Career
India, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Company, Bunty Aur Babli and Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year and many popular songs he has written. India. The irony is that he hardly watched any Hindi movies during that time. He was generally a quiet person, and was well liked by all his class mates.
Sahni started as a computer Engineer, He worked with a company named National Institute of Information Technology. He turned lyricist after jam sessions with rock band, Euphoria’s Palash Senator, and screenwriter after discovering the screenplay for film Gandhi in a New Delhi bookshop at age 27.
His first film,, directed by Ram Gopal Verma was a critical failure, but a commercial success. Post company he worked with Dibakar Banerjee in Khosla Ka Ghosla which was well received by critics and met with reasonable box office success.
Since then he continues to work for Yash Raj Films, where he started as a screenwriter for the film Bunty Aur Babli directed by Shaad Ali which was a box office success and a major breakthrough in Abhishek Bachchan"s career. He then wrote the script of India, directed by Shimit Amin, who was also an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma before joining Yashraj films.
The movie starred Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the coach of Indian hockey team, and was loosely based on the real-life story of Maharaj Krishan Kaushik.
The movie was praised by critics and went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2007. His next film, Aaja Nachle directed by Anil Mehta was not well received by critics and was a box office flop. His latest film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, the third film of Shimit Amin, was a box office failure despite the critical acclaim it received.
