Rensil D'Silva is an Indian screenwriter and film director.

Rensil D'Silva
Born
Mumbai, India
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
SpouseChandini D'Silva
Children1

Career

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Rensil D'Silva started his career in feature films as a Story writer for the 2001 movie, Aks. Later he wrote the screenplay for movies such as Shoebite/ Johnny Mastana (2008) and Rang De Basanti, a 2006 patriotic drama which received wide critical acclaim as well as commercial success and won numerous Indian Film Awards including a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.[1] Ace film director Karan Johar recognized his talent and offered him to direct his movie Kurbaan under his own Dharma Productions for which the screenplay was written by D'Silva himself.[2] The film was nominated for several Indian awards. In 2011 he wrote the screenplay for Karan Johar's feature film Student Of The Year. During the same period, he wrote the story and screenplay for his next directorial venture, Ungli. Rensil D'Silva has also written and directed the Indian version of the international TV series, 24, starring Anil Kapoor (2013). This he has done for both Seasons 1 & 2. He has also worked extensively with directors as diverse as Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam, Shoojit Sircar and David Dhawan. Besides feature film director, Rensil has been an advertising Creative Director for nearly two decades. He has worked in Agencies like JWT, Rediffusion, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mudra DDB, Ogilvy and Mather and has started O&M's second agency Meridian in 2008. He is also an ad filmmaker of repute. During the course of his two decades in advertising he has won numerous international and national awards.[3]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Director Writer Notes
2001 Aks No Yes Co- screenwriter with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Kamlesh Pandey
2006 Rang De Basanti No Yes Co- screenwriter with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Kamlesh Pandey and Prasoon Joshi
2009 Luck No Yes Co- screenwriter with Soham Shah
Kurbaan Yes Yes Directorial debut; Co- screenwriter with Karan Johar
2012 Student of the Year No Yes Co- screenwriter with Niranjan Iyengar
2014 Ungli Yes Yes
2019 Thambi No Yes Tamil language film;
Co- story writer with Sameer Arora; co- screenwriter with K. Manikandan, Sameer Arora and Jeethu Joseph
2021 Dial 100 Yes Yes

Television

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Year Title Creator Director Writer Producer Notes
2013-2016 24 No Yes Yes No
2023 Bambai Meri Jaan Yes No Yes No Co- created with Shujaat Saudagar
2024 Bad Cop No No Yes No
TBA Panthers Yes Yes Yes Yes In-production[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rensil D'Silva: Kiss-n-Tell". Filmfare. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ^ Varma, Lipika (11 August 2021). "'Writers in India are not given enough credit': 'Dial 100' director Rensil D'Silva". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Rensil D'Silva". www.outlookindia.com. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Rensil D'Silva and Ronnie Screwvala come together for espionage thriller PANTHERS". India Today. 31 July 2021.
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