Surmeet Maavi

Surmeet Maavi (Born 28 March 1974) is an Indian Screenwriter and Actor who Scripted films including Punjab 1984, Gun & Goal and many more.

Early life

Born in a Punjabi Jatt family,in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh,Surmeet Maavi travelled a lot with his family during his school education.He fascination for advertising prompted him to do master’s in mass communication from Punjabi University, Patiala. After graduating from Journalism, the time he worked for a newspaper printed at Chandigarh, later he realized that he is not meant for Journalism. So he left the job and headed towards Mumbai. There in congregation of Barry Dhillon, He learnt to write for T.V, and then he wrote story and dialogues for the serials like ‘Lakeeran’, ‘Daane Anaar de’ and ‘Dupatta’ etc. Then he wrote screen play for a Hindi serial Kahin to milegi. Meanwhile he worked for channels like Balle Balle, ATN MH1, Channel Punjabi etc. he worked as a writer for 4-5 years in ATN MH1. After the journey of 15 years, he got the work to write dialogues for movie Punjab 1984..^[1] 2014

Career

“When Surmeet Maavi moved to Mumbai in 1999, there wasn’t much being done in Punjabi films and TV. In Mumbai, he worked as an assistant director for TV serials Partapi and Kaun Dilan Diyan Jane, both aired on Alpha Punjabi. He was also the chief assistant director for Kamyabi Zindagi Ki, aired on Doordarshan, and an associate director for Daane Anaar De, aired on Zee Punjabi.

His first project was TV show Lakeeran for ATN Alpha ETC Punjabi, for which he wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues. “His poetic skills come in handy when he write. For Kahin Toh Milenge, which aired on Sahara One, he wrote the dialogues. “He also wrote some episodes of reality TV shows Awaaz Punjab Di, The Great Punjabi Comedy Show and Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala and even translated scripts to Punjabi for Big CBS Spark, History TV18 and Discovery Science..^[2] 2013

References

External links

• /IMDb
• /Cine Punjabi
• /MOVIESTALKIES
• / PANDOLIN