Director on record

David Dhawan

DirectorBollywood5 credits

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182nd of 270 in Bollywood

3 films led, $52M in reported gross.

Gross led: 40
Consistency: 18
Body of work: 41
Momentum: 49
Audience rating: 6

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Born: 16 August 1960
Birthplace: Agartala, Tripura, India
Nationality: India
Industry: Bollywood

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David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1951) is an Indian director of Hindi films. Dhawan started off as an editor in Saaransh in 1984 before moving into directing. He specialises in directing comedy films. His 1993 film Aankhen, starring Govinda, Chunky Pandey and Kader Khan, was highly successful at the box office, and earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. Another successful film was Shola Aur Shabnam. His 2007 film Partner was successful. 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.

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