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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the drama Rang De Basanti (2006) and the biographical sports film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), winning two Filmfare Awards for Best Director .
- 1986–present
- 7 July 1963 (age 60), Delhi, India
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is a director, writer and producer who established Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures (Romp) in India. Romp has cultivated in them an attitude to pioneer the way for the new wave and new age cinema from India, by identifying talent (writers & directors) from India and telling Indian stories to the world.
- Producer, Director, Writer
- July 7, 1963
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Apr 17, 2024 · Which Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra movie should I watch first? Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s first movie makes for a worthy watch but it didn’t mark his breakthrough. His directorial debut Aks starred Amitabh Bachchan and Manoj Bajpayee and played out as an exciting supernatural action thriller. While Bachchan played a morally righteous cop and ...
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Jul 16, 2021 · Toofaan: Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. With Farhan Akhtar, Mrunal Thakur, Paresh Rawal, Mohan Agashe. The story of a boxer and the struggles he faces on his journey to get to the national level competition.
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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) in a Hindu Punjabi Family in New Delhi. He is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing Rang De Basanti (2006), for which he won Best Director awards at the 2006 Filmfare Awards and National Film Awards and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Jul 26, 2021 · The director of Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag shares his journey of success and failure in his book The Stranger in the Mirror. He reveals his insights on cinema, politics, and life, with cameos from his friends and colleagues.
Sep 5, 2021 · Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra; his autobiography. Films had always been a companion. If Mughal-e-Azam (1960) was the soundtrack of his childhood, his adolescence was spent watching movies gratis at Delhi’s single-screen theatres thanks to his father’s acquaintances from his ticket checker-torch man days at the now-defunct Jagat Cinema.