Manoj Santoshi

Manoj Santoshi is an Indian dialogue writer, actor, composer, and director. Born on 15th October, Manoj Santoshi hails from Harduaganj, Uttarpradesh. Manoj Santoshi moved to Mumbai, to stay with his father, at the age of fourteen. Initially, Manoj wanted to become a singer when he first arrived in Mumbai. He joined the theater at a very young age. Manoj Santoshi gained countrywide fame for his dialogue-writing on the show Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai. He struggled for a breakthrough as a writer for twenty-plus years. Initially, Manoj started his Bollywood journey as an actor. Manoj has also worked as a theater actor. After two-three acting roles, he worked as an assistant to acclaimed writer Ashok Patil Bio coming soon... >> Read More... . It was then that he started working as a copywriter and gained experience as a dialogue writer.

Manoj Santoshi got credit as an actor in two Bollywood movies named Tera Mera Tedha Medha (2015) and Hotel Beautifool (2017). He wrote the lyrics of three songs for the 2009 movie Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Hindi dubbed version). Manoj Santoshi was the music composer of the 2012 Bollywood movie named Overtime. The 2021 Bollywood movie Ammaa Ki Boli was his latest work as a composer. Manoj has penned the additional dialogues for two Hindi television shows titled Aagey Se Right Click to look into! >> Read More... (2009) and Tera Mera Tedha Medha (2015). He was the primary dialogue writer for at least seven TV shows, the most sensational of all being Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai. Manoj Santoshi wrote dialogues for over 1500 episodes for that show from 2015 to 2022.

From 2018 to 2019, he worked as a dialogue writer on another popular TV serial titled Jijaji Chhat Par Hai. Along with this, Manoj Santoshi has written over 700 episodes of dialogues for another hit show Happu Ki Ultan Paltan (2019 to 2022). He is good friends with Shashank Bali Shashank Bali is one of the renowned Indian direct >> Read More... , the director of Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai. Manoj Santoshi is the recipient of the 2021 Indian Television Academy Award for the Best Dialogue-Comedy category. He received the prize for best TV comedy story with Shashank Bali, Raghuvir Shekhawat Apart from the storyline, the most important featu >> Read More... , and Sanjay Kohli Sanjay Kohli is a well-known Indian producer and d >> Read More... for Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai in the 2nd Screenwriters Association of India Awards. Manoj has also received technical awards twice (2015,2018) for dialogue writing from Indian Television Academy Award. In 2008, he won the Indian Telly Award for Best Sitcom/Comedy Writer for the SAB TV show named Yes Boss Click to look into! >> Read More... .