Aditya Dhar (born 12 March 1983) is an Indian filmmaker and lyricist, best known for directing and writing

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action film '' Uri: The Surgical Strike'' (2019).

Early life and career

Dhar was born on 12 March 1983 in New Delhi, India. He married

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on 4 June 2021. Dhar is a

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. In 2019, Dhar made his directorial debut with '' Uri: The Surgical Strike'', an action film based on the 2016 Uri attack, starring

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and

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in pivotal roles and produced by

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under the RSVP Movies banner. Filmed in

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, the film is fictionally dramatised account of the true events of the

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to the 2016 Uri attack. ''Uri'' earned in India, and over worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing Indian film domestically. Dhar was awarded with the

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and the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director. Dhar launched his own production company named Aditya Dhar Films in 2021. He is set to re-team with Kaushal in the mythological based superhero movie ''The Immortal Ashwatthama'' co-starring

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. It is a planned trilogy backed by

. The film was announced on the second anniversary of the release of ''Uri'' and was set to start filming in mid-2021 but was delayed due to the

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and budget concerns.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* * * * 1983 births Living people 21st-century Indian film directors Film directors from Delhi Hindi-language film directors Hindi screenwriters Hindi-language lyricists Best Director National Film Award winners International Indian Film Academy Awards winners Filmfare Awards winners {{India-film-director-stub