Rajesh Krishnan is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer predominantly known for his work on various humor-based television commercials. He was born in

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. He made his directorial debut with ''

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'', a comedy thriller, for which he was awarded the

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, at the

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Education

Rajesh was born into a Palakkad Iyer family and grew up in

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. He did his schooling at Vivek Vidyalaya School in

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and studied bachelor's in commerce from Shri Chinai College of Commerce & Economics. He finished his

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studies in Advertising and Communications at

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in 1995.

Career

Rajesh started his career as a copywriter and worked with agencies, including Contract, Enterprise Nexus and Ogilvy for five years. In 2007, he founded Soda Films along with producer Ameya Dahibavkar, an advertising production house based in

. Rajesh ventured into the OTT space by directing ''Tripling'', a drama series, which was created by

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and awarded the

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in the year 2017. In 2020, he co-wrote and directed

Kunal Khemu Kunal Khemu (born 25 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. Early life and background Kunal Khemu was born on 25 May 1983 in Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, into a Kashmiri ...

and

Rasika Dugal Rasika Dugal (born 17 January 1985) is an Indian actress known for her roles in several Indian movies and television productions. She made her screen debut with a small role, in the film '' Anwar'' (2007) and went on to star in many criticall ...

starrer ''

'', for which he received two nominations for a

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and

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; he also won an award for Best Debut Director on 27 March 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{FilmfareAwardBestDirector Living people Film directors from Mumbai Hindi-language film directors 21st-century Indian male writers Indian male screenwriters Hindi-language screenwriters Screenwriters from Mumbai 21st-century Indian screenwriters Filmfare Awards winners Year of birth missing (living people)