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Dharmesh Darshan is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Other Indian born on 16 may 1972 at Mumbai (Inde)
Dharmesh Darshan is an Indian filmmaker, film director and writer who works in Bollywood.
In 1996, he made his second film in a big way with Raja Hindustani, starring Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor. The movie was the biggest hit of that year as well as one of the biggest blockbusters of the 90s and is also the 4th biggest box office hit of 100 years of Indian cinema as of 2012. It was also much appreciated as Darshan won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and several awards at the Star Screen Awards ceremony.
He took a break of four years after the success of Raja Hindustani. He returned in 2000 with two releases, which were directed and written by himself. His first film Mela starring again Aamir Khan with brother Faisal Khan was average at the box office overall but was one of the biggest success in the hinterlands of India. However, his second release Dhadkan with Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty did tremendously well at the box office and won him acclaim & cult status as one of the finest romantic directors. It was also critically highly acclaimed and he was nominated for Dhadkan in different award ceremonies in the Best Director, Best Film and the Best Story categories, apart from resurrecting the flagging career and image of Akshay Kumar as he had done with Aamir Khan & Karisma Kapoor.
His next release in 2002, Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya starring Karisma Kapoor and her boyfriend of that period, Abhishek Bachchan was a remake of the 1981 film Ek Hi Bhool and was a complete failure for Darshan at the box office and with critics.
The 2005 film Bewafaa was the next venture of Darshan. It was expected that the film would be a success because of its successful songs and well known stars. It performed above average at the box office and received average reviews, However it broke the box office jinx of its reputed producer Boney Kapoor and did tremendous business overseas.
He is one of the youngest directors in Bollywood making the box office history Raja Hindustani only at the age of 28 and is also widely reputed for being a strong woman's director creating the metamorphosis of top heroines as Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen and Priyanka Chopra in Andaz 2002.
His latest release in 2006 was Aap Ki Khatir (2006) which was a remake of the Hollywood hit The Wedding Date. It was not that successful at the box office and with critics though a financial winner for it producers Venus, Ratan jain.
He is the life member of International Film And Television Club Of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. and a major key note speaker at various podiums of media, related to all aspects of cinema and marketing.
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Dharmesh Darshan
Biography
He made his directional debut with Lootere (1993), for which he also wrote the story. The film was produced by his brother Suneel Darshan, and was a hit at the box office nation wide.In 1996, he made his second film in a big way with Raja Hindustani, starring Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor. The movie was the biggest hit of that year as well as one of the biggest blockbusters of the 90s and is also the 4th biggest box office hit of 100 years of Indian cinema as of 2012. It was also much appreciated as Darshan won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and several awards at the Star Screen Awards ceremony.
He took a break of four years after the success of Raja Hindustani. He returned in 2000 with two releases, which were directed and written by himself. His first film Mela starring again Aamir Khan with brother Faisal Khan was average at the box office overall but was one of the biggest success in the hinterlands of India. However, his second release Dhadkan with Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty did tremendously well at the box office and won him acclaim & cult status as one of the finest romantic directors. It was also critically highly acclaimed and he was nominated for Dhadkan in different award ceremonies in the Best Director, Best Film and the Best Story categories, apart from resurrecting the flagging career and image of Akshay Kumar as he had done with Aamir Khan & Karisma Kapoor.
His next release in 2002, Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya starring Karisma Kapoor and her boyfriend of that period, Abhishek Bachchan was a remake of the 1981 film Ek Hi Bhool and was a complete failure for Darshan at the box office and with critics.
The 2005 film Bewafaa was the next venture of Darshan. It was expected that the film would be a success because of its successful songs and well known stars. It performed above average at the box office and received average reviews, However it broke the box office jinx of its reputed producer Boney Kapoor and did tremendous business overseas.
He is one of the youngest directors in Bollywood making the box office history Raja Hindustani only at the age of 28 and is also widely reputed for being a strong woman's director creating the metamorphosis of top heroines as Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen and Priyanka Chopra in Andaz 2002.
His latest release in 2006 was Aap Ki Khatir (2006) which was a remake of the Hollywood hit The Wedding Date. It was not that successful at the box office and with critics though a financial winner for it producers Venus, Ratan jain.
He is the life member of International Film And Television Club Of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. and a major key note speaker at various podiums of media, related to all aspects of cinema and marketing.
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Jatt & Juliet (2012)
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Kundra, Neeru Bajwa, B.N. Sharma, Jaswinder Bhalla, Karamjit Anmol
Rating74%
L'amitié entre un traditionaliste et une fille éprise de modernité donne lieu à des disputes acharnées. Malgré tout, la complicité s'installe entre les deux et se transforme en amour.
