Indian film director and screenwriterNot to be confused with Sanjay Chauhan, Indian screenwriter; or politician Sanjay Singh Chauhan. For other people, see Sanjay Chauhan (disambiguation).

Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (born 8 September) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for his internationally acclaimed film La*. He won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 2009 National Film Award. In 2021, he won the National Film Award for Best Direction for the film Bahattar Hoorain.

Contents

• 1 Filmography
• 2 Awards
  • 2.1 National Awards
  • 2.2 International Film Festival of India
    • 2.2.1 Indian Panorama
  • 2.3 International awards
  • 2.4 Jury Member
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Filmography

• La* (2010) (Director, Story, Screenplay & Dialogues)
• Bahattar Hoorain (2019) (Director & Editor)
• 83 (2021) (writer)
• Gorkha (2022) (Director, Story, Screenplay & Dialogues)

Awards

National Awards

Winner

• 2009 - National Film Award for Best Debut Film for the film La*
• 2021 - National Film Award for Best Direction for the film Bahattar Hoorain.

International Film Festival of India

Winner

• 2019 - ICFT-UNESCO GANDHI MEDAL “Special Mention” at 50th International Film Festival of India, Goa for Bahattar Hoorain

Indian Panorama

• 2019 - Bahattar Hoorain selected at the Indian Panorama

International awards

Winner

• 2009 - Most Aspiring Filmmaker at Filmmakers International Film Festival, UK for La*
• 2009 - Best Film, Special Jury Award at 42nd Worldfest, Houston International Film Festival, US for La*

Nomination

• 2022 - Writer - Best Story (Adapted) at IIFA, for 83
• 2009 - Best Director at Asian Festival of 1st Films, Singapore for La*
• 2009 - Best Writer at Asian Festival of 1st Films, Singapore for La*
• 2010 - Hottest New Director at Stardust Awards for La*

Jury Member

• 2016 - Jury Member at 63rd National Film Awards
• Jury member feature film, Indian Panorama at 51st International Film Festival of India, Goa 2021.
• Jury member (selection) for '75 Creative minds of the tomorrow', at 52nd International Film Festival of India, Goa 2021.

References

External links

• Sanjay Puransingh Chauhan at IMDb:
• Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan on Facebook
• Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan at Bollywood Hungama
• Silent scenes are more symbolic: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan DNA