Sharat Katariya (born 15 June 1978) is an Indian film director and screenwriter.

Career

Katariya started out as an assistant director to

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during the making of ''Raghu Romeo''. He also worked as a lyricist for the film. Apart from this he has written dialogues for the films '' Bheja Fry'' and

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. Sharat has also worked with Deven Khote and Kunal Vijaykar on his directorial venture Vishesh Films' ''Fruit and Nut''. Katariya worked as the first assistant on Rok Sako To Rok Lo. Sharat’s film That's What My Dad Used to Say was shown at the

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. Sharat worked on a short film,

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starring Ranvir Shorey. In 2006, Sharat penned lyrics for

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. His directorial debut film '' 10 m Love'' (2010) was based on

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's play ''

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'', with Rajat Kapoor,

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and Purab Kohli as leads. Following this, he went on to direct ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (2015) and ''Sui Dhaaga'' (2018).

Filmography

Writer

* '' Bheja Fry'' (2007) * '' Fruit and Nut'' (2009) * '' Phillum City'' (2010) * '' Bheja Fry 2'' (2011) * '' Hum Tum Shabana'' (2011) * ''

10ml LOVE ''10ml Love'' (stylized as ''10ml LOVE'') is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya and produced by Sunil Joshi and starring Rajat Kapoor, Tisca Chopra, Purab Kohli, Koel Purie, Tara Sharma, and Neil ...

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2013) * '' Titli'' (2015) * '' Fan'' (dialogues) (2016) * '' Befikre'' (dialogues) (2016)

Director

* ''

'' (2012) * ''

Dum Laga Ke Haisha ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (), released internationally as ''My Big Fat Bride'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya and produced by Maneesh Sharma. The film stars Ayushmann Khurrana a ...

'' (2015) * '' Sui Dhaaga'' (2018)

References

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* * * 1978 births Living people Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters 21st-century Indian people {{India-film-director-stub