Rensil D'Silva started his career in feature films as a Story writer for the 2001 movie, Aks.
Later he wrote the screenplay for movies such as Shoebite/ Johnny Mastana (2008) and Rang De Basanti, a 2006 patriotic drama which received wide critical acclaim as well as commercial success and won numerous Indian Film Awards including a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.
[1] Ace film director Karan Johar recognized his talent and offered him to direct his movie Kurbaan under his own Dharma Productions for which the screenplay was written by D'Silva himself.
Rensil D'Silva has also written and directed the Indian version of the international TV series, 24, starring Anil Kapoor (2013).
He has also worked extensively with directors as diverse as Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam, Shoojit Sircar and David Dhawan.