Ankur Pathak, 33, is a Mumbai-based journalist and a screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with the filmmaker Hansal Mehta and has assisted him in directing Faraaz, Scoop – where he was involved in the writing and research team, Modern Love Mumbai (where he co-wrote the screenplay and dialogue), The Buckingham Murders and more recently, Gandhi, where he was part of the writing team, along with assisting Mehta. Two of his other shows will release on Netflix in 2026.

Pathak began his career with Mumbai Mirror, covering entertainment. He had previously contributed to Rediff as a film critic, People magazine, and the Wall Street Journal’s Indian edition. In 2013, he was amongst the 7 critics from across the world selected for the Berlin Film Festival’s film criticism programme, Talent Press, where he was mentored in cinema writing by Time magazine’s chief film critic, Stephanie Zacharek.

After spending two years in Mirror, Pathak moved to HuffPost India, where he started off as an entertainment reporter, before being made the entertainment editor of the US-based news organisation. At HuffPost, Pathak did some of the most comprehensive coverage in gender, culture and entertainment.

From exhaustive profiles of major Hindi film actors, writers and directors to major investigations, he built a steady roster of stories that went beyond film reviews and interviews.

After HuffPost, Pathak moved to working in the film and streaming industry. Although a full time screenwriter now, he continues to write for publications such as GQ, The Hindu, Fifty Two, Boom Live, Quint, and Times of India.