Aap Ki Khatir (2006)
, 2h7Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Akshaye Khanna, Priyanka Chopra, Ameesha Patel, Dino Morea, Suniel Shetty, Anupam Kher
Rating39%
Anu (Priyanka Chopra), a London based NRI who is living in India after her boyfriend Danny (Dino Morea) ditched her at the altar. Now, she has come back to London to be a part of her sister Shirani’s (Ameesha Patel) marriage, to the New York-based, Gujarati businessman Kunal Shah (Suniel Shetty), who is also Danny's best friend.
Bewafaa (2005)
, 2h30Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Kabir Bedi, Shamita Shetty
Rating41%
Anjali (Kareena Kapoor) is the younger daughter of her Canadian mother (Nafisa Ali) and Indian father (Kabir Bedi), living in the city of Montreal, Quebec. She shares a healthy relationship with her parents but has a secret to hide. She reveals this secret only to her elder sister Aarti (Sushmita Sen).
Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya (2002)
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Origin Inde
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Simone Singh
Rating36%
The plot begins with Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) who are looking for a job. They happen to be interviewed the same day in the same company and both are equally qualified for the job. At the interview venue, when Pooja sees that it will be difficult for her to get the job, she fools Shiv and gets the job. But later on, when Shiv too gets a job in that company, he comes to know that Pooja fooled him. After a lot of pranks and fun they fall in love and happily get married to each other but sometimes they get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja's imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja gives up her career for him and settles down as a housewife. They go on their honeymoon to Switzerland and there they meet Meghna (Simone Singh), who happens to be Shiv's college friend. One day when Shiv returns from a conference, he finds that Meghna is stuck on the road since her car is damaged. So Shiv decides to give a lift to Meghna since they happen to be staying in the same hotel. On account of the weather getting worse, they are unable to return to the hotel on time, so they have to stay in a hotel midway. The indifference between Shiv and Pooja gets worse when Shiv ends up spending the night with Meghna. Pooja overhears them talking about how they should put their one-night stand behind them. Shocked and disturbed, she asks for a divorce straight away and leaves him. Pooja then moves to Mumbai where she gets a job as the secretary of Raj (Akshay Kumar) who is a film star. Raj has everything anyone could ask for: money, fame, but not love. She happily works as his secretary and Raj falls in love with Pooja and she also likes him. One day they go for shooting in Naini Hills and Pooja finds that Shiv happens to be the manager of the hotel where they stay. Pooja tells Shiv that she can still not forgive Shiv for what happened in the past. Raj asks Shiv to be the best man at his wedding. So Shiv decides that he will not interfere in Pooja's life anymore. But on the day of the wedding, Pooja realizes that she is still in love with Shiv and should have forgiven him. Raj overhears this and decides to reunite Pooja and Shiv. They both get married again and live happily ever after.
Dhadkan (2000)
, 2h40Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry, Sharmila Tagore, Sushma Seth
Rating64%
Dhadkan is about Anjali (Shilpa Shetty), a young woman who hails from an extremely rich and influential family. Her father Mr. Chauhan (Kiran Kumar) is a renowned businessman and has many dreams for his daughter. Anjali is in love with Dev (Sunil Shetty) who is very poor and often cannot even afford to clothe himself properly. Dev loves Anjali and wants to marry her — so he has to meet her father.
