Indian actor, writer and director

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

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Theatre
  • 2.2 Films
  • 2.3 Commercials
• 3 Filmography
• 4 Filmfare Awards
• 5 IIFA Awards
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Maurya was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His brother, Ajay "Teddy" Maurya, is also an actor, who has principally served as an art director in many films.

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 *ari, Airawat, Solah Saal Ka Aakash, Jungle Ke Paar, Laila, Sa Hi Besura. The play Sa Hi Besura which came out in 2007 is still running with successful shows.

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

Films

Maurya has acted in critically acclaimed films like Nishikanth Kamath's Mumbai Meri Jaan and Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday. He is also a screenwriter and has won a National film award for the best original screenplay for writers for the film Chillar Party along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bhal at the 59th National Film Awards. His latest film Gully Boy as dialogue writer and supporting actor has been well received both critically and commercially.He plays Nishu's father in Yeh Ballet, a 2020 Netflix production.

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

Filmfare Awards

IIFA Awards

References

External links

• Vijay Maurya at IMDb