Raaj Shaandilyaa

Raaj Shaandilyaa is an Indian television and Bollywood writer from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.^[2] From 2007 to 2014, Shaandilyaa was a lead writer and content director for the Sony Entertainment Television series, Comedy Circus. Shaandilyaa began his career in 2006 and has written approximately 350 scripts for Krishna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri and approximately 200 scripts for comedian Kapil Sharma.^[3]

Raaj Shaandilyaa
Raaj Shaandilyaa in 2019
Born	(1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 39) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Screenwriter dialogue writer Director Managing Director[1]
Years active	2007-present
Known for	Comedy Circus Dream Girl
Title	M.D. & Chairman of ThinkInk Picturez Ltd.[1]
Spouse	Vershaa Kashyap
Website	www.thinkinkpicturez.com

Shaandilyaa holds a 2013 record in the Limca Book of Records^[4] for having written 625 scripts. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the comedy film Dream Girl, which was a commercial success.^[5]

Filmography

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Dialogue writer	Screenplay	Producer	Lyrics	Notes
2007	Comedy Circus		Yes
2015	Welcome Back			Yes				[6]
2016	Freaky Ali			Yes				[7]
2017	Bhoomi			Yes	Yes
2018	Bhaiaji Superhit			Yes
2019	Jabariya Jodi			Yes				[8]
	Dream Girl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Directorial debut[9]
2022	Janhit Mein Jaari		Yes			Yes	Yes	Debuting as a producer [10]
	The Great Weddings of Munnes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		web series on Voot[11]
2023	Dream Girl 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Luv Ki Arrange Marriage		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		[12]
	Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

1. "Think Ink Studio Ltd - Announcement Under Regulation 30 Of SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 - Direction Of Hindi Film By Mr. Rajesh Sharma AKA Mr. Raaj Shaandilyaa, Managing Director Of Think Ink Studio Limited With Balaji Telefilms Limited". @businessline. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. "Meet the man behind Kapil Sharma's comedy". Deccan Chronicle. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
3. ramchandani, binita (25 June 2014). "Who makes Kapil Sharma funny?". Deccan Chronicle.
4. Shaandilyaa, Raaj (26 July 2015). "My LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS...pic.twitter.com/KigS0fh8hD".
5. "Dream Girl Box Office Collection Day 17: Ayushmann Khurrana's film continues dream run". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
6. "Film review: Welcome Back". Mumbai Mirror.
7. "Freaky Ali review by Deepanjana Pal: Nawazuddin to the rescue". Hindustan Times. 9 September 2016.
8. "Prashant Singh on directing Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra in Jabariya Jodi: It's a perfect collaboration". Mumbai Mirror.
9. "Ayushmann Khurrana announces his next film Dream Girl". Indian Express. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
10. "Nushrratt Bharuccha, Pavail Gulati cast in Omung Kumar's Janhit Mein Jaari, written, produced by Raaj Shaandilyaa". Firstpost. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
11. "Raaj Shaandilyaa to make his OTT debut as writer-producer with Abhishek Banerjee's 'The Great Wedding of Munnes'". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
12. "Luv Ki Arrange Marriage: Sunny Singh-Avneet Kaur starrer to release on ZEE5". Bollywood Hungama. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

External links

• Raaj Shaandilyaa at IMDb