Shailesh Narwade is a filmmaker, playwright and a media professional. He has written and directed Marathi feature film Roommates that was part of NFDC Film Bazaar held in Goa in November 2017. He also made a couple of Hindi short films.
He has written Hindi plays namely Chalo Chalte Hai, The Selfish Game, Mahatkritya, Bachate Raho and Maseeha being the latest. His play Mahatkritya had won second best play award in Maharashtra State Hindi Drama Competition in 2000.
Shailesh is the founder of Meliorist Film Studio, Meliorist Theatre and eXpressions Film Festival that is organized in Nagpur. He has worked in print and electronic media of regional and national level for around a decade. Presently he is an independent writer.