Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter)

Not to be confused with Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan screenwriter and director.

Sanjay Chauhan (1962 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian screenwriter in Hindi cinema, most known for I Am Kalam (2011) for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Story.,^[1] and Paan Singh Tomar (2012), which he co-wrote with Tigmanshu Dhulia^[2]

Sanjay Chauhan
Born	1962 (1962) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Died	12 January 2023 (aged 62) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Screenwriter

Biography

Born and brought up into a Rajput family in Bhopal, where his father worked for the Indian Railways, while his mother was a school teacher, Chauhan started his career as a journalist in Delhi, before moving to Mumbai after he wrote crime TV series, Bhanwar for Sony TV in late 1990s.^[1]

Chauhan died of liver disease on 12 January 2023, at the age of 60.^[3]

Filmography

• Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003) (Dialogue)
• Dhoop (2003) (Dialogue)
• Siskiyaan (2005) (Screenplay)
• Say Salaam India (2007) (Dialogue)
• Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) (Screenplay & Dialogue)^[4]
• Right Yaaa Wrong (2010) (Dialogue)
• I Am Kalam (2011) (Story and Dialogue)
• Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011) (Story & Screenplay)
• Paan Singh Tomar (2012) (Story & Screenplay) ^[5]
• Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013) (Story & Screenplay)