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Ashutosh Gowariker is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Casting and Editor Indian born on 15 february 1964 at Mumbai (Inde)

Ashutosh Gowariker

Ashutosh Gowariker
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Nationality Inde
Birth 15 february 1964 (60 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Ashutosh Gowariker (born 15 February 1964) is an Indian film director, actor, writer and producer. He is known for directing the films "set on a huge canvas while boasting of an opulent treatment". His works include Lagaan (2001), Swades (2004), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), What's Your Raashee (2009) and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010). He also became a voting member for the Academy Awards in 2005.

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Filmography of Ashutosh Gowariker (21 films)

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Actor

Sarkarnama
Sarkarnama (1998)

Genres Drama
Actors Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ajinkya Dev, Ashwini Bhave, Ashutosh Gowariker, Prateeksha Lonkar, Milind Gunaji
Roles Subodh Gore
Rating75% 3.7795953.7795953.7795953.7795953.779595
The film revolves around day-to-day political issues and corruption, centering on how some leaders make their money and lend support.
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, 2h38
Directed by Kundan Shah
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Deepak Tijori, Ashutosh Gowariker, Satish Shah, Kurush Deboo
Roles Imran
Rating75% 3.7981353.7981353.7981353.7981353.798135
Everyone loves Sunil (Shah Rukh Khan) except his own father Vinayak. Sunil and his friends start a band. Anna, his childhood friend, returns after many years. After she joins the group, everyone is excited, especially Sunil, who secretly loves Anna. The only other person who knows this secret is his sister. As Anna joins the group, they start hunting opportunities to make it big in the music world. Chris, another band member and Sunil's best friend, is Sunil's antithesis in nearly everything. Chris is a studious person and son of an affluent couple.
Chamatkar
Chamatkar (1992)
, 2h51
Directed by Rajiv Mehra
Origin Inde
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Cricket films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Naseeruddin Shah, Johnny Lever, Shammi Kapoor, Deven Varma
Roles Monty
Rating64% 3.249163.249163.249163.249163.24916
Sunder Srivastava (Shahrukh Khan) is a young graduate whose main ambition in life is to fulfill his father's dream of starting a school on his half-acre property in his village, though he has no funds to execute his plans. Sunder's childhood friend Prem, a seasoned conman in Mumbai, convinces the gullible Sunder to mortgage. When Sunder comes to Mumbai, he is first tricked and loses his luggage, then pick-pocketed and loses his money. He then finds that Prem tricked him and fled to Dubai with using his money. Sunder is forced to take shelter in a cemetery. Sunder starts cursing his stars and venting his anger. A voice responds to him and a surprised Sunder asks the person to identify himself. The source of the voice, who cannot be seen, is surprised and asks Sunder whether the latter can really hear him.
Jaanam
Jaanam (1992)

Directed by Vikram Bhatt
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Rahul Roy, Pooja Bhatt, Paresh Rawal, Ashutosh Gowariker, Avtar Gill, Vikram Gokhale
Roles Arun (as Ashutosh Govarikar)
Rating50% 2.5169752.5169752.5169752.5169752.516975
Paradise Builders is owned by Dhanraj, who lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Radha; son, Rajan; and daughter, Anjali. His aim to take possession of the nearby village, which is now occupied by fishermen, headed by Shankar Rao, who lives there with his wife and two sons, Amar and Arun. Dhanraj's attempts to take possession prove to be in vain. Then the inevitable happens when Amar and Anjali meet and fall in love with each other, much to the chagrin of both Shankar and Dhanraj. While Shankar wants Amar to continue to follow his profession, Dhanraj wants Anjali to wed U.S.-based Shekhar Gupta, the son of the owner of Gupta Investments. Push leads to shove, and Dhanraj asks Rajan to set fire to the village. As a result, Rajan and Arun get killed. A grief-stricken Dhanraj swears on his son's ashes that he will avenge this death by killing Amar - at any and all costs. Watch what impact this has on the Rao family, as well as on Amar and Anjali.
Indrajeet
Indrajeet (1991)
, 3h2
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Neelam Kothari, Kumar Gaurav, Kader Khan, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Madhavi Alladurgam
Rating43% 2.182922.182922.182922.182922.18292
Honest Police officer Inderjeet's life takes turn for worst when he has to arrest Shanti's father, Mr. Din Dayal for muderering Chandu and gets transferred. Years later, retired Inderjeet arranges his adopted daughter Neelu's marriage with Vijay but later the married couple gets killed by Shanti's brother (Ajit & his friends) and when police gives no response, Inderjeet had to take law into his hands to avenge his adopted daughter's death.
Don't Cry for Salim, 2h
Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Pavan Malhotra, Makarand Deshpande, Ashutosh Gowariker, Rajendra Gupta, Neelima Azeem, Vikram Gokhale
Roles Abdul
Rating76% 3.8279953.8279953.8279953.8279953.827995
The film is set in the period of the Hindutva mobilization of the 1980s, the consequent explosive communal conflict, and its impact on the lives of the young men of the minority Muslim community, represented by a working class Muslim family in Mumbai. Salim Pasha (Langda or Lame) is a small-time thief and goonda and lives with his parents and sister in a shady neighborhood where crime and illegal activities are accepted professions.
Kamla Ki Maut, 1h35
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama
Actors Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak, Roopa Ganguly, Ashutosh Gowariker, Irrfan Khan, Akhil Mishra
Roles Deepak
Rating74% 3.7170653.7170653.7170653.7170653.717065
The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This makes her neighbourhood examine their own secrets and the choices they have made in their own lives.
Naam
Naam (1986)

