[1] Sandeep Malani was born in 1971 to a Roman Catholic family in Mumbai and was raised in Mangalore.

[8] Malani co-directed the Kannada version of the Tamil film One Two Three starring Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Prasad and Jyothika.

Sandeep Malani directed the Bollywood Film, 'Woh 5 Din'[9] a suspense thriller shot in Barielly and Nainital with newcomers.

[10] As a Screenwriter, Malani has assisted K Subaash in the writing of Rohit Shetty's film Chennai Express and also wrote the script of 'Hello India' starring Akshay Kumar.

[11] Malani has also been a part of the direction team in Onir's I Am anthology film, working on the "I Am Abhimanyu" and "I Am Omar" segments.