Rohit Shetty

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About Rohit Shetty
Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1973) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and occasional actor. Over the past years, Shetty has established himself amongst the current top Bollywood film directors. His work as director include the successes Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, All The Best: Fun Begins, Golmaal 3, Singham, Bol Bachchan and Chennai Express.


Contents


1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Films Directed

3.1 Director
3.2 Actor


4 Awards
5 References
6 External links


Personal life[edit source | edit]
Shetty is from the city of Mangalore, Karnataka, India. He is the son of the late actor and fight master M. B. Shetty (popularly known as Fighter Shetty), who acted in some Hindi and Kannada movies. He has been interested in film since childhood as he belonged to a family of film fanatics. At 13 or 14, he was certain that he wanted to be a director and never thought of becoming an actor, however he does appear in background roles in some films from time to time.
He is married to Maya More, a banker - Has one son.
Career[edit source | edit]





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He started his career at the age of 17 as an assistant director with Kuku Kohli during Phool Aur Kaante (Ajay Devgan's debut film that costarred Madhoo). Then he assisted him in Ek Aur Kohinoor, which was never released. He also worked with him on Suhaag (Ajay, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor), Haqeeqat (1995) (Ajay, Tabu) and Zulmi (Akshay, Twinkle Khanna).
By then, he had developed a good rapport with Ajay Devgn. After that he started working with Anees Bazmee on Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (Ajay, Kajol), followed by Ajay's home productions, Hindustan Ki Kasam and Raju Chacha.
Shetty directed his debut feature film, Zameen, as an independent director with Devgan in 2003 at the age of 30. Zameen did moderate business worldwide, though way below expectations. He rose to fame after he directed the 2006 comedy film, Golmaal: Fun Unlimited starring Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Sharman Joshi. Golmaal did good business at the box office, and was also positively reviewed. In 2008, he directed his third film, Sunday, starring Devgn, Warsi and Ayesha Takia. Sunday was a comic-thriller, and received positive response from critics.[citation needed]
Shetty's second 2008 project, was the sequel to Golmaal, titled Golmaal Returns. The sequel featured most of the original cast, except Sharman Joshi, who was replaced by Shreyas Talpade, and starred Kareena Kapoor. Golmaal Returns had a slow opening, with negative reviews from critics unlike the first Golmaal, however it did well at the box office, being Shetty's second financial success. In 2009, his only release was All the Best: Fun Begins, which managed to do above average business. In 2010, Shetty's franchise broke many records, as he directed Golmaal 3, which became the biggest hit in his career to that time. Shetty's 2011 Singham surpassed this. The film featured Devgn in the title role, as a Police Inspector fighting against corruption. Singham was later praised for the action sequences and direction, and Devgn's performance.[citation needed] His next release, Bol Bachchan, is a comedy-drama starring Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan. Bol Bachchan was a commercial success in India.[citation needed]
Shetty's 2013 Chennai Express, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, was released on 9 August 2013. It set a record for fastest film to reach Rs. 100 crore at the box office.
Shetty was also the judge of the comedy show Comedy Circus.[citation needed]
Films Directed[edit source | edit]
Director[edit source | edit]


Year
Film
Produced
Release Date


2003
Zameen
N.R Pachisia



2006
Golmaal
Dhillin Mehta



2008
Sunday
Dhillin Mehta
Kumar Mangat
Sunil Lulla



Golmaal Returns
Dhillin Mehta



2009
All The Best: Fun Begins
Ajay Devgan



2010
Golmaal 3
Dhillin Mehta



2011
Singham
Reliance Entertainment



2012
Bol Bachchan
Dhillin Mehta
Ajay Devgan



2013
Chennai Express
Red Chillies Entertainment
9th August 2013


2014
Singham 2
Reliance Entertainment



Actor[edit source | edit]

Golmaal 3 .... Car Drive
Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum .... Himself

Awards[edit source | edit]

Stardust Awards


2011: Best Comedy – Romance Director - Golmaal 3
2012: Stardust Dream Director Award - Singham


References[edit source | edit]


^ IANS (2009-11-13). "I can't act: Rohit Shetty". Mid-Day. Retrieved 2011-03-16. 
^ Pereira, Priyanka (22 June 2011). "Action Reloaded". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
^ SRK-Rohit film sold for for 105 crore
^ "Rohit Shetty open to Bol Bachchan sequel". 10 July 2012. 
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