Indian male screenwriters

Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Indian actor, activist and joker (born 1954 )

Indian film director, producer and screenwriter

Indian director and actor

Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as an important Urdu poet of this era. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. He also directed Kirda

Indian-Canadian film actor, script and dialogue writer

Indian film director, producer and screenwriter

film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist (1914–1987)

Indian film director

Indian actor, film director, and producer

Indian writer

Indian actor and director (1937-2025)

Indian director and screenwriter (1934–2024)

Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)

Indian actor, producer, writer

Indian film director

Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)

Indian film director and producer

Indian film director

Indian filmmaker (born 1972)

Indian film director

Indian film director, screenwriter and producer

Indian film director and producer

Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist (1963–2013)

Indian film director and actor (1901–1990)

Indian director, producer, writer, actor, playwright, stage conductor, and comedian (1930–2014)

Indian film director (1930–2020)

Indian film director

Indian film director (1914–2008)

Indian film director

Indian novelist.philosopher and screenwriter

Indian film director and screenwriter

Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director (1915–1997)

Indian film director (1924–2009)

Indian writer (1914–1977)

Indian film director and producer (born 1952)

Indian film director

Indian film director, screenwriter and composer

Indian film director

Indian Filmmaker

Indian film and television actor, director, and screenwriter

Indian film director

D. Jayakanthan (24 April 1934 – 8 April 2015), popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Outside literature, he made two films. In addition, four of his other novels were adapted into films by others.

Indian film director

Indian actor and screenwriter

Indian Punjabi language poet and writer (1945–2024)

Indian author (1908–1994)

Indian actor

Indian film director

Indian writer, playwright, and actor (1915-2003)

Indian director (1944–2021)

Indian director, screenwriter and actor

Indian film director

Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)

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film director (1926-2009)

Indian film director

Indian actor (1927-2009)