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{{Infobox person
| name = Jaideep Sahni
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| birth_date = 1968
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]]
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| nationality =[[India]]n
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|years_active=2000-present
| occupation =[[screenwriter]], [[songwriter]]}}
'''Jaideep Sahni''' (born 1968) is an Indian [[screenwriter]], [[songwriter]] and creative producer, who wrote the screenplays for films like ''[[Chak De! India]]'', ''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]'', ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'', ''[[Bunty Aur Babli]]'', ''[[Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year]]'' and ''[[Shuddh Desi Romance]]''.

He won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue]] as well as [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]] for ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002), and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay]] for ''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]'' (2006). He also won the IIFA award 2008 for best story, for ''[[Chak De! India]]'' .

==Early life and education==
Born and brought up in [[New Delhi]],<ref name="ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/68447/|title=Secrets of film writing|date=Apr 17, 2005|work=Indian Express}}</ref> Jaideep Sahni studied at the [[Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar|Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College]], [[Bidar]]. He started working as a computer engineer,<ref>Close Encounters [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/close-encounters/552777/0 Indian Express]</ref> and has worked for [[NIIT]].

==Career==
He became a lyricist after jam sessions with [[Palash Sen]], and after discovering the screenplay for the film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' in a New Delhi bookshop, he started writing screenplays, at age 27.<ref name="ind"/> He wrote both the screenplay and the lyrics for [[Jungle (2000 film)|Jungle]] (2000), which was directed by [[Ram Gopal Verma]]. The second film written by Sahni and directed by Verma, ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002), was nominated for eleven [[Filmfare Awards]] and won seven of them. Sahni then worked with [[Dibakar Banerjee]] in ''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]''. Since then he continues to work for [[Yash Raj Films]], where he started as a screenwriter for the film ''[[Bunty Aur Babli]]'' directed by [[Shaad Ali]] which was a box office success and a major breakthrough in [[Abhishek Bachchan]]'s career.

He then wrote the 2007 film ''[[Chak De! India]]'', directed by [[Shimit Amin]], who was also an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma before joining Yashraj films. The movie starred [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as the coach of Indian hockey team, and was loosely based on the real-life story of [[Maharaj Krishan Kaushik]].<ref name="bollywoodhungama">{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/08/28/2988/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506102100/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/08/28/2988/index.html |archive-date=6 May 2009 |title="SRK leaves you completely spoilt with his contribution" - Jaideep |date=August 28, 2007|work=IndiaFM News Bureau}}</ref> He also wrote the screenplay for ''[[Aaja Nachle]]'', which was directed by [[Anil Mehta]] and which was also released in 2007. ''[[Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year]]'', the third film of Shimit Amin, was released in 2009.

==Filmography==
'''Writer'''
*''[[Jungle (2000 film)|Jungle]]'' (2000)
*''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Bunty Aur Babli]]'' (2005)
*''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]'' (2006)
*''[[Chak De! India]]'' (2007)
*''[[Aaja Nachle]]'' (2007)
*''[[Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year]]'' (2009)
*''[[Shuddh Desi Romance]]'' (2013)

'''Lyricist'''
* ''[[Jungle (2000 film)|Jungle]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Naach (2004 film)|Naach]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Bluffmaster!]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Salaam Namaste]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Chak De! India]]'' (2007)
*''[[Aaja Nachle]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Johnny Gaddaar]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Roadside Romeo]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Dil Bole Hadippa!]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Tere Bin Laden]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Dum Maaro Dum (film)|Dum Maaro Dum]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Shuddh Desi Romance]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Befikre]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Hichki]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Andhadhun]]'' (2018)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1156290}}
{{FilmfareAwardBestDialogue}}
{{FilmfareAwardBestStory}}
{{FilmfareAwardBestScreenplay}}

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