Karan Ravi Malhotra is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in

Hindi films Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Hollywood". The industry, producing films in th ...

. He is best known for directing '' Agneepath'' (2012).

Career

Karan Malhotra worked as an assistant director for films such as ''

Main Hoon Na ''Main Hoon Na'' () is a 2004 Hindi-language masala film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan and Ratan Jain under the banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Venus Movies. The film, which marks Farah Khan's directorial debut, s ...

'' (2004), ''Lakshya'' (2004), ''

Jodhaa Akbar ''Jodhaa Akbar'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the titular roles. Set in the 16th century, the film shows the fictional life and lo ...

'' (2008), and ''

My Name Is Khan ''My Name Is Khan'' is a 2010 social action drama film directed by Karan Johar and co-written by Shibani Bathija and Niranjan Iyengar. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles, and is a co-production between India, the United St ...

'' (2010). He made his directorial debut with ''Agneepath'' (2012), a remake of the 1990 film of the same name.

Unrealized projects

Malhotra and his wife Ekta Pathak Malhotra began working on the screenplay for ''Shuddhi'', which was scheduled for a Diwali 2016 release and was produced by

Dharma Productions Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Yash Johar in 1979. It was taken over in 2004, after his death, by his son, Karan Johar. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes H ...

. While working on the script, they both made several research-based trips to Hrishikesh, one of the planned shooting locations for the film. In March 2013, producer

Karan Johar Karan Yash Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar; 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers of several successful ac ...

officially announced that

had begun

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on this new film venture. Though initially rumored to be a film adaptation of Amish Tripathi's " The Immortals of Meluha", this was later proven false. In September 2013, Karan Johar announced that Malhotra would direct ''The Immortals of Meluha'', but only after the theatrical release of ''Shuddhi''. However, in May 2017, Amish Tripathi revealed that Dharma Productions had dropped the film rights to his books due to the contract expiring, with filmmaker

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buying the rights. It was later bought by

Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three F ...

and Roy Price who will adapt the book into a

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, marking the debut production venture for Roy Price's International Art Machine in India.

Personal life

He is married to screenwriter Ekta Pathak, with whom he has a child with.

Filmography

Assistant director

* ''Pukar'' (2000) * ''Lajja'' (2001) * '' Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * ''Lakshya'' (2004) * '' Jaan-E-Mann'' (2006) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malhotra, Karan Film directors from Mumbai Living people Year of birth missing (living people)