John Mathew Matthan (also John Mathew Mathan/John Mathew) is an Indian

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from

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. He is known for his 1999 Hindi-language film '' Sarfarosh'', starring

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Film career

John started his career as an assistant director on the epic movie ''

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'', directed by Sir

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. Also working on ''Gandhi'' was Govind Nihlani, who Matthan would later assist for several films before shifting to directing advertisements. In the early 1990s, Matthan started his own production company in

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called Cinematt Pictures Pvt Ltd. The company, which also involved Matthan's brother George, released its first feature film entitled '' Sarfarosh'' in 1999. Matthan began work on ''Sarfarosh'' in 1992. Seven years were spent on the research, pre-production, and production of the film until it was finally released to both critical and commercial success. The reviewer for ''

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'' rated the film four stars out of five and wrote about Matthan, "Although this is his first film, director John Mathew Matthan draws perfectly crafted outputs from his entire cast." After ''Sarfarosh'', Matthan started working on a script which involved the issue of brain drain. However, after the tragedy of

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, the script lost its pertinence and Matthan moved on to another idea that germinated in the form of '' Shikhar'' (2005). In 2007, Matthan began work on his next film titled '' A New Love Ishtory''. Written by

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and starring Himesh Reshammiya and Niharika Singh, the film was completed in 2009 but its release delayed to 29 September 2013 due to a falling out between Himesh Reshammiya and his record label T-Series.

Filmography

Awards

Accolades

*Chairperson jury feature film, Indian Panorama at

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, Goa 2021.

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