Meraj Shaikh


Meraj Shaikh is an Indian film producer and Line Producer and the founder of Wingman Pictures, He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra in 1977.

Career

Meraj Shaikh began his career in Bollywood in 2001 as Production Manager with the movie "Kasoor" directed by Vikram Bhatt. Then he worked on Ek Din 24 Ghante Directed by Anant Balani starring Rahul Bose & Nandita Das. Later in 2004, he was given a Big Banner movie "Black" directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Amitabh Bachchan & Rani Mukherjee. The film was critically acclaimed and won major awards in all categories.
After the success of "Black", he was offered a movie Mumbai Cutting as an Executive Producer, comprising Eleven short films, directed by a host of eleven national award-winning Directors such as Sudhir Mishra, Kundan Shah, Rahul Dholakia, Anurag Kashyap, Revathi, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashank Ghosh, Ruchi Narayan, Ayush Raina, & Manish Jha.
Meraj was Executive Producer for the movie Once Upon A Time In Mumbai starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi & Kangana Ranaut, an Indian period gangster film based on Haji Mastan, directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Balaji Motion Pictures. He was also associated with an NFDC film "An Image In The Water" as Line Producer. Meraj was associated with Shaitaan produced by Anurag Kashyap Films & Viacom 18, directed by Bejoy Nambiar, who won the Most Promising Debut Director Award by Screen Weekly Award. Then he joined the team of Gangs of Wasseypur Directed by Anurag Kashyap, screened at Cannes Film Festival. He continued with "Aiyyaa" as Associate Producer starring Rani Mukherjee. The next film "Peddler", which was screened as part of International Critics’ Week, an independent film event which runs parallel to the Cannes film festival in southern France. Then "Monsoon Shootout" as an Associate producer, directed by Amit Kumar, Produced by Trevor Ingman & Martijn De Grunt. He had also been associated with "Lunchbox" starring Irrfan Khan, directed by Ritesh Batra, the film has won 11 Awards and 13 nominations globally. Following "Bombay Talkies" directed by four renowned directors Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar.
He was also associated with the film Mickey Virus" a Hindi comedy thriller with DAR Motion Pictures, Directed by Saurabh Verma
International films
Meraj’s journey took off scoring international movies like Trishna as India’s line producer, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed, Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Upcoming Films
He is associated with film WHITE LIES starring Emraan Hashmi, Directed by Danis Tanović.
His latest Canadian film is Khoya as an Associate Producer, directed by Sami Khan.
Formation of WINGMAN PICTURES PVT. LTD.
Meraj Shaikh started his independent production house Wingman Pictures Pvt. Ltd in the year 2007. Wingman Pictures is a production company ready to bring fresh and innovative thinking in the field of new media in Hindi Films Industry. Wingman Pictures Pvt. Ltd. services encompass Ad Films, Short Films, Overseas Movies Distribution, Music Rights Acquisition, Complete Celebrity Management and Event
Management.

Filmography

FilmDirectorYearPost
KhoyaSami KhanfilmingAssociate Producer
ChakshooAnkush Jindal, Rahul Shanklya2013Line Producer
Mr Bhatti On ChuttiKaran Razdan2010Consulting Producer
Maregaa SaalaDevang Dholakia2009Line Producer
BlackSanjay Leela Bhansali2005Production Manager
Ek din 24 ghanteAnant Balani2003Production Manager
SochSushen Bhatnagar2002Production Manager