Rensil D'Silva

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Rensil D'Silva
Born
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Director, Screenplay Writer, Novelist
Spouse(s)Chandini D’Silva
Children1

Rensil D'Silva is an Indian film director, screenplay writer, ad film maker and advertising agency Creative Director.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

As a director[edit]

As a writer[edit]

References[edit]

  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Rensil D'Silva". www.outlookindia.com. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. "BBC Asian Network - Raj and Pablo, Rensil D'Silva". BBC. Retrieved 16 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Scroll Staff (6 August 2021). "'Dial 100' review: A taut and efficient vigilante thriller". Scroll.in.
  6. "Rensil D Silva Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Rensil D Silva | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Rang De Basanti: The Shooting Script". Goodreads. Retrieved 16 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Hungama, Bollywood (4 August 2021). "Sakshi Tanwar feels fortunate to work with Manoj Bajpayee in Rensil D'Silva's Dial 100, reminisces her college play directed by him : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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