Vishram Shivram Sawant is an Indian film director. He made his directorial debut with ''
D'', which is about the meteoric rise of a fictional underworld don, ''Deshu'' (played by
Randeep Hooda), which appears to be loosely based upon
Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim (, ; born 26 December 1955) is an Indian mob boss, drug lord, and terrorist. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on charges including ...
's career (though Sawant denies it). His next film was
Risk
In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environ ...
in which the same actor plays an errant police inspector with
Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. Recognised as a style and fashion icon, he wa ...
as villain.
Sawant was a
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.
Duties and types of photograp ...
by profession before he joined films and designed Ram Gopal Varma's office at his company ''The Factory''. He also did publicity work for Varma's horror film ''
Bhoot''.
D is not Dark
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Filmography
*'' D'' (2005)
*''Risk
In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environ ...
'' (2007)
*''Operation Fryday
''Operation Fryday'' is Indian Hindi-language film, written and directed by Vishram Sawant. The film stars Randeep Hooda, Suniel Shetty and Nitu Chandra in lead roles. The film was released on 26 January 2023 by ZEE5 on its official OTT platf ...
'' (2023)
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Hindi-language film directors
Indian movie stills photographers
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