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Shashank Khaitan

Indian film writer, director and producer

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    Born 1982
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Updated 2026-06-12

Shashank Khaitan is an Indian screenwriter, director, actor and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for his association with Dharma Productions, having written and directed the Dulhania films, Humpty Sharma (2014) and Badrinath (2017), which starred Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. Khaitan earned a Filmfare Award for Best Director nomination for the latter. He then wrote and directed the romantic drama Dhadak (2018), a remake of the 2016 Marathi-language film Sairat.

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