Shashank Khaitan

Shashank Khaitan is an Indian film writer, director, actor and producer who works in Hindi films. He is known for his association with Dharma Productions through the Dulhania films (Humpty Sharma, 2014 and Badrinath, 2017) starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, having earned a Filmfare Award for Best Director nomination for the latter, and the romantic drama Dhadak (2018), a remake of the Zee Studios production Sairat (2016), which introduced Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor.

Following two independent production ventures for Dharma including the highly successful Good Newwz (2019), he founded Mentor Disciple Entertainment, whose maiden venture was his next film, Govinda Naam Mera (2022). Apart from directing a segment of the 2021 Netflix anthology Ajeeb Daastaans, he has since written scripts for Dil Bechara (2020) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023), and produced the action thriller Yodha (2024).