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Nutan, Sanjay Dutt, Kumar Gaurav, Amrita Singh, Paresh Rawal, Poonam Dhillon
Rating73% 3.6921753.6921753.6921753.6921753.692175
Janki Kapoor (Nutan) and her two sons Ravi Kapoor (Kumar Gaurav) and Vicky Kapoor (Sanjay Dutt) come from a poor family, and have difficulties making ends meet.
Holi
Holi (1984)
, 2h
Directed by Ketan Mehta
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Aamir Khan, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Ashutosh Gowariker, Dr. Shriram Lagoo
Roles Ranjeet Prakash
Rating70% 3.5379753.5379753.5379753.5379753.537975
In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friends including Ranjeet Prakash (Ashutosh Gowariker) are a rowdy and troublesome lot. But on one day, when Madan and his friends find out there will not be a holiday for them on the day of Holi, the festival of colors, the boys decide not to attend classes.

Director

Mohenjo Daro, 2h30
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Kishori Shahane, Manish Prakash Chaudhari
Rating56% 2.8018352.8018352.8018352.8018352.801835
L'action se déroule à l'époque de la civilisation de la vallée de l’Indus, au XXIe siècle av. J.-C., dans l'une des plus anciennes villes du monde, Mohenjo Daro. La ville est gouvernée par Maham, le chef du sénat. Malhonnête et très cruel, sa cupidité est sur le point de détruire la cité. Sarman (Hrithik Roshan), un jeune et courageux cultivateur d'indigo, se rend à Mohenjo Daro pour y échanger ses produits au marché. Il tombe alors amoureux de Chaani (Pooja Hegde). Fille d'un chef religieux, il lui a été prédit qu'elle serait à l’origine d’une nouvelle société. À sa naissance, elle a été promise à Moonja (Arunoday Singh), le fils de Maham. À l’issue d'une épreuve de force entre les deux hommes, Sarman va non seulement apprendre sa véritable identité et la raison de son lien fort à Mohenjo Daro mais aussi mettre en place le nouvel ordre, même si cela signifie sacrifier la vieille ville aux mains de la divinité de la rivière.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Vishakha Singh, Sikander Kher, Nishikant Dixit, Amin Gazi
Rating58% 2.9015652.9015652.9015652.9015652.901565
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is about a teacher Surya Sen a.k.a. Masterda (played by Abhishek Bachchan), who is a well-known revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army Chittagong, who had an instinctual flair for Swaraj and Independence. The film opens up with 16 teenagers playing football in an open field, when the army convoy steps up and orders them to evacuate the field for setting up a base there. When the children oppose their unauthorized evacuation, the soldiers threaten them and then leave, grinning and planning to meet Masterda Surya Sen.
What's Your Raashee?, 3h31
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Genres Comedy
Actors Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra, Dilip Joshi, Darshan Jariwala, Aanjjan Srivastav, Rajesh Vivek
Rating48% 2.4048852.4048852.4048852.4048852.404885
In a quaint rural village, an elderly man awaits the postman. He receives a card from his youngest grandson, Yogesh, and decides Yogesh will be his heir. In Mumbai, Yogesh's family consults an astrologer to learn if their eldest son (Jitu, a debtor) will go to jail and gives him Yogesh's birthdate to learn his future. They are astonished to learn that Yogesh will inherit a fortune if he is married on the 20th of that month; the phone rings, and the family is overjoyed to hear that Yogesh's grandfather has made him his sole heir.
Jodhaa Akbar, 3h33
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Musical films, Political films, Films about Islam, Bollywood, Films about royalty
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Suhasini Mulay, Raza Murad
Rating74% 3.749043.749043.749043.749043.74904
Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth-century love story about a political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.