Nilesh Dashrath Girkar is an Indian scriptwriter who works for Hindi and Telugu films. He started his career writing for Ram Gopal Varma's Agyaat (2009). He has also written Ram Gopal Varma’s Department (2012) featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati; Sarkar 3 and Nana Patekar’s much-awaited film, Ab Tak Chhappan 2 (2015).