Prashant Pandey is a Mumbai based writer director. He started his career writing Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

's critically acclaimed Sarkar Raj (2008) featuring Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

, Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

 and Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress. She worked as a model before starting her acting career, and ultimately won the Miss World pageant in 1994...

. He is currently directing a biopic on Veerappan

Veerappan

Koose Muniswamy Veerappan commonly known as Veerappan, was a notorious dacoit, or robber bandit, of India. He was active for a period of years in a broad swath of land covering 6,000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu...

, the notorious sandalwood and ivory poacher.

Educated at Hansraj College

Hansraj College

Hans Raj College is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi. This co- educational Institute offers education in all the three streams- arts, science and commerce, and is located on the Mahatma Hans Raj College Road, Kamla Nagar, in the Delhi University’s North campus, and...

 University of Delhi

University of Delhi

The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...

, and AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre

AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre

Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Center , Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi was established in 1982 by Anwar Jamal Kidwai, the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University in collaboration with Canadian filmmaker and York University professor James Beveridge and his wife Margaret...

 Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia

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 Prashant Pandey had a brief stint as a journalist for ANI

Ani

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-REUTERS

Reuters

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 and later as a creative head with Zee tv

Zee TV

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 talent hunt SAREGAMAPA

Filmography

• Dil Dosti Etc
  Dil Dosti Etc
  Dil Dosti Etc. is a 2007 Bollywood film starring Shreyas Talpade, Imaad Shah, Nikita Anand, Smriti Mishra, Ishita Sharma and Dinesh Kumar in lead roles. It is directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Prakash Jha.The movie got mixed reviews on its release...
  
   (lyrics)
• Sarkar Raj (2008) (Screenplay & Dialgoue & lyrics)
• Contract
  Contract
  A contract is an agreement entered into by two parties or more with the intention of creating a legal obligation, which may have elements in writing. Contracts can be made orally. The remedy for breach of contract can be "damages" or compensation of money. In equity, the remedy can be specific...
  
   (2008) (Story & Screenplay & Dialogue & lyrics)
• Phoonk
  Phoonk
  Phoonk is a 2008 Horror film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and produced by Praveen Nischol starring Sudeep. The film is about superstition and black magic. It is directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film is succeeded by Phoonk 2.- Cast:*Sudeep...... Rajiv...
  
   (2008) (lyrics)
• Rakta Charitra
  Rakta Charitra
  Rakta Charitra is a two-part Indian biographical film based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film features Vivek Oberoi as Ravindra in the lead role, whilst Suriya plays as Surya, who predominantly appears in the second part...
  
   (Story& Screenplay& Dialogue)
• Veerappan
  Veerappan
  Koose Muniswamy Veerappan commonly known as Veerappan, was a notorious dacoit, or robber bandit, of India. He was active for a period of years in a broad swath of land covering 6,000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu...
  
   (upcoming)

External links

• Prashant Pandey at indopia.com
• Prashant Pandey atwww.expressindia.com
• Prashant Pandey at timesofindia.indiatimes.com
• Prashant Pandey at www.dnaindia.com
• Prashant Pandey at timesofindia.indiatimes.com
• From the pen to the baton at www.dnaindia.com