Vijay Lalwani
Biography
Vijay Lalwani started out as a copywriter in Ogilvy and Mather, Mumbai, and went on to become an award-winning Creative Director. In his advertising career, he had numerous nominations and wins in prestigious national and international awards such as Cannes, Asia Adfest, and the Abby/Goafest Awards.
He worked with prominent creative agencies such as McCann Erickson and the Y&R group, in Mumbai, before he plunged into full-time filmmaking and scriptwriting. In 2009, Vijay Lalwani partnered with Excel Entertainment (Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani`s production house) to make his debut as a writer and director.
His feature film, Karthik Calling Karthik, a thriller about a man who receives a mysterious phone call every night, is one of the four Indian films that have featured in the IMDB worldwide top 50 films of 2010 list and received much fan following and critical acclaim.
