Sumit Arora

Sumit Arora
Sumit Arora
	Arora in 2023
Born	Meerut
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Writer; screenwriter;
Years active	2007–present
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Sumit Arora is an Indian writer, screenwriter and director who primarily works in Hindi films and television.^[1] He has written for various TV shows, including Dill Mill Gayye (season 2) and 24. He has also written dialogues for several films, such as Stree, 83 and Jawan. He won the Star Screen Awards and Zee Cine Awards for Best Dialogue for Stree.^[2]

Career

Sumit Arora started his career with television and wrote dialogues for many TV shows like Chhoona Hai Aasmaan, Dill Mill Gayye (season 2). He then ventured into films and web series, writing for Selection Day, The Family Man, Dahaad and Guns & Gulaabs.^[3] He has also penned dialogues for films like Stree, Ginny Weds Sunny, 83 and Jawan.^[4]^[5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Ref.
2007	Chhoona Hai Aasmaan	^[6]
2009	Bhaskar Bharti
2009-2010	Dill Mill Gayye
2013-2016	24
2013-2016	Sadda Haq	^[7]

Web series

Year	Title	Ref
2018	Selection Day	^[8]
2018	Little Things	^[9]
2019-2021	The Family Man	^[10]
2023	Dahaad	^[11]
2023	Guns & Gulaabs	^[12]
2024	Citadel: Honey Bunny	^[13]

Films

Year	Title	Ref.
2015	All Is Well	^[14]
2017	White Shirt	^[15]
2018	Stree	^[16]
2020	Ginny Weds Sunny	^[17]
2021	83	^[18]
2023	Jawan	^[19]
2024	Chandu Champion	^[20]
2024	Baby John	^[21]
2025	Deva	^[22]

Accolades

List of Sumit Arora awards and nominations
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Filmfare Awards
2019	Best Dialogue	Stree	Nominated	^[23]
2022		83		^[24]
2024		Jawan		^[25]
Filmfare OTT Awards
2023	Best Dialogue	The Family Man	Won	^[26]
Star Screen Awards
2019	Best Dialogue	Stree	Won	^[27]
Zee Cine Awards
2019	Best Dialogue	Stree	Won	^[28]

References

^ "Know More About Sumit Arora | IFP". 5 February 2021.
^ "Winners of Star Screen Awards 2018". Bollywood Hungama.
^ "The Family Man review: World class act. Middle class craft". 21 September 2019.
^ "Stree writers Raj and DK: We wanted a true but ridiculous story".
^ "2023: A hattrick year for maverick screenwriter Sumit Arora".
^ "How Jawan's Dialogue Writer Sumit Arora Shot to Fame in Bollywood". 22 August 2023.
^ "Kritika Kamra to feature in a short film". The Times of India. 24 June 2016.
^ "Netflix's Selection Day 2 Review: The Quality of the Acting Holds the Episodes Together".
^ "Little Things 3 review: Uniting millennials and boomers in their loneliness". 9 November 2019.
^ "The Family Man review: Father, Husband, Soldier, Spy". 20 September 2019.
^ "Dahaad review: Sonakshi and Vijay are reasons enough to binge this series!".
^ "Sumit Arora on Guns and Gulaabs, making Raj and DK show different from Stree and writing comedies: 'If you ask me to simply crack jokes, I'll stand mute'". 22 August 2023.
^ "Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024– ) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
^ "All is Well movie review: Abhishek and Rishi in a no-destination journey".
^ "The story behind a white shirt".
^ "'Stree' has better comic timing than scare tactics". 31 August 2018.
^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (9 October 2020). "'Ginny Weds Sunny' movie review: This Vikrant Massey and Yami Gautam wedding soiree is predictable and boring". The Hindu.
^ "Dishonesty in Kabir Khan's 83 stems from its desperate need to cater to cricket fans of the 'Virat Kohli era'". 28 December 2021.
^ "Sumit Arora on Jawan: 'Wrote lines that justifies Shah Rukh Khan's stardom and stature'". 4 September 2023.
^ "'Bete ko hath lagane..' wasn't originally in draft: Sumit Arora". DT Next. 13 September 2023.
^ "People mocked me when I said I want to work in films: 'Chandu Champion' writer Sumit Arora". Times of India. 28 June 2024.
^ "Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde starrer Deva wraps up first schedule : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 23 December 2023.
^ "Nominations for the 64th Vimal Filmfare Awards 2019 | filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ "Sidharth, Vicky in race for Best Actor trophy at 67th Wolf777news Filmfare Awards 2022; see full list of nominations". 18 August 2022.
^ "Filmfare Awards 2024 nominations: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor vie for Best Actor award; Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone contend for Best Actress". 16 January 2024.
^ "Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Paatal Lok, the Family Man, Aarya win top honours; see full list". 20 December 2020.
^ "Star Screen Awards 2018 complete winners list". Hindustan Times.
^ "Zee Cine Awards full winners list: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone win big".

