Anuradha Tiwari

Biography

Anuradha Tewari, also known as Anuradha Tiwari, (born 11 August 1971) is a Mumbai-based Indian writer and film director, working in the Hindi film industry. She is most known for co-writing films such as Fashion (2008), Jail (2009), and Heroine (2012). Fashion won her a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Screenplay as well as nominations in the Screen and IIFA awards that year. The film won two National Awards for its female stars, Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut.

Tewari began as a Chief Assistant to Mahesh Bhatt and worked with him on three films. She then worked as an independent writer/director for Anupam Kher's Media-based company. She was acknowledged as the youngest director in India at the time by the mainstream press for her path-breaking shows and events. 

Thereafter, she worked as the supervising producer of Channel V. She then served as CEO of a cinema-based portal by the Walchand group. She worked as a Creative Business Strategist for Astral Star Asia and Vogue Entertainment. She took the role of National Creative Director for Crest Communications. She returned to pure creative activities in 2002. 

She worked As a screenwriter on Prakash Jha's Rahul, Yaadein by Subhash Ghai, and 'Supari by Padam Kumar. Starting in 2004, she wrote 12 successful television shows ending with Seven, a 26-part superhero series for Yashraj Films aired on Sony, followed by the story and screenplay of the award-winning Fashion (2008) Jail and Heroine (2012), all directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. 

In 2017, she created KOSEN-RUFU, a Company that collaborates with writers across the world, to work in a Writers' Room on various projects. She is also the curator of Film Festivals and offers a Certification Course in Screenwriting conducted in various countries.