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'''Kamlesh Pandey''' is an Indian screenwriter with more than 30 years' experience in advertising, 20 years in films and 14 years in television. He has won the [[Filmfare Awards]] for [[Tezaab]], [[Star Screen Awards]] for [[Saudagar (1991 film)|Saudagar]] and [[IIFA Award]] for [[Rang De Basanti]]. He is from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, and lives in Mumbai.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120114143927/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Television/I-love-TV-yet-I-hate-it-Kamlesh-Pandey/Article1-749663.aspx I love TV yet I hate it: Kamlesh Pandey - Hindustan Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-24/tv/34707148_1_yash-chopra-kamlesh-ji-yash-ji |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140901163004/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-24/tv/34707148_1_yash-chopra-kamlesh-ji-yash-ji |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-01 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Yash Chopra was a fan of my show: Kamlesh Pandey |date=2012-10-24}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blooming-amidst-paradoxes/article4439120.ece Blooming amidst paradoxes - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jagran.com/entertainment/bollywood-kamlesh-pandey-is-not-happy-with-bollywood-trend-10620640.html |title=Kamlesh Pandey is not happy with bollywood trend |publisher=Jagran}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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=== Advertising ===<br />
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Pandey started his career in advertising in 1970 with Hindustan Thompson Associates as a Copywriter. After a brief stint at Sista's (now Saatchi & Saatchi) as Copy Chief from 1973–74 and at Grant Advertising Pvt.Ltd. (now Contract Advertising) in 1976 as Head of Creative, he joined Rediffusion Advertising Pvt.Ltd. (now Rediffusion DY&R) in 1976 as Head of Creative Department. Rediffusion became the most successful during his stint from 1976 to 1992.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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Pandey has worked with large companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, Maruti, Airtel, BPL, Telco, Exide, Union Carbide, Eveready, and Rajanigandha. He won the Best Copywriter Of The Year Award for four years in succession from its inception in 1978, after which he stopped entering.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} He was awarded the most prestigious honour in the advertising industry: ''CAG Hall of Fame 2005''.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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=== Film ===<br />
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Kamlesh Pandey started writing films since 1987 while still in advertising and went on to write various blockbusters; till date he has written over 40 films. He is a Member of Film Writers Association, Mumbai (Membership No.1855), Indian Documentary Producers Association (Membership No. OM/24-97) and Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council. He Has been visiting faculty for teaching Screenplay at Subhash Ghai's Whistlingwoods. Pandey's many films are listed in his biography.<ref>[http://www.gomolo.com/kamlesh-pandey-biography/24344/0 Biography on Gomolo].</ref><br />
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=== Television ===<br />
Pandey embraced television in 1980s while still in advertising full-time. Wrote cult investigative thriller [[Karamchand]] for [[Pankaj Parashar]] and social teleplays [[Kachchi Dhoop]] and Naqab for [[Amol Palekar]].<br />
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In 1992, Pandey joined [[Zee TV]] as Head Of Programming and helped to make it successful. He designed and defined the look, the style, the language, the flavour, the personality and the software menu of the channel.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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Pandey revived traditional Indian game shows like Antakshari and introduced new programs such as Tara, Campus, [[Banegi Apni Baat]], [[Phillips Top Ten]], [[Zee Horror Show]], [[Shakti]], [[Mere Ghar Aana Zindagi]], and [[Filmi Chakkar]].<br />
He left [[Zee TV]] in 1995.<br />
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Pandey won the Indian Television Academy Award 2007 for the Best Dialogue and Indian Telly Awards 2007 for the Best Screenplay and the Best Dialogue for Virrudh.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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Pandey is currently writing [[Kuch Toh Log Kahenge]] aired in [[Sony TV]] since October 2011.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*''[[Jalwa]]'' (1987)<br />
*''[[Tezaab]]'' (1988)<br />
*''[[ChaalBaaz]]'' (1989)<br />
*''[[Dil (1990 film)|Dil]]'' (1990)<br />
*''[[Saudagar (1991 film)|Saudagar]]'' (1991)<br />
*''[[Khalnayak]]'' (1993)<br />
*''[[Bhagyawan]]'' (1993)<br />
*''[[Shreemaan Aashique]]'' (1993)<br />
*''[[Jaan (film)|Jaan]]'' (1996)<br />
*''[[Itihaas (1997 film)|Itihaas]]'' (1997)<br />
*''[[Hameshaa]]'' (1998)<br />
*''[[Wajood (1998 film)|Wajood]]'' (1998)<br />
*''[[Laawaris (1999 film)|Laawaris]]'' (1999)<br />
*''[[Shikari (2000 film)|Shikari]]'' (2000)<br />
*''[[Farz (2001 film)|Farz]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Janasheen]]'' (2003)<br />
*''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' (2006)<br />
*''[[Yuvvraaj]]'' (2008)<br />
*''[[Jazbaa]]'' (2015)<br />
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