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{{Short description|Indian film director, screenplay writer, ad film maker and advertising agency Creative Director}}
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{{citation style|date=February 2017}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rensil D'Silva
| image =
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| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Film Director]], [[Screenplay]] Writer, Novelist
| spouse = Chandini D’Silva
| children = 1
}}
'''Rensil D'Silva''' is an Indian film director, screenplay writer, ad film maker and advertising agency Creative Director.

==Career==
Rensil D'Silva started his career in feature films as a Story writer for the 2001 movie, [[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]. Later he wrote the screenplay for movies such as Shoebite/ Johnny Mastana (2008) and [[Rang De Basanti]], a 2006 patriotic drama which received wide critical acclaim as well as commercial success and won numerous Indian Film Awards including a nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]] at the 2007 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/articles/rensil-dsilva-kissntell-219.html |title=Rensil D'Silva: Kiss-n-Tell |publisher=Filmfare |date= |accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref> Ace film director [[Karan Johar]] recognized his talent and offered him to direct his movie [[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]] under his own [[Dharma Productions]] for which the screenplay was written by D'Silva himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varma |first=Lipika |date=11 August 2021 |title='Writers in India are not given enough credit': 'Dial 100' director Rensil D'Silva |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/writers-in-india-are-not-given-enough-credit-dial-100-director-rensil-dsilva |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> The film was nominated for several Indian awards. In 2011 he wrote the screenplay for Karan Johar's feature film ''[[Student Of The Year]]''. During the same period, he wrote the story and screenplay for his next directorial venture, Ungli. Rensil D'Silva has also written and directed the Indian version of the international TV series, 24, starring Anil Kapoor (2013). This he has done for both Seasons 1 & 2. He has also worked extensively with directors as diverse as Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam, [[Shoojit Sircar]] and David Dhawan. Besides feature film director, Rensil has been an advertising Creative Director for nearly two decades. He has worked in Agencies like JWT, Rediffusion, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mudra DDB, Ogilvy and Mather and has started O&M's second agency Meridian in 2008. He is also an ad filmmaker of repute. During the course of his two decades in advertising he has won numerous international and national awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?262942 |title=Rensil D'Silva |publisher=www.outlookindia.com |date=2009-11-30 |accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As a director===
* ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Ungli]]'' (2014) <ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Asian Network - Raj and Pablo, Rensil D'Silva |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04q16js |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ''[[24 (Indian TV series)|24]] (2013–2016)
* ''[[Dial 100 (2021 film)|Dial 100]]'' (2021) <ref>{{Cite news |author=Scroll Staff |date=6 August 2021 |title='Dial 100' review: A taut and efficient vigilante thriller |work=[[Scroll.in]] |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1002172/dial-100-review-a-taut-and-efficient-vigilante-thriller}}</ref>

===As a writer===
* ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rensil D Silva Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Rensil D Silva {{!}} Times of India Entertainment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Rensil-D-Silva/awards |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rang De Basanti: The Shooting Script |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/47233732-rang-de-basanti-the-shooting-script |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Student of the Year]]'' (2012)
* [[24 (Indian TV series)|24]] (2013–2016)
* ''[[Ungli]]'' (2014)
*''[[Thambi (2019 film)|Thambi]]'' (2019) (Tamil)
* ''[[Dial 100 (2021 film)|Dial 100]]'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hungama |first=Bollywood |date=2021-08-04 |title=Sakshi Tanwar feels fortunate to work with Manoj Bajpayee in Rensil D'Silva's Dial 100, reminisces her college play directed by him : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/sakshi-tanwar-feels-fortunate-work-manoj-bajpayee-rensil-dsilvas-dial-100-reminisces-college-play-directed/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1028832}}

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[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]
[[Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni]]
[[Category:Indian television directors]]
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