Aayush Gupta
Aayush Gupta is an author-screenwriter who oscillates between Delhi and Mumbai depending upon the medium he’s working on at the moment. He’s done his M.A. in English Literature from Kirori Mal College, and B.A. (Hons) in Journalism from Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi. He's also trained as a Santoor instrumentalist under Pt. S.N. Sopori, and is a Sangeet Prabhakar from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti.
His debut novel Toppers, a YA political thriller, was published by Penguin Random House India in 2016. Since then, he’s been a part of writers’ rooms in Eros, Zee, and Yash Raj Films. He's written over 25 episodes of Sony's iconic cop series, CID, and is the writer of Yash Raj Films' The Railway Men , a show centred around the Bhopal Gas Leak. He’s produced and presented shows for All India Radio’s External Services and National channels.
Under his own banner, Guddi Productions, he has directed and co-produced non-fiction series for India's public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati on Indian Handicrafts and Rural Innovations, as well as documentaries for organisations like Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, NCERT, and Directorate General of Home Guards.
My Name Is Not Devdas is his second novel, a darkly subversive contemporary retelling of Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s Devdas.
His debut novel Toppers, a YA political thriller, was published by Penguin Random House India in 2016. Since then, he’s been a part of writers’ rooms in Eros, Zee, and Yash Raj Films. He's written over 25 episodes of Sony's iconic cop series, CID, and is the writer of Yash Raj Films' The Railway Men , a show centred around the Bhopal Gas Leak. He’s produced and presented shows for All India Radio’s External Services and National channels.
Under his own banner, Guddi Productions, he has directed and co-produced non-fiction series for India's public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati on Indian Handicrafts and Rural Innovations, as well as documentaries for organisations like Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, NCERT, and Directorate General of Home Guards.
My Name Is Not Devdas is his second novel, a darkly subversive contemporary retelling of Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s Devdas.
