Mayur Puri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mayur Puri

Indian Filmmaker

Date of Birth: 28-May-1974

Place of Birth: Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Profession: musician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Mayur Puri

  • Mayur Puri is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker working in Mumbai.
  • He wrote songs, screenplays and dialogue for several movies, including Om Shanti Om (2007) starring Shahrukh Khan directed by Farah Khan, where Mayur also did a cameo appearance (as the wanna be Gujju Director of 'Apahij Pyar').
  • He wrote dialogue for the Farah Khan film Happy New Year (2014).
  • On 17 November 2014 Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences selected the screenplay of Happy New Year for its permanent Core Collection.Mayur wrote the dialogue for India's first 3D Dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance.
  • He also penned the songs for 'ABCD: Any Body Can Dance'.
  • After the success of 'ABCD: Any Body Can Dance', Mayur has written dialogue and songs for the second installment of the franchise ABCD: Any Body Can Dance 2.Mayur recently directed Firdaws (2017), his first short film that has been doing festival rounds and has been the official selection in over 36 international festivals.
  • Mayur has won 16 International Awards for Firdaws. Mayur Puri has donned many hats over his two-decades-long Bollywood career as director, film writer, lyricist and actor, but he primarily is and always will remain a passionate storyteller at heart - a role he’d never grow out of.
  • Mayur has been one of the game changers responsible for the localization, transcreation and adaptations of various big studio Hollywood films into Hindi translated blockbusters.
  • He has penned the Hindi translation of big-ticket Hollywood films like The Lion King (2019), Avengers – Endgame (2019), Mowgli – Legend of the Jungle (2018), Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Thor Ragnarok (2017) to name a few.
  • As of now, Mayur is gearing up for his directorial debut.

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