Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian

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Early life

Lakhia was born and brought up in

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. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist

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on ''The Perez Family''. He had been an assistant on American films such as '' The Ice Storm'', '' A Perfect Murder'' and '' Addicted to Love''.

Career

Before becoming a film director, Apoorva was an assistant director for

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's period

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'' Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India''. As

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was looking for someone with Hollywood experience for ''Lagaan'',

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recommended Apoorva, who had worked with casts and crews in Hollywood. He also worked as the second assistant director for the film '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996). He made his debut as a film director with the 2002 film '' Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost''. His second film ''

Ek Ajnabee ''Ek Ajnabee – A Man Apart'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal and Perizaad Zorabian. It is a remake of Tony Scott's '' Man on Fire'', a film b ...

'' released in 2005 which starred

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and

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in the leading role was a

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of the 2004 American film '' Man on Fire''. His third film ''

Shootout at Lokhandwala ''Shootout at Lokhandwala'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Apoorva Lakhia and produced by Sanjay Gupta, and Ekta Kapoor. Based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout, a real-life gun battle bet ...

'' which has a multi-star cast released on 25 May 2007 and was based on real-life events involving the underworld gangsters from D-Company such as Maya Dolas and Dilip Buwa. In late 2007, he directed a short story titled ''Sex on the Beach'' for the

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'' Dus Kahaniyaan''. His next film was '' Mission Istanbul'' starring Vivek Oberoi,

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and Zayed Khan which released in 2008. North American producer Vikas Kohli of Fatlabs studio collaborated with

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for the first time on the '' Mission Istaanbul'' soundtrack. He has written the story of ''Hide & Seek'' (2009), which is directed Shawn Aranha. Lakhia wrote and directed all the movies from his debut to '' Mission Istanbul''. He made his acting debut with a negative role in the 2010 film ''

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'' starring

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and Irrfan Khan. In 2013, he directed a remake of the breakthrough film '' Zanjeer'' (1973) with Telugu actor Ram Charan; the film was funded by Aaditya Kulshreshtha. In 2017, he directed the film '' Haseena Parkar'' based on the life of Dawood Ibrahim's sister with Shraddha Kapoor and her real-life brother Siddhant Kapoor in the lead roles.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakhia, Apoorva Film directors from Gujarat Hindi-language film directors Living people Lawrence School, Sanawar alumni Artists from Ahmedabad 21st-century Indian people Year of birth missing (living people)