Vijay Maurya

Vijay Maurya is an Indian actor, writer and director who works in Hindi films and theatre.[1] He is best known for his work in the 2019 Hindi musical film Gully Boy.[2]

Vijay Maurya
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer, Director

Early life

Maurya was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Career

Theatre

Maurya began his career in theatre by enrolling in a workshop under Satyadev Dubey for acting. He was an integral part of Prithvi Theatre from 1993 to 2008. He has worked in 14 original plays which have had a total of over 2500 shows. Some of his plays include Meena Kumari, Airawat, Solah Saal Ka Aakash, Jungle Ke Paar, Laila, Sa Hi Besura. The play Sa Hi Besura[3] has been his most popular running successfully with over a 100 shows.

He has worked with Makrand Deshpande, Sudhir Pandey, Kay Kay Menon, Sanjna Kapoor among others in Indian theatre.

Films

Maurya has acted in critically acclaimed films like Nishikant Kamat's Mumbai Meri Jaan[4] and Anurag Kashyap's[5] Black Friday.[6] He is also a screenwriter and has won a National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Chillar Party along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl at the 59th National Film Awards.[7] His latest film Gully Boy as a dialogue writer and supporting actor has been well received both critically and commercially.

Maurya made his digital debut as a director with the Amazon Original series Crash Course, created, produced and written by former UTV Motion Pictures associate Manish Hariprasad and co-written by Raina Roy.

Commercials

Having directed over a 150 commercials, Maurya is known for his witty sense of humour and has directed commercials for a number of Indian and International brands. He continues to work as an ad-film director along with his film commitments.

Filmography
YearTitleNotes
1998SatyaActor
1999MastActor
2003PaanchAs Pondy
2004Black FridayAs Dawood Ibrahim[8]
2005Socha Na ThaActor
2008Bombay to BangkokActor
Mumbai Meri JaanActor
2009Aage Se RightActor
Ride the Wave JohnnyActor
Peter Gaya Kaam SeActor
2010Bombay MirrorActor, short film
StrikerCo-Writer, Screenplay & Dialogues
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan SeyDialogues
Tees Maar KhanActor
2011Chillar PartyCo-Writer, Screenplay & Dialogues
2013Tendulkar OutActor
2014Bhoothnath ReturnsActor[9]
Nachom-ia KumpasarActor
2015The LettersActor
HunterrrDialogues, Lyrics
Vakratunda MahakaayaActor
DhanakActor
2016PhotocopyDirector, Co-Writer - Screenplay & Dialogues, Lyrics
2017 Tumhari Sulu Actor, Additional Writer - Screenplay & Dialogues, Diction Coach
2019 Gully Boy Actor & Dialogues[10]
Sacred GamesAs Ram Gopal Verma[11]
2020Yeh BalletDialogues, Actor
2021ToofanAdditional Screenplay, Dialogues
The White Tiger As Mukesh 'The Mongoose'
RadheCo-Writer, Screenplay & Dialogues
2022A ThursdayDialogues
DarlingsActor, Dialogues
Shabaash MithuDialogues
The Great Indian MurderWriter
Crash CourseDirector
Rangbaaz: Darr Ki Rajneeti As Lakhan Rai[12]

Awards

Filmfare Awards
YearCategoryForResultRef
2018Best DialogueTumhari SuluNominated
2020Gully BoyWon

IIFA Awards
YearCategoryForResultRef
2020Best DialogueGully BoyWon

References
  1. Hindustan Times (19 December 2021). "Line between commercial and art films is getting blurred: Vijay Maurya". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE| Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh discovered that passion one can't write on paper, says Gully Boy dialogue writer Vijay Maurya". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. "Hindustan Times - Archive News". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. admin (1 February 2013). "Mayank Shekhar's Review: Mumbai Meri Jaan".
  5. "Black Friday - movie review by Vijay Venkataramanan - Planet Bollywood".
  6. "B-Town's Dawood fascination continues". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  7. "MSN India - Best of Bollywood, South Cinema, TV and Celebs". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  8. "Bollywood dares to portray Dawood Ibrahim, liberates itself from fear of underworld".
  9. "लीक हुआ टाइगर श्रॉफ की फिल्म 'मुन्ना माइकल' का क्लाइमेक्स सीन! | Bollywood Life हिंदी". 6 March 2017.
  10. Guha, Aniruddha (14 January 2019). "For those tripping on the #GullyBoy dialogues but don't know who wrote them, it's @urfvijaymaurya at work (also seen as the asshole office manager in the trailer). Puts the kadak in sadakchhaap". @AniGuha. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  11. "'Sacred Games' plays it silly in season 2". 15 August 2019.
  12. "'It Has Nothing To...': Vineet Kumar On Similarities Between Rangbaaz 3 And Shahabuddin's Life". Jagran English. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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