Nationality Indian Siblings Ravi Rai | Years active 2007– present | |
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Born 28 June 1971 (age 45) ( 1971-06-28 ) Occupation Film director, Film producer Nominations Filmfare Award for Best Director Awards BIG Star Most Entertaining Comedy Film, Stardust Award for Best Director Movies Tanu Weds Manu: Returns, Raanjhanaa, Happy Bhaag Jayegi, The New Classmate, Tanu Weds Manu Similar Krishika Lulla, Swara Bhaskar, Abhay Deol, Deepak Dobriyal, Himanshu Sharma Profiles | ||
Shahrukh khan brought a different kind of romance aanand l rai
Aanand L. Rai (born 28 June 1971) is a Hindi film director and producer known for romantic-comedy movies Tanu Weds Manu (2011) and Raanjhanaa (2013). His latest film is Tanu Weds Manu: Returns starring Kangana Ranaut (Double Role), R. Madhavan, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar, and Jimmy Shergill.
Contents
- Shahrukh khan brought a different kind of romance aanand l rai
- Aanand l rai talking about his upcoming dwarf project with shah rukh khan christmas 2018
- Early life and background
- Career
- Filmography
- References
Aanand l rai talking about his upcoming dwarf project with shah rukh khan christmas 2018
Early life and background
Rai was born and brought up in Delhi. After his schooling in Delhi, he did his computer engineering from Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
His family's original surname was Raisinghani, and had shifted to Dehradun from Sindh, after partition of India in 1947.
Career
Rai started his career as an engineer, but soon left it and moved to Mumbai where he started assisting his elder brother television director Ravi Rai in television series, later he started directing his own shows. Eventually he made his directorial debut with psychological thriller, Strangers starring Jimmy Shergill, based on 1951 Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train. This was followed by Thodi Life Thoda Magic (2008) starring Parmeet Sethi. However, he achieved success with 2011 romantic hit film Tanu Weds Manu starring Kangana Ranaut. In 2013, he directed Raanjhanaa which was actor Dhanush in his Bollywood debut, Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor.
His 2015 movie Tanu Weds Manu: Returns, received critical acclaim as well as box office success. He produces films under his banner Colour Yellow.
Filmography
global filmmaking award in Sundance film festival 2016