Sumit Arora is an Indian writer, screenwriter and director who primarily works in Hindi films and television.[1] He has written for various TV shows, including Dill Mill Gayye (season 2) and 24. He has also written dialogues for several films, such as Stree, 83 and Jawan. He won the Star Screen Awards and Zee Cine Awards for Best Dialogue for Stree.[2]
Sumit Arora | |
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 Arora in 2023 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
Career
editSumit Arora started his career with television and wrote dialogues for many TV shows like Chhoona Hai Aasmaan, Dill Mill Gayye (season 2). He then ventured into films and web series, writing for Selection Day, The Family Man, Dahaad and Guns & Gulaabs.[3] He has also penned dialogues for films like Stree, Ginny Weds Sunny, 83 and Jawan.[4][5]
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Chhoona Hai Aasmaan | [6] | |
| 2009 | Bhaskar Bharti | ||
| 2009-2010 | Dill Mill Gayye | ||
| 2013-2016 | 24 | ||
| Sadda Haq | [7] |
Web series
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Selection Day | [8] | |
| 2018 | Little Things | [9] | |
| 2019-2021 | The Family Man | [10] | |
| 2023 | Dahaad | [11] | |
| Guns & Gulaabs | [12] | ||
| 2024 | Citadel: Honey Bunny | [13] |
Films
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | All Is Well | [14] | |
| 2017 | White Shirt | [15] | |
| 2018 | Stree | [16] | |
| 2020 | Ginny Weds Sunny | [17] | |
| 2021 | 83 | [18] | |
| 2023 | Jawan | [19] | |
| 2024 | Chandu Champion | [20] | |
| Baby John † | [21] | ||
| 2025 | Deva † | [22] |
Accolades
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmfare Awards | |||||
| 2019 | Best Dialogue | Stree | Nominated | [23] | |
| 2022 | 83 | [24] | |||
| 2024 | Jawan | [25] | |||
| Filmfare OTT Awards | |||||
| 2023 | Best Dialogue | The Family Man | Won | [26] | |
| Star Screen Awards | |||||
| 2019 | Best Dialogue | Stree | Won | [27] | |
| Zee Cine Awards | |||||
| 2019 | Best Dialogue | Stree | Won | [28] | |
References
edit- ^ "Know More About Sumit Arora | IFP". 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Winners of Star Screen Awards 2018". Bollywood Hungama.
- ^ "The Family Man review: World class act. Middle class craft". 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Stree writers Raj and DK: We wanted a true but ridiculous story".
- ^ "2023: A hattrick year for maverick screenwriter Sumit Arora".
- ^ "How Jawan's Dialogue Writer Sumit Arora Shot to Fame in Bollywood". 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Kritika Kamra to feature in a short film". The Times of India. 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Netflix's Selection Day 2 Review: The Quality of the Acting Holds the Episodes Together".
- ^ "Little Things 3 review: Uniting millennials and boomers in their loneliness". 9 November 2019.
- ^ "The Family Man review: Father, Husband, Soldier, Spy". 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Dahaad review: Sonakshi and Vijay are reasons enough to binge this series!".
- ^ "Sumit Arora on Guns and Gulaabs, making Raj and DK show different from Stree and writing comedies: 'If you ask me to simply crack jokes, I'll stand mute'". 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024– ) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
- ^ "All is Well movie review: Abhishek and Rishi in a no-destination journey".
- ^ "The story behind a white shirt".
- ^ "'Stree' has better comic timing than scare tactics". 31 August 2018.
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (9 October 2020). "'Ginny Weds Sunny' movie review: This Vikrant Massey and Yami Gautam wedding soiree is predictable and boring". The Hindu.
- ^ "Dishonesty in Kabir Khan's 83 stems from its desperate need to cater to cricket fans of the 'Virat Kohli era'". 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Sumit Arora on Jawan: 'Wrote lines that justifies Shah Rukh Khan's stardom and stature'". 4 September 2023.
- ^ "'Bete ko hath lagane..' wasn't originally in draft: Sumit Arora". DT Next. 13 September 2023.
- ^ "People mocked me when I said I want to work in films: 'Chandu Champion' writer Sumit Arora". Times of India. 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde starrer Deva wraps up first schedule : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Nominations for the 64th Vimal Filmfare Awards 2019 | filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Sidharth, Vicky in race for Best Actor trophy at 67th Wolf777news Filmfare Awards 2022; see full list of nominations". 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Filmfare Awards 2024 nominations: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor vie for Best Actor award; Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone contend for Best Actress". 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Paatal Lok, the Family Man, Aarya win top honours; see full list". 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Star Screen Awards 2018 complete winners list". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Zee Cine Awards full winners list: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone win big".
External links
edit- Sumit Arora at IMDb
