Mahendra Jakhar

A former crime reporter, Mahendra Jakhar is currently working as a script-writer for feature films and TV shows. With a BA in English Literature, he started out as a freelance photo-journalist for The Times of India, but quickly became a full-time reporter. By 2006, he was in Mumbai, combining his passion for photography and love for writing by becoming a freelance script-writer. His first film-project was the screenplay for Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘The Killer’. He has gone on to write scripts for many shows like CID, Mano Ya Na Mano and Seeta aur Geeta, as well as researched and written Discovery’s documentary on the hijack of IC-814 from Kathmandu to Kandahar. Currently, he is working on a film-script for Ketan Mehta and another to be directed by Ashwini Chaudhary. A voracious crime thriller and murder mystery buff, his writings “The Swastika Killer” and “The Buthcher of Benaras” reveal his field knowledge in the themes he picks.