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{{Short description|Indian film producer (born 1977)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Meraj Shaikh
| image =
| caption =
| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |df=yes|1977|08|28}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| occupation = Producer / Executive Producer
}}
'''Meraj Shaikh''' is an Indian film [[Film producer|producer]] and Line Producer and the founder of Wingman Pictures, He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra in 1977.

==Career==
Meraj Shaikh began his career in Bollywood in 2001 as Production Manager with the movie ''[[Kasoor]]'' directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]]. Then he worked on ''Ek Din 24 Ghante'', directed by [[Anant Balani]] starring [[Rahul Bose]] & [[Nandita Das]]. Later in 2004, he was given the Big Banner movie [[Black (2005 film)|''Black'']]<ref name="MB">{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/meraj-shaikh|title=Meraj Shaikh on Moviebuff.com|website=Moviebuff.com|accessdate=24 March 2024}}</ref> directed by [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]], starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]] & [[Rani Mukherjee]]. The film was critically acclaimed and won major awards in all categories.<ref name="MB"/>

After the success of ''Black'', he was offered the movie ''[[Mumbai Cutting]]'' as an Executive Producer, comprising eleven short films, directed by a host of eleven national award-winning Directors such as [[Sudhir Mishra]], [[Kundan Shah]], [[Rahul Dholakia]], [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Revathi]], [[Jahnu Barua]], [[Rituparno Ghosh]], Shashank Ghosh, Ruchi Narayan, Ayush Raina, and [[Manish Jha (director)|Manish Jha]].

Meraj was Executive Producer for the movie ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai]]'' starring [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Emraan Hashmi]] & [[Kangana Ranaut]], an Indian period gangster film based on [[Haji Mastan]], directed by [[Milan Luthria]] and produced by [[Balaji Motion Pictures]]. He was also associated with an [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]] film ''An Image in the Water'' as Line Producer. Meraj was associated with ''[[Shaitan (film)|Shaitaan]]'' produced by [[Anurag Kashyap Films]] & [[Viacom 18]], directed by [[Bejoy Nambiar]], who won the Most Promising Debut Director Award by Screen Weekly Award. Then he joined the team of ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' directed by [[Anurag Kashyap]], screened at [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=Cannes>http://www.larry411.com/post/2012_cannes_film_festival_complete_lineup</ref> He continued with ''[[Aiyyaa]]'' as Associate Producer starring [[Rani Mukherjee]]. The next film, ''[[Peddlers (film)|Peddlers]]'', which was screened as part of [[Critics' Week]], an independent film event which runs parallel to the Cannes film festival in southern France.<ref name=Cannes/> Then ''[[Monsoon Shootout]]'' as an Associate producer, directed by [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], Produced by Trevor Ingman & Martijn De Grunt (London). He had also been associated with ''[[The Lunchbox]]'' starring [[Irrfan Khan]], directed by [[Ritesh Batra]], the film has won 11 Awards and 13 nominations globally. Following ''[[Bombay Talkies (film)|Bombay Talkies]]'' directed by four renowned directors [[Karan Johar]], [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Dibakar Banerjee]] and [[Zoya Akhtar]].

He was also associated with the film ''[[Mickey Virus]]'' a Hindi comedy thriller with [[DAR Motion Pictures]], ''[[Poorna: Courage Has No Limit]]'' with [[Rahul Bose]], Film Omerta with [[Hansal Mehta]] & [[Rajkumar Rao]], Film''[[Mission Majnu]] with [[Siddharth Malhotra]] & [[Rashmika Mandana]]''.

===International films===
Meraj’s journey took off scoring international movies like ''[[Trishna (2011 film)|Trishna]]'' as India’s line producer, starring [[Freida Pinto]] and [[Riz Ahmed]], Directed by [[Michael Winterbottom]] ("The Mighty Heart" fame).
He is associated with film ''[[White Lies (2013 Indian film)|White Lies]]'' starring [[Emraan Hashmi]], Directed by [[Danis Tanović]] (Director of the Oscar-winning film ''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man’s Land]]'').
And Canadian film ''[[Khoya (Canadian film)|Khoya]]'' as an Associate Producer, directed by Sami Khan (Canada).

===Formation of WINGMAN PICTURES PVT. LTD.===
Meraj Shaikh started his independent production house Wingman Pictures Pvt. Ltd in the year 2007.<ref>http://corporatedir.com/company/applaud-films-private-limited</ref> Wingman Pictures is a production company ready to bring fresh and innovative thinking in the field of new media in Hindi Films Industry. Wingman Pictures Pvt. Ltd. services encompass Ad Films, Short Films, Overseas Movies Distribution, Music Rights Acquisition.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Mission Majnu]]'' (2023)
* ''[[Masala Steps(2020 Indian short film)|Masala Steps]]'' (2020)
* ''[[What Could Be The Name Of The Story?]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Omerta]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Khoya (Canadian Film)]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Poorna: Courage Has No Limit]]'' (2015)
* ''[[White Lies (2013 Indian film)|White Lies]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Mickey Virus]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Bombay Talkies (film)|Bombay Talkies]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Maazii]]'' (2013)
* ''[[The Lunchbox (film)|The Lunchbox (Dabba)]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Monsoon Shootout]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Chakshoo]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Aiyyaa]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Peddlers (film)|Peddlers]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Bijuka]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Trishna (2011 film)|Trishna]]'' (2011) Director: Michael Winterbottom
* ''[[Shaitan (film)|Shaitan]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Mumbai Cutting]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Mr Bhatti On Chutti]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Maregaa Saala]]'' Devang Dholakia 2009
* ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]'' (2005) Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
* ''[[Ek din 24 ghante]]'' (2003) Director: Anant Balani
* ''[[Soch]]'' (2002)

==References==
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