Mela (2000)
, 2h52Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Faisal Khan, Johnny Lever, Tinu Verma, Navneet Nishan
Rating37%
The only soldier brother (Ayub Khan) of a young woman, Roopa (Twinkle Khanna), returns to Chandanpur village to arrange her marriage. A festival is arranged in the happiness of Roopa's marriage, however Chandanpur's happiness is short-lived, as the village is raided by a group of terrorists. The leader of the terrorists, Gujjar, (Tinu Verma), murders a politician, and to make matters worse, Roopa's beauty catches the eye of Gujjar. However, as Gujjar attempts to escape with the terrified Roopa, her brother comes to her rescue, only to be slain, much to the horror of the village, especially Roopa. Also, her best friend, Gopal (Master Om Kapoor), is killed too, much to the dismay of Gopal's mother (Tanvi Azmi) who tried to prevent her son from rescuing Roopa (Due to his young age) which is what led Gujjar to kill him. Roopa, enraged by the fact that her brother and Gopal are no more, vows vengance. Gujjar threatens Roopa that she will only be his mistress and will never be able to have a brother nor lover. Enraged, Roopa attempts to commit suicide by jumping into a waterfall as she finds it better to kill herself rather than be a mistress. Destiny has other plans as Roopa survives and she steals the clothes of Kishan (Aamir Khan), a theatre actor. Kishan works with his best friend, truck driver, Shankar (Faisal Khan). When Kishan meets Roopa for the first time, he is smitten by her beauty and falls in love with her. Kishan decides to make Roopa the heroine of their dance show, however, Shankar warns him that Roopa will bring them in trouble. With no option, Roopa travels with them, and she tries to escape, but returns when chased by the gang and a drunk who tries to rape her. However, Roopa is saved by Shankar and Kishan. Roopa feigns love for Kishan, who wants to marry her, and the two men agree to help her return to Chandanpur. When Kishan is going to marry Roopa, who feels guilty over her betrayal, led, she tells them her story. Shankar becomes her brother, while Kishan, heartbroken, leaves in disgust. Roopa and Shankar return to Chandanpur, where Shankar mobilises the village, attempting to set a trap for Gujjar who has learnt of Roopa's survival and terrorizes the village to find out her whereabouts. The trap backfires horribly until Kishan returns with a suspended cop Pakkad Singh (Johny Lever). The trap is re-set with another carnival and the villains' attack as planned. Roopa is kidnapped and Kishan and Shankar give chase and are captured and taken to Gujjar's hideout where they are forced to fight him and his men. Eventually with the arrival of Chandanpur's villagers, good prevails and the terrorists meet a glory end. Roopa is united with her brother Shankar and her lover Kishan.
Raja Hindustani (1996)
, 2h54Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Johnny Lever, Farida Jalal, Navneet Nishan
Rating61%
The title character, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), is a taxi-driver / tourist guide. He lives by his own simple code and is prone to violence when that code is violated. Aarti Sehgal (Karisma Kapoor) is a wealthy debutante who is seeking to connect with her past. Standing in the way of their love are a disapproving father and a stepmother bent on obtaining total control of the family assets.
Lootere (1993)
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Actors Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bedi, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey
Rating53%
The movie is a love story of Karan (Sunny Deol) and Anjali (Juhi Chawla). Karan, a decorated police officer is given the duty to protect Anjali who is the only witness against one of the underworld bosses. In order to safeguard Anjali, Karan has to take her far away in wilderness so that no one gets to know where she is. During this escapade Karan and Anjali fall in love and desire to get married against all odds. How the hero fights all the villains and saves his girl forms the crux of the story.
Scriptwriter
Bewafaa (2005)
, 2h30Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Kabir Bedi, Shamita Shetty
Roles Writer
Rating41%
Anjali (Kareena Kapoor) is the younger daughter of her Canadian mother (Nafisa Ali) and Indian father (Kabir Bedi), living in the city of Montreal, Quebec. She shares a healthy relationship with her parents but has a secret to hide. She reveals this secret only to her elder sister Aarti (Sushmita Sen).
Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya (2002)
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Origin Inde
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Simone Singh
Rating36%
The plot begins with Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) who are looking for a job. They happen to be interviewed the same day in the same company and both are equally qualified for the job. At the interview venue, when Pooja sees that it will be difficult for her to get the job, she fools Shiv and gets the job. But later on, when Shiv too gets a job in that company, he comes to know that Pooja fooled him. After a lot of pranks and fun they fall in love and happily get married to each other but sometimes they get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja's imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja gives up her career for him and settles down as a housewife. They go on their honeymoon to Switzerland and there they meet Meghna (Simone Singh), who happens to be Shiv's college friend. One day when Shiv returns from a conference, he finds that Meghna is stuck on the road since her car is damaged. So Shiv decides to give a lift to Meghna since they happen to be staying in the same hotel. On account of the weather getting worse, they are unable to return to the hotel on time, so they have to stay in a hotel midway. The indifference between Shiv and Pooja gets worse when Shiv ends up spending the night with Meghna. Pooja overhears them talking about how they should put their one-night stand behind them. Shocked and disturbed, she asks for a divorce straight away and leaves him. Pooja then moves to Mumbai where she gets a job as the secretary of Raj (Akshay Kumar) who is a film star. Raj has everything anyone could ask for: money, fame, but not love. She happily works as his secretary and Raj falls in love with Pooja and she also likes him. One day they go for shooting in Naini Hills and Pooja finds that Shiv happens to be the manager of the hotel where they stay. Pooja tells Shiv that she can still not forgive Shiv for what happened in the past. Raj asks Shiv to be the best man at his wedding. So Shiv decides that he will not interfere in Pooja's life anymore. But on the day of the wedding, Pooja realizes that she is still in love with Shiv and should have forgiven him. Raj overhears this and decides to reunite Pooja and Shiv. They both get married again and live happily ever after.
