Anjum Rajabali

Anjum Rajabali is a renowned Indian Screenwriter and the head of screenwriting program at Whistling Woods International. He is also the Honorary Head of Screenplay writing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). He began his film career as an associate scriptwriter for the critically acclaimed Drohkaal and went on to write screenplays for different films like China Gate, Ghulam, Kachche Dhaage, Pukar, Naina and the biographical film The Legend of Bhagat Singh. These films vary across genres like thriller, horror, action and drama. With his association with Prakash Jha as a consultant on crime-drama Apharan, Anjum wrote the next four successive films Raajneeti, Aarakshan, Chakravyuh and Satyagraha Prakash Jha directed. He also conducts coveted workshops, seminars and conferences on screenwriting that have helped writers in India and abroad. He has also acted in movies like Teen Aur Aadha, Veere Di Wedding, Turning 30!!! and Commando 2 apart from being involved in various other movies as a script consultant. Anjum is developing the story of Rakeysh Omprakash's Toofan starring Farhan Akhtar. He is also writing the film Sare Jahan Se Acha which is a biopic based on the first Indian citizen in space, Rakesh Sharma.