Neeraj Pandey

Neeraj Pandey is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Pandey made his directoral debut in A Wednesday!, which was largely praised by audiences as well as critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades. His second film was Special 26 (2013), which was followed by Baby (2015), the latter of which received critical acclaim and became a huge commercial success. He served as a producer in Rustom (2016). Pandey returned to directing in 2017 helming the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on renowned Indian cricketer M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel names Ghalib Danger in 2013. In 2016, his Production House Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment entered into a joint venture and formed Plan C Studios. He has also directed a Web Short 'Ouch' with Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra which is nominated for Filmfare Short Film Award 2017. As the co-producer, his recent blockbuster Toilet- Ek Prem Katha is getting critical appreciation from the film industry and the audience.

Works

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is an action-thriller series that will be available on Netflix in 2024. The series is based on a true story and is set in Kolkata in 2003. It follows two honest cops who pursue a feared don and his henchmen.

Release Date:2025-08-15

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Sikandar Ka Muqaddar

After an unsolved diamond heist, a hard-nosed cop’s pursuit of his key suspect turns into obsession, until they finally face each other — and the truth.

Release Date:2024-11-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:44

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha

After 20 years in prison, a man reunites with his lost love and the truth behind his crimes is revealed.

Release Date:2024-08-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

The Freelancer

Based on the book 'A Ticket To Syria', ex-Cop turned mercenary Avinash Kamath aka 'The Freelancer', takes up the daunting mission of rescuing Aliya, a newly married girl trapped in a war-torn Syria against the backdrop of growing ISIS terrorism

Release Date:2023-09-01

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:5

Chengiz

The movie revolves around Chengiz, an underworld mafia from the 1970s to the mid-90s that ruled the streets of Calcutta.

Release Date:2023-01-05

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Khakee: The Bihar Chapter

As a righteous cop pursues a merciless criminal in Bihar, he finds himself navigating a deadly chase and a moral battle mired in corruption.

Release Date:2022-11-25

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:31

Vikram Vedha

Vikram, an honest officer with the Lucknow police, is on a mission to find and eliminate gangster Vedha. However, when Vedha surrenders himself to the police and starts narrating stories to Vikram, it blurs the lines between good and evil. Vedha questions Vikram's righteousness while the latter believes he is fair and just. But is he?

Release Date:2022-09-30

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:38

Secrets of the Kohinoor

The stories of multiple rulers and their insatiable desire for the Kohinoor which led to significant and very bloody wars, triggered agonising mind games, and empowered rulers and ruined dynasties whilst exploring stories of powerful emperors whose lives intertwined with the diamond in unfathomable ways.

Release Date:2022-08-04

Department:Crew

Job:Creator

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

Bandon Mein Tha Dum!

Witness the greatest fightback for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The story of Men in Blue who led India's biggest triumph in Test history. The four-part series encapsulates the tension, the excitement of thrilling games, behind-the-scenes footage and candid narratives from the cricketers, coaches, and journalists involved.

Release Date:2022-06-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:3

Operation Romeo

Aditya Sharma and Neha Kasliwal are in a relationship which finds itself challenged one night when they’re out on a date and get harassed in the dead of the night by two men posing as policemen. Will the night change the course of their relationship?

Release Date:2022-04-22

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:6

Kaun Pravin Tambe?

Mumbai-born leg-spinner Pravin Tambe made his debut in professional cricket at the age of 41 in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals in 2013 not having played any international or even first-class cricket before that. The story traces the extraordinary journey of Tambe as he became the oldest debutant - at an age when most cricketers have retired or are on the verge of retirement - a modern-day fable of an underdog who fought against his destiny.

Release Date:2022-04-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:16

Spy Bahu

The show follows the unique story of a female detective girl who falls in love with a terrorist during a mission.

Release Date:2022-03-14

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story

After the 2001 Parliament attack, a young and idealistic RA&W officer had a theory. In 2003, he had a mystery. This is the story of Himmat Singh

Release Date:2021-11-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:13

Tryst With Destiny

A billionaire learns there is something money can't buy, a lower-caste couple attempts to build a new life, and a corrupt city cop finds himself far outside of the law in Nair's slyly biting triptych on class in contemporary India.

