Luv Ranjan is an Indian film director, writer and producer who works in

Hindi cinema 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 was born in

Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad district () is a largely suburban district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is also a core part of the National Capital Region. The city of Ghaziabad is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district is p ...

. He has directed films such as ''

Pyaar Ka Punchnama ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' () is a 2011 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Luv Ranjan and produced by Abhishek Pathak under Wide Frame Pictures, with Viacom 18 Motion Pictures acting as distributor. The film stars ...

'', ''

Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety ''Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed and written by Luv Ranjan whose banner Luv Films co-produced it along with T-Series. The film was jointly distributed by T-Series, Amazon Prime Video and AA Fi ...

'', ''

Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film, it is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama''. The sequel is directed by Luv Ranjan and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Panorama Studios Produ ...

'' and ''

Akaash Vani ''Akaash Vani'' is a 2013 Hindi film industry, Hindi romantic drama film directed by Luv Ranjan, and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak under the banner of Wide Frame Pictures. This is the second collaboration between the prod ...

''. He is an alumnus of St. Paul's Academy,

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and

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, University of Delhi.

Early life

After finishing his schooling from St. Paul's Academy, Ghaziabad, he studied at the

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

Career

Directing

He began his career as a director in 2011 with the film, ''

'' produced by Abhishek Pathak,

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and

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. The film is a romantic comedy which depicts the life of three young bachelors. In 2013, he wrote and directed

, reuniting him with Aaryan and Bharucha. Two years later, in 2015, he co-wrote and directed the sequel of ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'', ''

'' starring Aaryan, Bharucha, Sunny Singh,

Ishita Raj Sharma Ishita Raj Sharma (born 12 July 1990) is an Indian actress and model, best known for her work in ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'', ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2'' and ''Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety''. Education Ishita studied at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road ...

Omkar Kapoor Omkar Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in the Bollywood film industry. He began his performing career as a child artist and worked in films like ''Judwaa'', '' Hero No.1'' and '' Judaai''. He made his Bollywood debut as a Parallel Lead actor ...

and

Sonnalli Seygall Sonnalli Seygall (born 1 May 1989) is an Indian actress whose film debut was 2011's '' Pyaar Ka Punchnama'', directed by Luv Ranjan. She played Rhea opposite Rayo Bakhirta playing Vikrant Chaudhary. Sonnalli was also seen in '' Pyaar Ka Punchna ...

. The sequel too received much appreciation and performed well at the box office. He directed the film ''

'' in 2018. The film performed exceedingly well at the box office, although it holds a 40% rating on

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, based on 10 reviews. In December 2019, it was announced that Ranjan will direct a romantic-comedy, titled ''

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar ''Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar'' () is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Luv Ranjan. The film is written by Ranjan and Rahul Mody, and produced by Luv Films and T-Series Films. It stars Shraddha Kapoor and Ranbir Kap ...

''. It stars

Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor (; born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films. He is one of the highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in ''Forbes India''s Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor is the re ...

and

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Producing

He turned to production in 2012 with his childhood friend and co-producer,

Ankur Garg Ankur Garg (born 6 April 1982), is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur who co-founded the production company Luv Films with his childhood friend Luv Ranjan in 2012. He is also the founder of iForIndia.org, a social organization. Early li ...

, and founded their company,

Luv Films Luv Films is an Indian film production company founded by childhood friends Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg. Based in Mumbai, Luv Films produces and distributes feature films and within a short span of time has established itself as one of the prom ...

. In 2016, he produced ''

Life Sahi Hai ''Life Sahi Hai'' () is an Indian coming of age comedy series created by Tarun Jain. It is produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg under their company named Luv Films. Several staff members on the series had previously collaborated on the ''Pya ...

'', an Indian coming of age comedy web-series created by

Tarun Jain Tarun Jain (born 18 May 1985) is an Indian writer, actor and entrepreneur. He is best known for writing Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 and De De Pyaar De, as well as for creating, writing and acting in the Digital Sitcom '' Life Sahi Hai.'' He is also t ...

. He directed and co-produced the comedy film, ''

'', along with

and in collaboration with T-Series. It starred

Kartik Aaryan Kartik Aaryan Tiwari (born 22 November 1990), is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After pursuing a degree in engineering, he made his acting debut with Luv Ranjan's buddy film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011). He went on to star in the ...

Nushrat Bharucha Nushrratt Bharuccha (born Nushrat Bharucha; 17 May 1985) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi cinema. She has appeared in films like '' Love Sex Aur Dhokha'', ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'', '' Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2'', ''Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'', '' ...

, and Sunny Singh in the lead roles. It emerged as a commercial success and ranked as one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2018. He next produced the urban-romcom, ''

De De Pyaar De ''De De Pyaar De'' () is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written by Luv Ranjan and directed by Akiv Ali in his directorial debut. It was produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg under their respec ...

'', starring

Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...

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, and

Rakul Preet Singh Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film '' Gilli'' (2009). She has won several awards including a SIIMA Award wit ...

. It was directed by his longtime editor,

Akiv Ali Akiv Ali is an Indian film editor who works in Bollywood. Career Akiv is a film editor in Bollywood, he is known for editing ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai''. He worked as actor in a film ''Rog'' in 2005. Akiv's debut directorial ''De De Pyaar ...

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranjan, Luv Living people Hindi-language film directors Hindi screenwriters Hindi film producers 1982 births