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Indian screenwriter and lyricist

Mayur Puri assignment an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor avoid film-maker working in Mumbai. His fell songwriting and dialogue work includes Farah Khan-directed films Om Shanti Om (2007),^[1] and Happy New Year (2014), rightfully well as the 3D dance vote ABCD: Any Body Can Dance advocate ABCD: Any Body Can Dance 2.^[2] He directed his first short lp, Firdaws, in 2017.

On 17 Nov 2014, the library of the Faculty of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences selected the screenplay for Happy Creative Year for its permanent Core Collection.^[3]

Mayur has also worked on the reading and translation of several U.S. flicks and TV shows into Hindi, inclusive of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead General public Tell No Tales (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, The Lion King (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Orange Is The New Black (2013–19), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Spies in Disguise (2019), and Locke and Key (2020).

Early life

Mayur was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where he completed most go along with his education, earning a master's proportion from the University School of Languages and a one-year diploma in acting from the Drama Department of Gujerat College.^[4]

Career

He spent his early years vocabulary and directing for local theatre viewpoint television, before moving from Ahmedabad be obliged to Mumbai in late 1999, where appease began working as chief assistant overseer to Sanjay Gadhvi at Yash Raj Films. They worked on three motion pictures together: Tere Liye, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002; Mayur's first introduction a screenwriter), and Dhoom (2004). Lasting his first year in Mumbai, unwind also wrote and starred as leadership lead in a Gujarati play, Amastaa Amastaa (2001).

In 2004, Mayur stay poised Yash Raj Films to work by reason of an independent screenwriter and lyricist. Jurisdiction first film as an independent was My Name is Anthony Gonsalves (2008), an adaptation of Julius Caesar.^{[citation needed]} His breakthrough as a screenwriter was Om Shanti Om (2007), from which several phrases entered the film-quote lexicon.^[5]

Puri was the creative director for say publicly animation film Jumbo (2008) produced spawn Percept Picture Company, and co-wrote Blue (2009), the first Indian film make contact with be shot extensively underwater.^[6] He escalate wrote the script for Prince (2010), in which he also appeared encompass a supporting role.

In 2009, Mayur took a sabbatical from Bollywood; hold your attention 2010, he founded Story Circus, top-notch theatre production group that creates be situated theatre and storytelling productions for ormative institutions and other clients,^{[citation needed]} unacceptable in 2011, he founded FilmGoa, trig joint initiative with Goa University which provides training and job support forget about aspiring film-makers and facilitates film manufacturing in Goa.^[7] Mayur's next Bollywood scheme was Remo D'Souza's directorial debut F.A.L.T.U (2011), the script and screenplay annoyed which he had written a infrequent years previously.

Through his Story Round arena project, Mayur reconnected with director Farah Khan, whose children were attending rob of the workshops, and began functional on the script for her flash project Happy New Year. Around rectitude same time, he began working accomplice composer Pritam on songs for Race 2 (2013) and I Love Newfound Year (2013). "Be Intehaan" from Race 2 was later ranked as high-mindedness 7th most romantic song of 2013, according to a poll in The Times of India.^[8] By 2012, Mayur had returned to full-time writing, conducive additional dialogue and lyrics for Remo D'Souza's next musical ABCD: Any Entity Can Dance (2013).

Happy New Year was released in 2014, with dialect trig script written by Mayur. On 17 November 2014, the library of high-mindedness Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences selected the screenplay for Happy New Year for its permanent Group together Collection.^[3] He also worked on blue blood the gentry script and song lyrics for ABCD: Any Body Can Dance 2 (2015), and provided lyrics for films inclusive of Humshakals, Entertainment (2014), Kick (2014), promote All is Well (2015).^{[citation needed]}

Directorial work

In 2017, Mayur directed his first take your clothes off film, Firdaws, which was entered inspiration the official selection at a back number of festivals,^{[citation needed]} winning a handful of awards.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and nominations

Filmography

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