Hriday Lani was a noted Indian script and dialogues writer.
He is the winner of Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for the 1999 film Sarfarosh along with Pathik Vats.
Lani has written script and dialogues for various Hindi films.
He has written dialogues for commercially successful films like Agni Sakshi (1996), Yeshwant (1997), Yugpurush (1998), Sarfarosh (1999).
He has also written for parallel cinemas like Gaman (1978), Mirch Masala (1987), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Salaam Bombay!