Mahendra Jakhar is an ex-journalist currently working as an independent screen-writer and author based in Mumbai. He started as a journalist in Delhi where he worked for six years before moving to Mumbai to pursue his dreams of being a script-writer. Recently, he has written a feature film for Tiggmanshu Dhulia titled "Ghamaasan" starring Prateek Gandhi and Arshad Warsi produced by Jio Studios. He also wrote the critically acclaimed film Manjhi-The Mountain Man, directed by Ketan Mehta starring Nawazuddin Siddique and Radhika Apte. His first novel, THE BUTCHER OF BENARES, was published by Westland Publications. It was rated as the Best Crime Fiction Debut Novel of the Year and was Amazon Rising Star. His second novel, THE SWASTIKA KILLER, was published by Westland Publications. His other novels are Chakra Warriors and Housewife. Earlier he has written scripts for Mahesh Bhatt’s THE KILLER starring Irrfan Khan and Emran Hashmi and Tiggmanshu Dhulia's SHAAGIRD. He has also written film scripts for Sunil Bohra, Abhinav Kashyap, Vinod Kapri and is currently developing film scripts with Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and Ashwini Chaudhary. Apart from this he has written scripts for various TV shows – CID, Maano Ya Na Mano, Bidaayi, Betiyaan, Seeta aur Geeta and Dwarikadhish. He also did research work and scripting for a documentary on the hijack of Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu to Kandahar. His film script, Bhiwani, based on the Boxers of Haryana was selected for International Film Festival of India for the Competitive Section at Film Bazaar. He's a TEDX Speaker and conducts workshops on creativity, imagination and ideas. TEDX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NxvO... You can catch his latest interview that was telecast on DD National all across the country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4da7...