---
name: "Rensil D'Silva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/renzil-dsilva"
fi1m_id: "renzil-dsilva"
imdb_id: "nm1028832"
tmdb_id: 93153
wikidata_id: "Q7313473"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:22:56.883836+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rensil D'Silva

## Identity

Rensil D'Silva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/renzil-dsilva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** renzil-dsilva
- **IMDb ID:** nm1028832
- **TMDB ID:** 93153
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7313473
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rensil_D%27Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7313473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1028832/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93153

Writer and director. Born in Mumbai.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Renzil D'Silva
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rensil_D%27Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7313473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1028832/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93153

## Biography

Rensil D'Silva, also credited as Renzil D'Silva, is an Indian screenwriter and film director. He began his career in advertising, working as a creative director for nearly two decades at agencies including JWT, Rediffusion, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mudra DDB and Ogilvy & Mather, while also directing commercials.

D'Silva entered feature films as story writer on *Aks* (2001). He wrote the screenplay for *Rang De Basanti* (2006) and made his directorial debut with *Kurbaan* (2009), which he also wrote. Subsequent credits include the screenplay for *Student of the Year* (2012) and writing and directing the Indian adaptation of the series *24* (2013–2016). He wrote and directed the Netflix series *Shaque: Trust No One* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shaque: Trust No One* (2026), series, Director, Creator — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/shaque-trust-no-one.md)
- *Bad Cop* (2024), series, Writer, Screenplay, Creator
- *Bambai Meri Jaan* (2023), series, Screenplay, Creator
- *Dial 100* (2021), Screenplay, Story, Director
- *Thambi* (2019), Screenplay, Story
- *Ungli* (2014), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *24: India* (2013), series, Co-Writer, Director, Co-Director, Writer
- *1920: Evil Returns* (2012), Screenplay
- *Student Of The Year* (2012), Screenplay
- *Kurbaan* (2009), Director, Screenplay
- *Luck* (2009), Screenplay
- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)
- *Aks* (2001), Story

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