Udai Singh Pawar
Udai Singh Pawar is a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Mumbai, India.
Pawar was the Writer and the Director of the acclaimed Netflix Original Feature Film Upstarts, which has been streaming since October 2019. Most recently, he wrote the Story and Screenplay of the Jio Cinema Streaming show Murder In Mahim, which was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Before becoming an independent Director, he had been the Associate Director of the Akshay Kumar-starrer Airlift, made by Raja Krishna Menon, and even earlier, had been the Chief/1st Assistant Director to veteran film director Sudhir Mishra for five years, on multiple projects, such as the Irrfan Khan-starrer Yeh Saali Zindagi and the Arjun Rampal-starrer Inkaar.
Udai Singh Pawar | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Parent | Rajendra Singh Pawar |
Pawar is a Physics graduate from IIT Kanpur, with a background blending technology and art. Before shifting to film-making in 2009, Udai had worked extensively in technology research, with multiple patents and publications to his name.