Vignesh Shetty

Vignesh Shetty is an Indian director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for penning down and directing Hungama Play’s crime-drama web series “ Bar Code Bar Code is a Hindi web series that started stream >> Read More... ” (2018). A party animal, Vignesh likes to club a lot and some friends who are nightclub owners. It seeded in his mind the idea to capture what really goes on in the clubbing business, thereby leading to the creation of Bar Code, which revolves around two friends who own a nightclub business but are forced to go their separate ways due to their differences, resulting in an egoistic animosity between them.

Vignesh was born and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where he attended the St. Joseph’s School. He enrolled in the Seshadripuram College but dropped out early to join and graduate from the M.S. Ramiah College with a Bachelor’s degree in business management. For his post-graduation, he went to the Xavier Institute of Communications in Mumbai, where he received his diploma in advertising. He made his debut as an assistant director for the romantic drama “Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...” (2004).

He was hired by Warner Bros. India to head its Hindi Films Division as a creative director in 2012 after he assisted with the visualization of the comic blockbuster “Taxi No. 9 2 11: Nau Do Gyarah” (2006. Under its banner, Vigesh contributed to the superhits, “Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?” (2010) and “ Phas Gaye Re Obama Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2010). He left the studio in 2011 to try his hand at production. He managed the logistics and finance for the critically acclaimed crime-thriller “ Drishyam Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2015), starring Ajay Devgn.

He also made a cameo appearance in the same. His other notable works boast of “ The Stoneman Murders Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2009), “ Aatma Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2013) and “ Alone Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2015). In his latest project, he collaborated with Ajay Devgn for the third time in Raj Kumar Gupta’s crime-drama “ Raid Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2018).