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Nilesh Sahay

Nilesh Sahay
Charity Screening of Policegiri, July 2013.jpg
Sahay in 2013
Born (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 41)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Filmmaker
  • Director
  • Writer
ParentZaheeda (mother)

Nilesh Sahay (born October 20, 1982) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, director and writer. He is the nephew of actor Sanjay Dutt.

Life and career

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Sahay is the son of the actress Zaheeda. His great-grandmother Jaddan Bai was the country's first female film producer and music composer. His grandfather Akhtar Hussain was an actor, producer, director and writer and his grandaunt and uncle Nargis Dutt and Sunil Dutt were also actors. Sahay is the nephew of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.[1]

Sahay made his film debut in Ganesh Acharaya's 2011 film Angel.[2] He later turned filmmaker and started filming Squad, his directorial debut, in September 2019 at Belarusfilm studios in Minsk.[3]

Sahay is currently working as director in the upcoming production, Ambush, starring Harshvardhan Rane.[4][5]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2011 Angel Actor (as Abhay) [6]
2021 Squad Director [7][3][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Angel's BO run will decide my B'wood course: Nilesh". Indian Express. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ^ Gaurav Malani (7 November 2010). "Sanjay to follow Aamir". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Squad director Nilesh Sahay: Took three months to get travel permission". Mid-day. 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ Today, Telangana (25 August 2021). "Nilesh Sahay and Harshvardhan Rane caught up for a script session". Telangana Today.
  5. ^ "Makers of Harshvardhan Rane's next 'Ambush' get 'Mad Max Fury' fame Kier Beck on board for a 17-minute car chase scene". The Times of India. 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Angel: Movie Review". The Times of India. 10 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Squad Review: Newbies Rinzin Denzongpa, Malvika Raaj Flounder In Dead-On-Arrival Dud". NDTV.com.
  8. ^ "John Abraham meets Squad's Nilesh Sahay and Rinzing Denzongpa". Mumbai Mirror. 19 September 2019.
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