---
name: "Upendra Sidhaye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/upendra-sidhaye"
fi1m_id: "upendra-sidhaye"
imdb_id: "nm3179723"
tmdb_id: 1527502
wikidata_id: "Q7898245"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 October 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:33:11.255523+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."
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# Upendra Sidhaye

## Identity

Upendra Sidhaye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/upendra-sidhaye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** upendra-sidhaye
- **IMDb ID:** nm3179723
- **TMDB ID:** 1527502
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7898245
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upendra_Sidhaye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7898245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3179723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1527502

Writer. Born 8 October 1980 in Pune.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 October 1980, Pune
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upendra_Sidhaye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7898245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3179723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1527502

## Biography

Upendra Sidhaye is an Indian screenwriter, dialogue writer and director. Born in Pune on 8 October 1980, he holds a commerce degree and a master's in mass communication from Pune University. He began in theatre in Pune before working as an in-house writer for UTV Motion Pictures.

His breakthrough came with the co-written screenplay for *Mumbai Meri Jaan* (2008), which earned him a shared Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay. Sidhaye wrote the Hindi adaptation of *Drishyam* (2015) and contributed dialogues to the Marathi films *Killa* (2014) and *Manjha* (2017). He co-wrote *Me Vasantrao* (2022) and made his feature directorial debut with the Marathi film *Girlfriend* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drishyam* (2015), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/drishyam.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Kankhajura* (2025), series, Story, Dialogue
- *Me Vasantrao* (2022), Writer
- *Girlfriend* (2019), Director, Screenplay, Dialogue, Story
- *Manjha* (2017), Writer
- *Drishyam* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/drishyam.md)
- *Killa* (2014), Dialogue
- *Blood Money* (2012), Writer
- *Force* (2011), as Raja
- *Mumbai Meri Jaan* (2008), Screenplay

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