Navdeep Singh (born 1966) is an Indian

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and writer. He is best known for his Bollywood film, '' NH10''.

Early life

He was born in

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to an Army officer and travelled across India when he was young. He graduated in Delhi and started an animation studio with a friend, one of the first in India. He studied film-making at the

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in Pasadena, graduating in 1997. He lived in the US for eight years and two years in London before moving back to India in 2000.

Career

After graduating Singh directed commercials and music videos for UGround and Cognito in LA, and Great Guns in London. He then moved to Mumbai in 2001 and has directed a number of award-winning commercials.

Bollywood

His debut in Bollywood with feature film ''

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'', a murder mystery, was critically acclaimed. It is regarded as one of the best noir films. After a gap of seven years, his 2015 thriller film '' NH10'', with

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's home production and in the lead, was commercially successful. The film is about

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and

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. His next release was the period action film ''

Laal Kaptaan ''Laal Kaptaan '' () is 2019 Indian Hindi-language epic western action drama film co-written and directed by Navdeep Singh. It was produced by Eros International and Aanand L Rai's Colour Yellow Productions. The film stars Saif Ali Khan as a ...

'' starring

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as a bounty hunter on a revenge spree. The film was released in 2019. Navdeep also worked as a development consultant on the first season of the hit web series Paatal Lok. He is working on his next film, ''Kaneda'', pronounced the way some rural Punjabis pronounce Canada. The film is about the rise and fall of a Punjabi gangster in

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. The film stars

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, and Pooja Hegde. It's produced by

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and Vijay Saini. His latest release, '' Shehar Lakhot'', has him as creator, showrunner and director with Amazon Prime Video, India.

Personal life

He married Madhavi Singh in 1989. He has two children. His daughter Nayantara Singh was born in 1993 and his son Rudraveer Singh was born in 1999.

Filmography

References

External links

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