Himanshu Sharma, 37
National Award-winning writer and producer

Chasing Himanshu Sharma is exhausting. After mounting international call bills, and generous pleading, he connects with us from the US, where he is working with frequent collaborator Aanand L Rai on Shah Rukh Khan's Zero. We know him as the writer of hit films, Tanu Weds Manu (2011) and Raanjhanaa (2013), and although he's only a few films old, it's been a long journey for him. Sharma, who had hoped to become an IAS officer and follow family tradition, changed his mind and decided to turn writer.