Vikramaditya Motwane

Biography

Vikramaditya Motwane (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for films like Udaan (2010), Lootera (2013), Trapped (2017), Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018), and "Indi(r)a's Emergency" (2023).

His directorial debut Udaan (2010) was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and also won seven Filmfare awards. His second film was Lootera, a big-budget Bollywood period romance, released on 5 July 2013.

His third film was Trapped, a survival drama starring Rajkummar Rao, released theatrically on 17 March 2017. His fourth film was Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, released theatrically on 1 June 2018. Motwane is the creator of Netflix's first Indian series Sacred Games. In 2020, his film AK vs AK was released.

Mr Motwane is a board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.