. While speaking to Mid-day, Mushtaq reveals that Akshay Kumar, Tabbu and R.Madhavan could be considered playing the main lead in the film.^[16]

Other work

Mushtaq Shiekh organised a campaign to support daily wages workers of the Indian television industry during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Along with television producer Ekta Kapoor, filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia and TV actor Karan Patel and many others, a fund was created to support workers from TV industry who lost their jobs.^[17][18]

Filmography

Year	Film	Screenplay	Associate Producer	Actor
2003	Supari	Yes
2007	Om Shanti Om	Yes		Yes
2009	Billu	Yes
2011	Ra.One	Yes		Yes
2013	Rangrezz	Yes
	Warning[19]		Yes
2014	Gulab Gang		Yes
	Zid		Yes
2015	Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3[20]	Yes
2016	Mastizaade	Yes
2018	Mulq		Yes
2024	Happy Ending(Short Film)	Yes

Television career

Year	TV Serial	Story	Screenplay	Creative Director
2000	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii	Yes
2002	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat	Yes	Yes
2003	Kahiin to Hoga	Yes	Yes
2004	K. Street Pali Hill	Yes	Yes
2009	Ganesh Leela[21]			Yes
2009	Kesariya Balam Aavo Hamare Des			Yes

Books

Year	Book	Refs.
2001	Asoka, the making	[22]
2002	Devdas, The Indian Hamlet	[23]
2006	Still Reading Khan	[24]
2007	Shahrukh Can	[25]
2008	The Making Of Om Shanti Om	[26]
2024	Secrets Within[27]