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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox director
| name = Jayprad Desai
| image = Director Jayprad Desai.jpg
| occupation = Director, Screenwriter, Producer
| years_active = 2015–present
| notable_works = {{UBL
| [[Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba]]
| [[Kaun Pravin Tambe?]]
| [[Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy]]
| [[Nagrik]]
}}
}}

'''Jayprad Desai''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing ''[[Kaun Pravin Tambe?]]'' (2022), ''[[Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy]]'' (2022), and ''[[Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba]]'' (2024). He made his directorial debut with ''[[Nagrik]]'' (2015), a Marathi political drama thriller.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Priyanka |date=2024-08-18 |title='Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba' director Jayprad Desai: 'Celebrating the flawed, not defending them' |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/phir-aayi-hasseen-dillruba-jayprad-desai-taapsee-pannu-vikrant-massey-sunny-kaushal-23376752 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Mid-day |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Nagrik Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movie-reviews/nagrik/movie-review/47689820.cms |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He is the grandnephew of composer [[Vasant Desai]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Rekha |title='फिर आई हसीन दिलरुबा' के डायरेक्टर जयप्रद देसाई- 3 महीने व्हील चेयर पर रहा, मौत के मुंह से लौटा |trans-title=Director of 'Phir Aai Haseen Dilruba' Jayprad Desai- was on a wheel chair for 3 months, returned from the jaws of death |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/entertainment/interviews/phir-aayi-hasseen-dillruba-director-talks-about-working-with-taapsee-pannu-his-struggle-rejection-and-near-death-experience/articleshow/112398942.cms |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

== Career ==
His first directorial venture [[Nagrik]], a Marathi political drama-thriller, revolving around a struggling middle class journalist, won several accolades including Maharashtra State Awards for Best Social Film. It was also selected at multiple prestigious film festivals such as MAMI and IFFI.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-05-01 |title=Marathi Film Nagrik Wins 5 Awards At 52nd Maharashtra State Awards |url=http://businessofcinema.com/regionalmovies/marathi-film-nagrik-wins-5-awards-at-52nd-maharashtra-state-awards/205411 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Business Of Cinema |language=en-US}}</ref>

He later went on to create 'Hutatma' (2019), a historical-fiction thriller web series set against the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]]. It was received well by critics as well as audiences and went on to win big at the MA TA Sanman including Best Web Series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-26 |title=Hutatma, a web series on the creation of Maharashtra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/web-series/story/hutatma-a-web-series-on-the-creation-of-maharashtra-1510497-2019-04-26 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Soumya |date=2019-04-25 |title=The creation of Maharashtra gets a dramatised retelling in Zee5 web series 'Hutatma' |url=https://scroll.in/reel/921130/the-creation-of-maharashtra-gets-a-dramatised-retelling-in-zee5-web-series-hutatma |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shelar |first=Jyoti |date=2019-04-30 |title=Web series tells story of Maharashtra's birth |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/web-series-tells-story-of-maharashtras-birth/article26996968.ece |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In 2022, Desai directed [[Kaun Pravin Tambe?]], a biographical sports drama film. The film is based on the life of cricketer [[Pravin Tambe]], who made his debut in professional cricket at the age of 41. The movie stars [[Shreyas Talpade]] as Tambe and explores Tambe's journey of becoming a professional cricketer. The film highlights his passion, perseverance, and determination to achieve his dreams despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks.<ref name=":1" /> The film was also nominated for the Filmfare Awards 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Developer |first=Web |title=Shreyas Talpade's 'Kaun Pravin Tambe' nominated for Filmfare Awards |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/shreyas-talpades-kaun-pravin-tambe-nominated-for-filmfare-awards-23259501 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Mid-day|date=7 December 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shreyas Talpades Kaun Pravin Tambe nominated for Filmfare awards! |url=https://mirchi.in/stories/movies/shreyas-talpades-kaun-pravin-tambe-nominated-for-filmfare-awards/96109730/amp |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=mirchi.in |language=en}}</ref> and it is one of the most viewed Hindi films released in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Most-watched Hindi streaming films of 2022 so far: Deepika Padukone's Gehraiyaan, Yami Gautam's A Thursday, Rishi Kapoor's Sharmaji Namkeen |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/most-watched-hindi-streaming-films-of-2022-gehraiyaan-a-thursday-sharmaji-namkeen-8040691/lite/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

[[Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy|Mukhbir]] (2022) a period spy thriller web series which Jayprad co-wrote and co-directed with [[Shivam Nair]] won immense critical acclaim and became the most watched original series on Zee5 of 2022 with over 15 million views in less than 2 weeks. It went on to win numerous awards for Best Series, as well as Best Story, Screenplay and Dialogue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Anushka Halve, Sharanya |date=2023-08-05 |title=Complete List of Winners: The Screenwriters Association Awards 2023 |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/news/newscomplete-list-of-winners-the-screenwriters-association-awards-2023 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.filmcompanion.in |language=en}}</ref> It was also nominated at the Filmfare OTT awards 2022 for Best Series.<ref name=":2" />

Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (2024) starring [[Taapsee Pannu]], [[Vikrant Massey]], [[Sunny Kaushal]] and [[Jimmy Shergill]] and produced by [[Aanand L. Rai|Aanand L Rai]] under [[Colour Yellow Productions]] and [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] premiered on [[Netflix]] on 9 August 2024 to a stupendous opening.<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Language
!Notes
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Nagrik]]''
| Marathi
| Director,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Silvia |title=Marathi films make waves at Film Bazaar |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/marathi-films-make-waves-at-film-bazaar/5097238.article |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Screen |language=en}}</ref> Writer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lokmat.com/filmy/authors-janti-citizen/#google_vignette |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.lokmat.com |title='नागरिक'मध्ये लेखकांची जंत्री |date=3 June 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''[[Hutatma]]''
|
|Writer, Director and Co-producer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-26 |title=Hutatma, a web series on the creation of Maharashtra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/web-series/story/hutatma-a-web-series-on-the-creation-of-maharashtra-1510497-2019-04-26 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Soumya |date=2019-04-25 |title=The creation of Maharashtra gets a dramatised retelling in Zee5 web series 'Hutatma' |url=https://scroll.in/reel/921130/the-creation-of-maharashtra-gets-a-dramatised-retelling-in-zee5-web-series-hutatma |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Kaun Pravin Tambe?]]''
|Hindi
|Director<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Kaun Pravin Tambe? movie review: Engaging cricket drama based on an inspiring true story |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kaun-pravin-tambe-movie-review-engaging-cricket-drama-based-on-an-inspiring-true-story-10507331.html/amp |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy]]''
|Hindi
|Director,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=ZEE5 sets premiere date of Mukhbir The Story of a Spy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/zee5-sets-premiere-date-of-mukhbir-the-story-of-a-spy-8240154/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Writer
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba]]''
| Hindi
|Director<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Lachmi Deb |date=2024-08-08 |title=EXCLUSIVE! Netflix's Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba director Jayprad Desai on casting Sunny Kaushal: 'He is an actor who hasn't been explored enough' {{!}} Not Just Bollywood |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/exclusive-netflixs-phir-aayi-hasseen-dillruba-director-jayprad-desai-on-casting-sunny-kaushal-he-is-an-actor-who-hasnt-been-explored-enough-not-just-bollywood-13802361.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Marathi film directors]]
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[[Category:Film producers from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]
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KiaGreenwald at 23:57, 26 May 2025