Vishal Pandya

Vishal Pandya is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who has directed Hate Story 2, Hate Story 3, Wajah Tum Ho and Hate Story 4 for the production house of T-Series[1] He directed Poison 2, an original ZEE5 thriller series that was released on 30 April 2020[2]

Vishal Pandya
Vishal Pandya on the sets of Hate Story 3
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Years active2014 – present

Career

Pandya made his directorial debut with Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal in 2009.

His second work was the 2014 erotic thriller film Hate Story 2, which was produced by the T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar and Vikram Bhatt. The film was a sequel to the 2012 sleeper hit, Hate Story.[3] The film's nett gross was ₹2,290,000,000 and was it declared "Average" by Box Office India.[4]

After the success of Hate Story 2, Pandya directed the 2015 erotic thriller Hate Story 3, the third installment of Hate Story film series.[5] The film was declared a "Hit" by Box Office India.[6]

He wrote and directed the 2016 erotic thriller Wajah Tum Ho.[7] Despite being made on a small budget of ₹140,000,000, the film failed to perform well at the box office and was also declared a "Flop" by Box Office India.[8]

In 2018, he directed Hate Story 4 which opened with mixed to negative reviews.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Director Writer
2009 Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal Yes No
2014 Hate Story 2 Yes No
2015 Hate Story 3 Yes No
2016 Wajah Tum Ho Yes Yes
2018 Hate Story 4 Yes No

Webseries
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Poison 2 Director [9]

References
  1. "Director Vishal Pandya signs a three-film deal with T-Series". Indian Express. 25 July 2014.
  2. "Poison 2 Director". India TV News. 29 September 2020.
  3. "Hate Story 2 -Sunny Leone's oomph will benefit the film feels director". Times of India.
  4. "Hate Story 2 - Movie". Box Office India.
  5. "Vishal Pandya to helm Hate Story 3". Indian Express. 6 March 2015.
  6. "Hate Story 3 - Movie". Box Office India.
  7. "Sharman Joshi to do yet another erotic-thriller film with Vishal Pandya". Indian Express. 9 February 2016.
  8. "Wajah Tum Ho - Movie". Box Office India.
  9. "Aftab Shivdasani to make digital debut with 'Poison 2'". The New Indian Express. 16 January 2020.
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