David Dhawan

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David Dhawan
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David Dhawan at Singham screening
Born Rajinder Dhawan
(1955-08-16) 16 August 1955 (age 69)
Jallandhar, Punjab, India[1]
Occupation Film Director & Editor
Relatives See Dhawan family

David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan in Jallandhar, Punjab, India on 16 August 1955)[1]) is an Indian film director. He studied at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Early life

David Dhawan was born in Agartala, but brought up in Kanpur where his father, who was a manager in UCO Bank, got transferred. he studied in Christ Church College till Class XII.after that he joined FTII for acting, but seeing other actors like Satish Shah and Suresh Oberoi, he realised that he can't act. so he took up editing as an option.[1]

Career

Dhawan started off as an editor before moving into directing. He specialises in directing comedy films,.[2] His biggest success to date is 1993's Aankhen, starring Govinda and Chunkey Pandey.[2] His Partner (2007) also became a big success at the box office.[3]

Dhawan is on the board of Asian Academy of Film & Television and Asian School of Media Studies where he has been honoured with an Academy Award by Sandeep Marwah. He was a judge on the Star Plus show Nach Baliye 3 in 2008 and on the show Hans Baliye.

Work with Govinda

Dhawan first teamed with actor Govinda for the film Taaqatwar (1989). He then formed a collaboration with Govinda and went onto direct 17 movies with him as the leading actor, most of which were comedy films. The films made by their collaboration are Taaqatwar (1989), Swarg (1990), Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), Aankhen (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Banarasi Babu (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Hero No. 1 (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999), Kunwara (2000), Jodi No.1 (2001), Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (2003), Partner (2007) and Do Knot Disturb (2009). Partner, which co-starred Salman Khan, grossed Rs. 300 Million in India on its opening week, the second highest domestic opening week gross for an Indian film at that time.[4] The same year, Salman Khan invited Dhawan and Govinda on his show 10 Ka Dum to celebrate their film Partner. Dhawan got back to the trio of Govinda, Ritesh Deshmukh and himself with the film, Do Knot Disturb.

Personal life

Dhawan is married to Karuna (née Chopra)[5][6] and has two sons Rohit Dhawan and Varun Dhawan. Dhawan's brother is actor Anil Dhawan and nephew is actor Siddharth Dhawan.[7]

Filmography

As director

Year Film Cast
1989 Aandhiyan Shatrughan Sinha, Mumtaz, Prasenjit Chatterjee
Taaqatwar Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Neelam, Anita Raj
Gola Barood Shatrughan Sinha, Chunky Pandey, Kimi Katkar
1990 Swarg Rajesh Khanna, Govinda, Juhi Chawla
Aag Ka Gola Sunny Deol
Jurrat Kumar Gaurav, Anita Raj, Shatrughan Sinha
1991 Ek Aur Faulad Sunil Shetty, Divya Bharti, Danny Denzongpa
1992 Shola Aur Shabnam Govinda, Divya Bharti
Bol Radha Bol Rishi Kapoor, Kader Khan, Juhi Chawla
1993 Aankhen Govinda, Chunky Pandey
1994 Raja Babu Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Kader Khan
Eena Meena Deeka Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Andaz Anil Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Kader Khan
1995 Yaraana Rishi Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Raj Babbar
Coolie No. 1 Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Kader Khan
1996 Loafer Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Saajan Chale Sasural Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu
1997 Mr and Mrs Khiladi Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla
Banarasi Babu Govinda, Ramya, Kader Khan
Judwaa Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Rambha
Deewana Mastana Anil Kapoor, Govinda, Juhi Chawla
Hero No. 1 Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Kader Khan
1998 Gharwali Bharwali Anil Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Rambha
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda, Kader Khan
1999 Biwi No.1 Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Sushmita Sen
Haseena Maan Jaayegi Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Pooja Batra
2000 Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor
Kunwara Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Om Puri, Kader Khan
Chal Mere Bhai Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor
2001 Jodi No.1 Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Twinkle Khanna, Monica Bedi
2002 Chor Machaaye Shor Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Shilpa Shetty
Yeh Hai Jalwa Salman Khan, Amisha Patel, Rishi Kapoor
Hum Kisise Kum Nahi Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai
2003 Ek Aur Ek Gyarah Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Jackie Shroff
2004 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Kader Khan
2005 Shaadi No. 1 Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan, Sharman Joshi,
Ayesha Takia, Esha Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Riya Sen, Aarti Chabria
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif, Arshad Warsi
2007 Partner Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif
2009 Do Knot Disturb Govinda, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen
2011 Rascals Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Kangana Ranaut, Arjun Rampal, and Lisa Haydon
2013 Chashme Buddoor Divyendu Sharma, Tapsee Pannu, Siddharth Narayan, Rishi Kapoor, Ali Zafar
2014 Main Tera Hero Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri, Arunoday Singh

Awards and Nominations

Year Film Award Ceremony Category Result
1994 Aankhen Filmfare Awards Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated
2000 Biwi No.1 Filmfare Awards Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated
2005 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi International Indian Film Academy Awards IIFA Award for Best Director Nominated
2014 Main Tera Hero Stardust Awards Stardust Award for Dream Director Nominated
BIG Star Entertainment Awards BIG Star Most Entertaining Comedy Film Won

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