Vishal Pandya
Vishal Pandya | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Film director and screenwriter |
Years active | 2014 – present |
Vishal Pandya is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who has directed Hate Story 2, Hate Story 3, Wajah Tum Ho and Hate Story 4 for the production house of T-Series[1] He directed Poison 2, an original ZEE5 thriller series that was released on 30 April 2020[2]
Career
[edit]Pandya made his directorial debut with Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal in 2009.[citation needed]
His second work was the 2014 erotic thriller film Hate Story 2, which was produced by the T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar and Vikram Bhatt. The film was a sequel to the 2012 sleeper hit, Hate Story.[3] The film's nett gross was ₹2,290,000,000 and was it declared "Average" by Box Office India.[4]
After the success of Hate Story 2, Pandya directed the 2015 erotic thriller Hate Story 3, the third installment of Hate Story film series.[5] The film was declared a "Hit" by Box Office India.[6]
He wrote and directed the 2016 erotic thriller Wajah Tum Ho.[7] Despite being made on a small budget of ₹140,000,000, the film failed to perform well at the box office and was also declared a "Flop" by Box Office India.[8]
In 2018, he directed Hate Story 4 which opened with mixed to negative reviews.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer |
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2009 | Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal | Yes | No |
2014 | Hate Story 2 | Yes | No |
2015 | Hate Story 3 | Yes | No |
2016 | Wajah Tum Ho | Yes | Yes |
2018 | Hate Story 4 | Yes | No |
Webseries
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Poison 2 | Director | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Director Vishal Pandya signs a three-film deal with T-Series". Indian Express. 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Poison 2 Director". India TV News. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Hate Story 2 -Sunny Leone's oomph will benefit the film feels director". Times of India.[dead link ]
- ^ "Hate Story 2 - Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ "Vishal Pandya to helm Hate Story 3". Indian Express. 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Hate Story 3 - Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ "Sharman Joshi to do yet another erotic-thriller film with Vishal Pandya". Indian Express. 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Wajah Tum Ho - Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ "Aftab Shivdasani to make digital debut with 'Poison 2'". The New Indian Express. 16 January 2020.