Maneesh Sharma is an well known Indian film director, producer & screenwriter. He was born on 1 Janaury 1980 in Delhi, India, who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known for Fanaa (2006), Fan (2016), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) and also Maneesh will be direct in the upcoming film Tiger 3 (2023). In 2004, Maneesh worked as an associate director on Trona (2004), an English-German student film shot in Los Angeles.
After his return from the US two months, Maneesh Sharma got a break and started his Bollywood career as an associate director and an assistant director on a number of Yash Raj Films productions such as Fanaa, Aaja Nachle and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, before making his feature directing debut with Band Baaja Baaraat (English title: Bands Horns and Revelry), based on a story written by himself, which was released on 10 December 2010. The film starred newcomer Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles, and was produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. Sharma’s first outing as a director garnered him a Filmfare Award in the Best Debut Director category.
His film, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, was produced by Aditya Chopra and released on 9 December 2011. The critically acclaimed film starred Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma, who were also in Sharma’s first film. Sharma’s third film, Shuddh Desi Romance (English title: A Purely Desi Romance), released on 6 September 2013, and starred Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, and newcomer Vaani Kapoor in the lead roles. The film was screened in the Gala Presentation section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.