External links

Sumit Arora at IMDb

[1] "Know More About Sumit Arora | IFP". 5 February 2021.

[2] "Winners of Star Screen Awards 2018". Bollywood Hungama.

[3] "The Family Man review: World class act. Middle class craft". 21 September 2019.

[4] "Stree writers Raj and DK: We wanted a true but ridiculous story".

[5] "2023: A hattrick year for maverick screenwriter Sumit Arora".

[6] "How Jawan's Dialogue Writer Sumit Arora Shot to Fame in Bollywood". 22 August 2023.

[7] "Kritika Kamra to feature in a short film". The Times of India. 24 June 2016.

[8] "Netflix's Selection Day 2 Review: The Quality of the Acting Holds the Episodes Together".

[9] "Little Things 3 review: Uniting millennials and boomers in their loneliness". 9 November 2019.

[10] "The Family Man review: Father, Husband, Soldier, Spy". 20 September 2019.

[11] "Dahaad review: Sonakshi and Vijay are reasons enough to binge this series!".

[12] "Sumit Arora on Guns and Gulaabs, making Raj and DK show different from Stree and writing comedies: 'If you ask me to simply crack jokes, I'll stand mute'". 22 August 2023.

[13] "Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024– ) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.

[14] "All is Well movie review: Abhishek and Rishi in a no-destination journey".

[15] "The story behind a white shirt".

[16] "'Stree' has better comic timing than scare tactics". 31 August 2018.

[17] Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (9 October 2020). "'Ginny Weds Sunny' movie review: This Vikrant Massey and Yami Gautam wedding soiree is predictable and boring". The Hindu.

[18] "Dishonesty in Kabir Khan's 83 stems from its desperate need to cater to cricket fans of the 'Virat Kohli era'". 28 December 2021.

[19] "Sumit Arora on Jawan: 'Wrote lines that justifies Shah Rukh Khan's stardom and stature'". 4 September 2023.

[20] "'Bete ko hath lagane..' wasn't originally in draft: Sumit Arora". DT Next. 13 September 2023.

[21] "People mocked me when I said I want to work in films: 'Chandu Champion' writer Sumit Arora". Times of India. 28 June 2024.

[22] "Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde starrer Deva wraps up first schedule : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 23 December 2023.

[23] "Nominations for the 64th Vimal Filmfare Awards 2019 | filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[24] "Sidharth, Vicky in race for Best Actor trophy at 67th Wolf777news Filmfare Awards 2022; see full list of nominations". 18 August 2022.

[25] "Filmfare Awards 2024 nominations: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor vie for Best Actor award; Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone contend for Best Actress". 16 January 2024.

[26] "Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Paatal Lok, the Family Man, Aarya win top honours; see full list". 20 December 2020.

[27] "Star Screen Awards 2018 complete winners list". Hindustan Times.

[28] "Zee Cine Awards full winners list: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone win big".

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