Indian Director / Producer
by Garcia1124 | created - 03 Dec 2014 | updated - 03 Dec 2014 | Public
1. Karan Johar
Writer | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
A close friend of Shahrukh Khan, he assisted Yash Chopra's Yash Raj Films during the early days of of his career, making his directorial debut with the mega-hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). He also had a popular chat show named Koffee with Karan (2004) The success of "KKHH" made him one of the most ...
2. Yash Johar
Producer | Kal Ho Naa Ho
Yash Johar was born on September 6, 1929 in India. He was a producer and actor, known for Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001). He was married to Hiroo Johar. He died on June 26, 2004 in Mumbai, India.
3. Yash Chopra
Producer | Veer-Zaara
Labeled the eternal romantic and with one of the best musical senses in the business, Yash Chopra is arguably India's most successful director of romantic films. Although he made action-oriented films like the ever-popular Deewaar (1975), it is in tackling love and its various aspects that he has ...
4. B.R. Chopra
Producer | Kanoon
One of India's most respected film personalities, Baldev Raj Chopra (better known as B.R. Chopra) has been an architect of what is now known as the golden era of the Bollywood industry. Having converted offbeat stories into immortal classics like Waqt (1965) and Naya Daur (1957), he commands high ...
5. Aditya Chopra
Writer | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Aditya Chopra is a successful writer, producer, director, master storyteller, a visionary and also the driving force behind creativity at Yash Raj Films. He became an avid film buff from his early childhood. At the age of 18, his own film career kicked off. He started working as an assistant to his...
6. Ravi Chopra
Director | Mahabharat
Ravi Chopra was born on September 27, 1946 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Mahabharat (1988), Aaj Ki Awaz (1984) and Baghban (2003). He was married to Renu Chopra. He died on November 12, 2014 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
7. Raj Kapoor
Actor | Mera Naam Joker
Raj Kapoor was the son of well-known Indian actor Prithviraj Kapoor, who acted both in film and on stage. After apprenticing in the Bollywood production studios of the 1940's, at 24 years of age Raj Kapoor produced, directed and acted in Aag (1948), with his new company, RK Films. His next ...
8. Dev Anand
Actor | Kala Bazar
One of the most beloved, charismatic and accomplished actors as well as one of the most imaginative and pathbreaking directors in the history of Indian cinema, Dev Anand was a leading man for more than five decades in over 110 motion pictures and continues to bestride Indian film fraternity even ...
9. Prakash Mehra
Director | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Prakash Mehra, Born on 13th July 1939 in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh was a legendary film maker of Indian Cinema, also known as the Godfather of Amitabh Bachchan, a public and media given title, at which he often frowned upon, always clarifying that he was nobody's Godfather, fate introduced talent to ...
10. Manmohan Desai
Director | Naseeb
Manmohan Desai was born on February 26, 1937 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Naseeb (1981), Kismat (1969) and Mard (1985). He died on March 1, 1994 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
11. Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Director | Anand
By no means is he any glamorous director, yet Hrishikesh Mukherjee is one of the most popular and beloved filmmakers in Indian cinema. His magic lay not in the glamor or largeness so often associated with cinema, but in its simplicity and warmth.
He began his career in Bombay, 1951, as an editor and...
12. Mukul Anand
Director | Khuda Gawah
Mukul Anand was born on October 11, 1951 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India. He was a director and writer, known for Khuda Gawah (1992), Agneepath (1990) and Sultanat (1986). He died on September 7, 1997 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
13. Manoj Kumar
Actor | Roti Kapada Aur Makaan
Manoj Kumar, born Harikrishna Giri Goswami, is an Indian film actor, director, and screenwriter best known for his work in Hindi films.
Born in Abbottabad, a small town in the North-West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), he and his family shifted to Delhi during ...
14. Farah Khan
Actress | Om Shanti Om
Farah Khan Kunder is an Indian film director, choreographer, writer, film producer, and actress with an extensive career in Hindi films. Khan studied at St. Teresa's Convent School, Mumbai, and then later studied sociology at St. Xavier's College, Bombay.
Khan's first movie as a choreographer was ...
15. Sajid Khan
Writer | Himmatwala
Sajid Khan is an Indian film director, actor, and television presenter. Farah and Sajid Khan have even performed together as backup dancers in the song "Bachale Sambhale Koi To Yahan Se Nikale" from the 1985 film 3D Saamri (1985).
Khan attended Maneckji Cooper School in Mumbai and completed his ...
16. G.P. Sippy
Producer | Sholay
G.P. Sippy was born on September 14, 1914 in Hyderabad, Sind, British India. He was a producer and actor, known for Sholay (1975), Brahmachari (1968) and Marine Drive (1955). He died on December 25, 2007 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
17. Ramesh Sippy
Director | Sholay
Ramesh Sippy was born on January 23, 1947 in Karachi, Sind Province, British India. He is a director and producer, known for Sholay (1975), Saagar (1985) and Shaan (1980). He is married to Kiran Juneja.
18. N.C. Sippy
Producer | Anand
N.C. Sippy was born on August 22, 1926. N.C. was a producer, known for Anand (1971), Khubsoorat (1980) and Chupke Chupke (1975). N.C. died on November 25, 2001 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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