Maneesh Sharma

Maneesh Sharma is an Indian film director and film story writer, who made his debut with Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) which won him Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.

Early life and education
Born and brought up in Delhi, where he grew up in various parts of the city, including Pitampura. Maneesh did his schooling from Delhi Public School, R K Puram. Thereafter he did his graduation in English literature from Hans Raj College, Delhi University. At college, he was involved in the theatre society and later shot his debut film in 2010 there. After his graduation he went to California to study filmmaking at CalArts Before moving to Mumbai, he was also involved in theatre in Delhi and was a dancer in a local musical troupe.

Career
While studying filmmaking, Maneesh worked as associate director for Drona (2004), an English-German student film in Los Angeles.

Two months after his return from the US, he got a break and started his Bollywood career as an associate or assistant director on a number of Yash Raj Films productions such as Fanaa (2006), Aaja Nachle (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), before making his feature directing debut with Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), based on his own story.

His latest movie Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, produced by Aditya Chopra, released on 9 December 2011. With Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh as leads, the film released to positive reviews.

Filmography

 * Director
 * 2010: Band Baaja Baaraat
 * 2011: Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
 * 2013: Shuddh Desi Romance


 * Story Writer
 * 2010: Band Baaja Baaraat


 * Assistant Director
 * 2006: Fanaa
 * 2007: Aaja Nachle
 * 2008: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
 * 2008: Drona

Awards

 * Filmfare Award
 * 2010: Best Debut Director: Band Baaja Baaraat
 * 2010: Best Director: Band Baaja Baaraat: Nominated