Biography

Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer,actor, director & producer who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) directed by Anurag Kashyap . Quadri also acted in Gangs of Wasseypur II. He has produced and directed the movie Meeruthiya Gangsters (2015) Sajid Ali, director Imtiaz Ali brother, has roped in writer-actor Zeishan Quadri to play a negative lead in his directorial debut Banana produced by John Abraham Entertainment. He is also acting and playing the character of Vikki in the movie Akki, Vikki te Nikki produced by Sunil Bohra . He is also working on a script with Madhur Bhandarkar for his upcoming movie Madamji. He has written a script Oh Womaniya for 'Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) [in]' to be directed by Anu Menon . He has written a script for Fardeen Khan Productions tentatively titled Firauti which will be going on the floors soon. Zeishan is also going to write and direct the next part of the Gangs of Wasseypur franchise. His next movie as a producer Sarbjit (2016)

Zeishan Quadri was born in Wasseypur, Dhanbad Jharkhand, India in 1983.Quadri was educated in Dhanbad. Quadri left Dhanbad to complete a Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA) in Meerut, and then moved to Delhi to seek employment. In 2009, Quadri moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting.

- IMDb mini biography by: Chirag