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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Sanjiv Jaiswal belongs to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He wanted to become a
filmmaker since his childhood. After completing his education, he came to
Mumbai and established his own film production house under the name of
‘Dayal Creations Pvt. Ltd.’ in association with Rajesh Singh. His debut as a
producer was with the film ‘Fareb(2005)’ directed by Deepak Tijori, starring
Shilpa Shetty, Manoj Bajpayee and Shamita Shetty, Written by Girish
Dhameeja and Music by Anu Malik. His second film ‘Anwar (2007)’ was written
and directed by Manish Jha, starring Manisha Koirala, Siddharth Koirala,
Nausheen and music by Mithun.

Later, he was emerged as a debut writer and director with his film ‘Shudra-
The Rising (2012)’. The film portrays the universal evils- slavery, untouchability
and class division of the society. The film’s subject was a difficult and
controversial territory on which no mainstream filmmaker had attempted to
venture. He left no stone unturned in giving life to this human saga on
celluloid. Sanjiv Jaiswal bagged the Best Director’s Award for the film ‘Shudra-
The Rising’ in Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival (2013).

The film was also nominated for the Boston International Film Festival (2013)
and was critically acclaimed by IMBD with 9 ratings, by Times of India with 3.5
ratings and by NDTV with 3 ratings. After the appreciation received for
Shudra-The Rising. Sanjiv Jaiswal’s second written and directorial Hindi
Feature Film ‘Pranam’ starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Vikram Gokhle, Atul
Kulkarni, Abhimanyu Singh and others which was released in August 2019.
Now, he is coming up with a sequel of Shudra- The Rising titled ‘Bagawat’
which is based on the sensitive topic of casteism depicting Indian history of
lower class.