Samir Tewari

Samir Tewari is an Indian director and also is a writer. He is known for movies Mr. Joe B. Carvalho and Level 13. Samir was born in the city of Asansol, which is in the state of West Bengal. He completed his primary education from St. Patrick’s, Asansol. He then completed his studies at Fergusson College, which is in the lively city of Pune, that is in the state of Maharashtra. At the beginning of his career, he used to do the job of a copywriter for advertising agencies namely FCB Ulkaand Lowe Lintas and Partners.

This is where he developed his skills of screenplay writing for television commercials. India’s first daily soap, ‘ Shanti Shanti – Ek Aurat ki Kahani is a popular Indian dr >> Read More... ,’ was on television from the year 1993 to 1997. Samir was the co-writer and co-director for the show. After his short stint in the television industry, he moved back to making advertisements for an advertising agency. In the year 1998, he set up his own productions for making advertisements and ad films. From then, his main line of work has been the production and direction of ad films in various categories. In the year 2014, he directed and also wrote the Hindi movie, Mr. Joe B. Carvalho.

This movie is a spoof movie that is made in 80’s style Hindi cinema movie. But the movie didn’t really run well at the box office, and critic’s reviewed the movie’s plot as illogical. But the movie was actually loved by children and families a lot. The movie is now available on online platforms like Spuul, Netflix, and Hotstar. In the year 2019, he directed the movie, Level 13. He had also written it. This short movie got a lot of critical acclamation. It got nominations at International film fests too and also won some awards too