Dhadkan (2000)
, 2h40Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry, Sharmila Tagore, Sushma Seth
Rating64%
Dhadkan is about Anjali (Shilpa Shetty), a young woman who hails from an extremely rich and influential family. Her father Mr. Chauhan (Kiran Kumar) is a renowned businessman and has many dreams for his daughter. Anjali is in love with Dev (Sunil Shetty) who is very poor and often cannot even afford to clothe himself properly. Dev loves Anjali and wants to marry her — so he has to meet her father.
Mela (2000)
, 2h52Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Faisal Khan, Johnny Lever, Tinu Verma, Navneet Nishan
Rating37%
The only soldier brother (Ayub Khan) of a young woman, Roopa (Twinkle Khanna), returns to Chandanpur village to arrange her marriage. A festival is arranged in the happiness of Roopa's marriage, however Chandanpur's happiness is short-lived, as the village is raided by a group of terrorists. The leader of the terrorists, Gujjar, (Tinu Verma), murders a politician, and to make matters worse, Roopa's beauty catches the eye of Gujjar. However, as Gujjar attempts to escape with the terrified Roopa, her brother comes to her rescue, only to be slain, much to the horror of the village, especially Roopa. Also, her best friend, Gopal (Master Om Kapoor), is killed too, much to the dismay of Gopal's mother (Tanvi Azmi) who tried to prevent her son from rescuing Roopa (Due to his young age) which is what led Gujjar to kill him. Roopa, enraged by the fact that her brother and Gopal are no more, vows vengance. Gujjar threatens Roopa that she will only be his mistress and will never be able to have a brother nor lover. Enraged, Roopa attempts to commit suicide by jumping into a waterfall as she finds it better to kill herself rather than be a mistress. Destiny has other plans as Roopa survives and she steals the clothes of Kishan (Aamir Khan), a theatre actor. Kishan works with his best friend, truck driver, Shankar (Faisal Khan). When Kishan meets Roopa for the first time, he is smitten by her beauty and falls in love with her. Kishan decides to make Roopa the heroine of their dance show, however, Shankar warns him that Roopa will bring them in trouble. With no option, Roopa travels with them, and she tries to escape, but returns when chased by the gang and a drunk who tries to rape her. However, Roopa is saved by Shankar and Kishan. Roopa feigns love for Kishan, who wants to marry her, and the two men agree to help her return to Chandanpur. When Kishan is going to marry Roopa, who feels guilty over her betrayal, led, she tells them her story. Shankar becomes her brother, while Kishan, heartbroken, leaves in disgust. Roopa and Shankar return to Chandanpur, where Shankar mobilises the village, attempting to set a trap for Gujjar who has learnt of Roopa's survival and terrorizes the village to find out her whereabouts. The trap backfires horribly until Kishan returns with a suspended cop Pakkad Singh (Johny Lever). The trap is re-set with another carnival and the villains' attack as planned. Roopa is kidnapped and Kishan and Shankar give chase and are captured and taken to Gujjar's hideout where they are forced to fight him and his men. Eventually with the arrival of Chandanpur's villagers, good prevails and the terrorists meet a glory end. Roopa is united with her brother Shankar and her lover Kishan.
Raja Hindustani (1996)
, 2h54Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Johnny Lever, Farida Jalal, Navneet Nishan
Roles Story
Rating61%
The title character, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), is a taxi-driver / tourist guide. He lives by his own simple code and is prone to violence when that code is violated. Aarti Sehgal (Karisma Kapoor) is a wealthy debutante who is seeking to connect with her past. Standing in the way of their love are a disapproving father and a stepmother bent on obtaining total control of the family assets.
Lootere (1993)
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Actors Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Naseeruddin Shah, Pooja Bedi, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey
Rating53%
The movie is a love story of Karan (Sunny Deol) and Anjali (Juhi Chawla). Karan, a decorated police officer is given the duty to protect Anjali who is the only witness against one of the underworld bosses. In order to safeguard Anjali, Karan has to take her far away in wilderness so that no one gets to know where she is. During this escapade Karan and Anjali fall in love and desire to get married against all odds. How the hero fights all the villains and saves his girl forms the crux of the story.