Gunday was written by a man.
Ali Abbas Zafar . He achieved moderate success for his first two films , the romantic comedy Mere Brother Ki Dulhan ( 2011 ) and the action drama Gunday ( 2014 ) . He then went on to receive widespread recognition for the sports drama Sultan ( 2016 ) , which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films . Gunday ( English : Outlaws ) is a 2014 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra .