| Names |
SOORAJ R. BARJATYA |
| Date of
Birth |
February 22, 1964 |
| Identity |
Indian film
director, producer, screenwriter and distributor, predominantly
working in Hindi Cinema. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1989: He made his
directorial debut with the 1989 film Maine Pyar Kiya, a
romantic musical film about friendship.
- 1999: He directed the
commercially and critically successful film Hum Saath-Saath
Hain.
- 2006: He directed and
produced Vivah, which established Shahid Kapoor as a leading
actor in Bollywood.
- 2015: The film Prem Ratan
Dhan Payo, again produced and directed by him, was one of
the highest-grossing films of the year.
|
| General |
- He is the current chairman of India's 67-year-old
multi-national film, media and entertainment conglomerate,
Rajshri Productions.
- His films are produced under the Rajshri Productions
banner, which was founded in 1947 by his late grandfather
Tarachand Barjatya.
- He has directed and produced some of the
highest-grossing Bollywood films and has produced three
other films that have accumulated worldwide gross earnings
of more than ₹2 billion (US$30 million).
- He began his career as an assistant director to Mahesh
Bhatt.
- He followed it with the film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!,
which became one of the most commercially successful
Bollywood films worldwide at the time.
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