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{{Infobox person
| name = Anjum Rajabali
| image = Anjum Rajbali (cropped).png
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| caption = at [[Gujarat Literature Festival]] [[Ahmedabad]], December 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|08|07}}
| birth_place = [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]], [[Gujarat]], India
| occupation = [[Screenwriter]], [[actor]]
| yearsactive = 1994-present
| alma_mater = [[Rashtriya Military School Chail]]
[[University of Pune]]
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'''Anjum Rajabali''' is a veteran Indian screenwriter and teacher. He has written films like ''[[Drohkaal]]'' (1994), ''[[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]]'' (1998), ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' (2002) and ''[[Raajneeti]]'' (2010). He is also known for his leadership and lobbying for the rights of Indian screenwriters, as a senior activist of the Screenwriters Association, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-20/news-interviews/29794492_1_prakash-jha-aarakshan-core-issue |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629125206/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-20/news-interviews/29794492_1_prakash-jha-aarakshan-core-issue |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Prakash Jha felt he was married to Anjum Rajabali|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
He did his schooling from [[Chail Military School|Rashtriya Military School Chail]] and began his career in the film industry as an associate scriptwriter for the critically acclaimed [[Drohkaal]] (1994). In 1998, Anjum wrote the screenplay for the film [[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]] along with writing the story and screenplay for the hit crime-thriller [[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]], starring [[Aamir Khan]] and [[Rani Mukherji]]. In the following years, Anjum is credited with writing for films across a variety of genres, including the action film [[Kachche Dhaage]] (1999), the drama [[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]] (2000), the biographical film [[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]] (2002) and the horror [[Naina (2005 film)|Naina]] (2005). He was the script consultant on Prakash Jha's crime-drama [[Apaharan]] (2005) and Anjum's association with him extended for the next four successive films that [[Prakash Jha]] directed, with Anjum writing for [[Raajneeti]] (2010), [[Aarakshan]] (2011), [[Chakravyuh (2012 film)|Chakravyuh]] and his latest release [[Satyagraha (film)|Satyagraha]] (2013).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/anjum-rajabali-working-on-a-biopic/|title = Anjum Rajabali working on a biopic|date = 12 September 2014}}</ref>

He is the Head of Screenwriting at [[Whistling Woods International Institute|Whistling Woods]] as well as the Honorary Head of Screenplay Writing at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whistlingwoods.net/programmes/screenwriting-faculty.php |title=Faculty | Screenwriting |publisher=Whistling Woods |accessdate=10 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426192852/http://whistlingwoods.net/programmes/screenwriting-faculty.php |archivedate=26 April 2013 }}</ref> a course that he founded in 2004. Apart from being a script consultant on several films, he also conducts workshops, seminars and conferences on screenwriting. In mid-2014, he joined with Mumbai Mantra as Convenor for their new initiative, the Mumbai Mantra CineRise Screenwriting Programme - ''100 Storytellers A Year'' - a process of nurturing screenwriting talent, planned with 8 defined stages<ref>http://www.mumbaimantra.com/about1.aspx</ref> of creative intervention, which invited applications from Indian screenwriters from any part of the world, including non-resident Indians and even those with mixed Indian parentage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2600813/Satyagraha-writer-Anjum-Rajabali-teams-with-Mumbai-Mantras-new-initiative|title = Satyagraha writer Anjum Rajabali teams with Mumbai Mantra's new initiative : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama|date = 16 August 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Writer===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !!Notes
|-
|2021
|''[[Toofan (2021 film)|Toofan]]''
|
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Satyagraha – Democracy Under Fire|Satyagraha]]'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Chakravyuh (2012 film)|Chakravyuh]]'' ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Aarakshan]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Raajneeti]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Apaharan]]'' || Script consultant
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Naina (2005 film)|Naina]]'' ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' || English Dialogue / Screenplay writer
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]]'' || Dialogue / Screenplay writer
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Kachche Dhaage]]'' || Screenplay / Story writer
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]]'' ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]]'' || Screenplay writer
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Drohkaal]]'' || Associate script writer
|}

===Actor===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
|2018 || ''[[Veere Di Wedding]]'' || Kishan Puri
|-
|2014 || Time Machine || Chetan Kanodia (Older)
|-
|2011 || ''[[Turning 30]]'' || David- Publisher
|-
|2008 || ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'' || Dr. Debkumar Mitra
|-
|1996 || ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]'' || Madho singh
|}

===Producer===
*''Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One'' (2010) (executive producer)

===Thanks===
* Int. Cafe Night (2014) (Special thanks)
* ''[[Hrid Majharey]]'' (2014) (Special thanks)
* Rab da Vaasta... (2013) (Thanks)
* Dum Maaro Dum (2011) (Acknowledgment)
* ''[[Turning 30]]'' (2011) (Acknowledgment)
* ''Der Andher'' (2011) (Very special thanks)
* ''Read My Silence'' (2011) (Special thanks)
* ''Via Kargil'' (2011) (Special thanks)
* ''[[Khakee]]'' (2004) (Acknowledgment - as Mr. Anjum Rajabali)
* ''[[Sarfarosh]]'' (1999) (Grateful thanks - as Shri. Anjum Rajaballi)
* ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'' (1999) (Acknowledgment)

===Miscellaneous crew===
*''Valmiki Ki Bandook'' (2010) (Script supervisor)
*''Mulk '' (Script supervisor)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0707304|name=Anjum Rajabali}}

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