Rajat Arora

Arora was born in New Delhi, India. He is an alumnus of Asian Academy of Film & Television and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University.

Arora wrote the dialogues for the film Bluffmaster (2005), directed by Rohan Sippy.^[7] In 2006, he worked with director Milan Luthria and wrote the film Taxi No. 9211.^[8] Luthria and Arora have since worked together for the films Once Upon A Time in Mumbai (2010), The Dirty Picture (2011), Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (2013), Baadshaho (2017), Tadap (2021).^[2][3] In 2009, he wrote Chandini Chowk to China directed by Nikhil Advani.^[9] In 2014, he worked with Sajid Nadiadwala for Kick.^[4] In 2015, he wrote the additional screenplay for the film Gabbar Is Back, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.^[10] In 2017, he worked with Luthria for the third time for Badshaaho.^[11]

In 2019, he wrote the Hindi version of Captain Marvel. In 2021, he wrote the Hindi version of the bilingual film, Thalaivii.^[12] In 2022, he co-produced the Netflix Original, Plan A Plan B.^[13]

In 2004, Arora was awarded 'Best Teleplay Writer' by the Indian Television Academy. He also has an entry at the Guinness Book of World Records for co-writing CID and getting the title of 'Longest Single Shot Episode'.^{[citation needed]}

Arora has also been awarded the Hindi Seva Samman for his literary contribution towards Hindi Language.^[16]