Release Date:2021-11-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

The Relationship Manager

Relationships are never easy and making adjustments aren't always the answer.

Release Date:2020-07-18

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:2

Special OPS

The series follows Himmat Singh of Research and Analysis Wing who draws similar patterns in terrorist attacks and is convinced a single person is behind all the attacks. His task force team of five agents living in various parts of the world aim to catch the mastermind. The story is based on an inspiration taken from nineteen years worth of national significant events.

Release Date:2020-03-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:44

Kaamyaab

The human drama is based on an interesting premise of a seasoned character actor who decides to come out of retirement and begin a quest for a record of some sorts, that elusive 500th role, the one for which he shall be remembered forever.

Release Date:2020-03-06

Vote Count:16

Invitation

10-year-old Tashi and his ageing grandma live as tenants to a wealthy family, in a remote mountain village in Darjeeling. Their job is to look after the family’s cardamom orchard and guard it at night from wild animals. An approaching wedding at their patron’s house excites Tashi. But will they invite him?

Release Date:2019-10-20

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

Missing

A couple checks into a beach resort in Mauritius late night with their three-year-old daughter Titli who in the next morning goes missing.

Release Date:2018-04-06

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:14

Aiyaary

An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threatens to disrupt the country’s government and army.

Release Date:2018-02-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:51

Thaanaa Serndha Koottam

Angered by the corruption that stopped him from becoming a CBI officer, a young man forms a gang who pose as CBI officers and raids the corrupt.

Release Date:2018-01-12

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:34

Naam Shabana

Shabana Khan is the special agent who is entrusted the task of assassinating a deadly arms dealer by the Indian Intelligence Agencies.

Release Date:2017-03-31

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:52

Ouch

A married man and a married woman meet in a hotel room.

Release Date:2016-10-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Based on the life story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and his journey to being the world cup winning captain of the Indian cricket team.

Release Date:2016-09-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:173

Rustom

A naval officer is devastated to learn about his wife's extramarital affair with a rich businessman while he was away. He pays him a visit and shoots him to death, following which he surrenders himself but claims to be "not guilty" in the court, much to the surprise of the businessman's sister and the officers dealing with his case.

Release Date:2016-08-12

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:122

Baby

A small nascent elite team of the Indian intelligence system perpetually strives to detect and eliminate terrorists and their plots. Officer Ajay leads his team to destroy one such potentially lethal ploy in their biggest operation yet.

Release Date:2015-01-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:173

Total Siyapaa

Aman, a Pakistani man living in London, falls in love with Asha, an Indian woman. But he must convince her parents to let them get married, despite their different nationalities.

Release Date:2014-03-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:17

The Royal Bengal Tiger

Abhirup is a typical Bengali guy who has a happy family but he doesn't know how to protest. Everything was going very good but suddenly from his office to his personal life so many problems accrued in his life due to his scaredy attitude. Then his imaginary childhood friend Anjan comes into his life and changes his life completely.

Release Date:2014-01-30

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:3

A Common Man

A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.

Release Date:2013-06-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:84

Special 26

In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the CBI or Income Tax Department. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of money from their targets while a relentless cop is on their trail.

Release Date:2013-02-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:203

Unnaipol Oruvan

A common man tries to fight terrorism by making anonymous calls to cops. Will he succeed ?

Release Date:2009-09-18

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:41

A Wednesday!

Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.

Release Date:2008-09-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:320

Untitled Tamil language remake of Tentigo

After finding their father dead, to their dismay, his two sons discover that something in him is still alive, well, and standing tall: his erect penis. What should have been a day of somber mourning breaks into complete bedlam as the sons try, as discreetly as possible, to bend his organ before the funeral. In their quest to cover up the truth to save face, the brothers are forced to confront their own troubled relationship and deal with their late father's secret love life.

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Eenadu

The police commissioner of Hyderabad confronts an anonymous caller who has planted bombs in the city and will let them explode if four terrorists are not freed from the police custody.

Release Date:2009-09-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Neeraj Pandey's Next Global Series

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1