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Neeraj Pandey

Neeraj Pandey

Writer, director and producer · Born December 17, 1973 (52) · Arrah, Bihar, India

Neeraj Pandey is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Pandey made his directoral debut in A Wednesday!, which was largely praised by audiences as well as critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades. His second film was Special 26 (2013), which was followed by Baby (2015), the latter of which received critical acclaim and became a huge commercial success. He served as a producer in Rustom (2016). Pandey returned to directing in 2017 helming the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on renowned Indian cricketer M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel names Ghalib Danger in 2013. In 2016, his Production House Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment entered into a joint venture and formed Plan C Studios. He has also directed a Web Short 'Ouch' with Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra which is nominated for Filmfare Short Film Award 2017. As the co-producer, his recent blockbuster Toilet- Ek Prem Katha is getting critical appreciation from the film industry and the audience.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 17, 1973 (52)
From
Arrah, Bihar, India
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 36% in 30 days

What are Neeraj Pandey's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
44%
Bonds
19%
Self
16%
Power
11%
Society
4%
Survival
3%
Ideas
3%
Justice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Thrilling
6
Melancholic
4
Dread
2
Hopeful
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Neeraj Pandey's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Neeraj Pandey's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

40 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Gajab Raat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer · Writer

  • Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Khakee: The Bengal Chapter(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Sikandar Ka Muqaddar(2024)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay · Script · Story

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Freelancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show Creator

  • Chengiz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Story

  • Tentigo(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Khakee: The Bihar Chapter(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Vikram Vedha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Producer

  • Secrets of the Kohinoor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show Creator

  • Bandon Mein Tha Dum! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Operation Romeo(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Kaun Pravin Tambe? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Producer

  • Spy Bahu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show Creator

  • Special Ops 1.5 The Himmat Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Tryst With Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • The Relationship Manager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • Special OPS(2020)

    Show 15 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Har Kisse Ke Hisse: Kaamyaab(2018)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Invitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • Missing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Aiyaary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Original Story

  • Naam Shabana(2017)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Ouch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story(2016)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Rustom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • Baby(2015)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Total Siyapaa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer

  • The Royal Bengal Tiger(2014)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Common Man(2013)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Special 26(2013)

    Director · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Eenadu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer

  • Unnaipol Oruvan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Original Story

  • A Wednesday! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay

  • The Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Lyricist

  • Neeraj Pandey's Next Global Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

  • R.D. Burman Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Untitled Farhan Akhtar-Neeraj Pandey Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 39 titles, 36 of them dated from 2006 to 2026.

Biggest box office

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)

$29M worldwide

Highest rated

Special OPS (2020)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 39: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting14 of 39: 0 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score93rdWriting24 of 39: 9 only writing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing14 of 39: 7 only producing, 7 with another roleOther crew10 of 39: 4 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score82nd

39 titles, 18 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s19 · 1 acting · 18 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Neeraj Pandey's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 15 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · writer

A Common Man (2013)

85th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Special OPS (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 54/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Neeraj Pandey's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles7–73 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles2–23 · median 8 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles9–63 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles10–63 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles9–71 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Neeraj Pandey work with?

People who share at least 2 of Neeraj Pandey's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shital Bhatia shares the most, 10.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers