Rahul Dholakia is an Indian

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, most known for his National Film Award-winning film, '' Parzania '' (Heaven & Hell On Earth) (2005),In India, Showing Sectarian Pain to Eyes That Are Closed

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, 20 February 2007. prior to which he also made documentaries like ''Teenage Parents'' and ''New York Taxi Drivers''.

Early life and education

Born in Mumbai, to Raksha and Parry Dholakia, an advertising professional, Rahul also has an elder sister Moha. After completing his schooling from Campion School, Mumbai and Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai, he went on to do his Bachelors in Science from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He is an Indian.

Career

While still in college he started working in his father's

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, Mora Ava. He also worked with producer Babla Sen, for project for

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, London, as production assistant and 10 documentaries later became a producer himself. Later, he started working with Everest Advertising in Mumbai as an assistant, growing up to become a producer. Thereafter, he moved to

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in 1990, where, he did his master's degree in filmmaking from the New York Institute of Technology, and has been in India and Corona, California, United States ever since.director-turned-distributor Rahul Dholakia

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. After making a couple of documentaries and commercials, and even running TV station, called 'TV Asia' for a while, he made his feature film debut with the Hindi-English bilingual, ''Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar'' (2002), starring Paresh Rawal and

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. His next film based on a real-life story of 10-year-old Parsi boy, ''Azhar Mody'', known as Parzan, who disappeared during the 28 February 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre, which took place during communal riots in Gujarat in 2002, '' Parzania'' won him the National Film Award for 2006. After shooting in Kashmir, his next film '' Lamhaa'', where Sanjay Dutt and Bipasha Basu played the leads in a story based in Kashmir, was released to mixed reviews. he has directed the film ''Raees'', which was released on 25 January 2017 and received positive reviews. Dholakia's upcoming film ''Agni'' is set to release in 2024.

Filmography

Awards and honours

References

External links

* http://www.rahuldholakia.com/ *
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