Rajat Rawail is an Indian film producer, director and actor working in the

Hindi film industry Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

. He is best known as the producer of films such as ''No Problem'' (2010) and ''

Ready Ready may refer to: Film and television * ''Ready'', a 2002 British short starring Imelda Staunton * ''Ready'' (2008 film), a Telugu film * ''Ready'' (2011 film), a Hindi remake of the Telugu film * "Ready" (''New Girl''), a television episo ...

'' (2011).

Early life and family

Rawail was born and brought up in Mumbai. He is the grandson of legendary filmmaker

H. S. Rawail Harnam Singh Rawail (21 August 1921 – 17 September 2004), often credited as H. S. Rawail, was an Indian filmmaker. He debuted as a director with the 1940 Bollywood film ''Dorangia Daku'' and is best known for romantic films like ''Mere M ...

and the nephew of film director

Rahul Rawail Rahul Rawail is an Indian film director and editor in Bollywood known for his films like ''Love Story'' (1981), ''Betaab'' (1983), '' Arjun'' (1985), ''Dacait'' (1987), '' Anjaam'' (1994), '' Arjun Pandit'' (1999) and the recent one '' Jo Bole S ...

He completed his schooling from Maneckji Cooper School, Juhu, Mumbai in 1987.

Career

Rawail started his career as an assistant director to director

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. Starting with ''

Bhrashtachar ''Bhrashtachar'' () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by G.P.Sippy, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Rekha, Anupam Kher, Raza Murad and Abhinav Chaturvedi, with Rajinikanth in a special appearance. and intr ...

'' (1989), Rawail worked with Sippy in ''

Akayla ''Akayla'' () is a 1991 Hindi-language action film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by the Mushir - Riaz duo. It was the fourth film collaboration of Ramesh Sippy and Amitabh Bachchan after ''Sholay'' (1975), '' Shaan'' (1980) and ''Shakti' ...

'' (1991) followed by ''

Zamaana Deewana ''Zamaana Deewana'' is a 1995 Hindi-language action comedy film, produced by G. P. Sippy under the Sippy Films banner and directed by Ramesh Sippy. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Raveena Tandon in pivotal roles, along with Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha ...

'' (1995). Subsequently, he has worked as a producer and co-producer for Hindi films like ''Ready'', '' No Problem'', ''Shortkut - The Con is On'', ''Run'' and ''Anjaam''. As a producer he co-produced Salman Khan starrer ''

'' (2011), a remake of 2008 Telugu film by the same name, and No Problem. He had been planning to make a remake of ''

Kaalia ''Kaalia'' is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film, written and directed by Tinnu Anand, and produced by Iqbal Singh. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan (in the title role), Parveen Babi, Asha Parekh, Kader Khan, Pran, Amjad Khan, ...

'', but later dropped the idea He made his acting debut in

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...

starrer, ''

Bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, ...

'' (2011) playing a fun loving character, Tsunami Singh. In 2013, he became a contestant in the reality TV Show ''

Bigg Boss 7 ''Bigg Boss 7'' also known as ''Bigg Boss: Jannat Ka Wow Aur Jahannam Ka Aaw Dekhege Saath Saath'' or simply ''Bigg Boss: Saath Saat'' is the seventh season of the Indian reality TV series ''Bigg Boss'' which aired on TV channel Colors TV fro ...

''.

Personal life

He is married to Bhavna Dhowan Rawail, and the couple has a daughter named Gehna..

Filmography

Films

As actor

Television

References

External links

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