Subhash Ghai
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| Shubhash Ghai | |
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| Born | January 24 1943/1945 Gugrawala,Dist; Sangrur Punjab |
| Occupation | Director |
Subhash Ghai (born January 24, 1943/1945, Punjab, India) is an Indian director. His most notable films include Karz (1980),Hero (1983),Meri Jung (1985),Karma (1986), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999).
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[edit] Brief biography
Subhash graduated in commerce from Rohtak, Haryana and moved to Pune, Maharashtra to learn cinema at the Film and Television Institute of India. After attaining a diploma, he started working in the Indian film industry in 1970.
[edit] Career
His directorial break was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha, which was one of the biggest hits of its time. As of 2005, he has written and directed 15 movies out of which 13 were highly successful. In 1982, he formed a company - Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company. Subhash Ghai is its chairman and managing director.
His most notable films in the 1980s were Vidhaata (1982), Hero (1983), Karma (1986) and Ram Lakhan (1989). He went onto win a Filmfare Best Director Award for Saudagar (1991). In 1993 he directed Khalnayak which was known for its controversies at the time for its use of the popular song Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai.
Two of his films in the late 1990s, Pardes (1997) (Abroad) and Taal (1999) (The Beat) were released internationally and featured in the Top 20 movies in the U.S. Box office charts for several weeks. The last two movies that he directed, Yaadein (2001) and Kisna (2005) were box office failures.
He has since turned producer and has had success with producing box office hits such as Aitraaz (2004), 36 China Town (2006) and Apna Sapna Money Money (2006).
In 2006 he started his own state of the art film institute Whistling Woods International in Film City Bombay. The institute trains students in various aspects of film making - production, direction, cinematography, acting, animation etc.
He often cast Dilip Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor,Sanjeev kumar Meenakshi Seshadri, Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit in his most successful films.
[edit] Personal life
Ghai is known as a showman and is quite well known for his womanizing ways. He has had accusations of sexual harassment thrown at him by many prominent actresses such as Manisha Koirala, and Mahima Chaudhary. He married a Muslim girl Rehana and has two daughters.
[edit] Filmography
- Om Shanti Om (2007) ... Special appearance in song, Om Shanti Om Of Karz
- Good Boy, Bad Boy (2007) (producer)
- Apna Sapna Money Money (2006) (producer)
- Shaadi Se Pehle (2006) (executive producer)
- 36 China Town (2006) (producer)
- Iqbal (2005) (producer)
- Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)
- Aitraaz (2004) (producer)
- Joggers' Park (2003) (producer)
- Yaadein (2001)
- Taal (1999)
- Pardes (1997)
- Trimurti (1995) (producer)
- Khalnayak (1993)
- Saudagar (1991)
- Ram Lakhan (1989)
- Karma (1986)
- Meri Jung (1985)
- Hero (1983)
- Vidhaata (1982)
- Krodhi (1981)
- Karz (1980)
- Vishwanath (1978)
- Kalicharan (1976)
[edit] External links
- His site
- At IMDB
- Whistling Woods International Film Schoolfr:Subhash Ghai
