Education
University of Delhi.
University of Delhi.
Khanduri has worked intensively thru journalism to ad films, to finally become a film-maker. He shared equal passion for special effects and it was this passion which led him to the gates of TV18 as a correspondent. Later on, he moved ahead to join Crest Communication, an organization with top expertise in Special Effects in Advertisements & Feature Films in country.
lieutenant was during this period he developed interest in film making and his first breakthrough came as second assistant Director Subhash Ghai in the movie Taal.
His second movie was Dil Hai Tumhara as a Chief Associate Director. Debuting with his dark comic thriller "Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (meaning: The Last Local Train of 1:40 am) Sanjay Khanduri deeply marks his presence in Hindi commercial cinema as a writer and director
The film ‘Ek Chalis Ki Last Local’ (meaning last tube of 1:40 am) is weaved around true incident of his life of missing his last train back home, one rainy night. Khandduri"s second film Kismet Love Paisa Dilli though got international recognitions but did not fare that well in country.
The film was actually titled "Gyarah Chalis Ki Last Metro" and was announced that way.
lieutenant was written as a franchise of his last film Ek Chalis Ki Last Local but funders changed it just before the shoot as they found title"s transcript KLPD slang acronym as more interesting.