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Films, actors, directors, and cinema industries in India.

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Ram Gopal Varma

Overview Ram Gopal Varma, often referred to by the initials RGV, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu and Hindi cinema. Active since the late 1980s, he is regarded as one...

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Overview Saeed Akhtar Mirza is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and author associated with the parallel cinema movement of the 1980s. Trained at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he is known fo...

Onir

Overview Onir is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer associated with independent cinema in Hindi. He is best known for his 2005 film My Brother…Nikhil, one of the earliest mainstream Hindi films...

Sudhir Mishra

Sudhir Mishra Sudhir Mishra is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer associated with parallel and middle cinema in Hindi. He is widely recognised for politically engaged storytelling, particularly his wor...

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Overview Siddharth Roy Kapur is an Indian film producer and media executive. He is the founder and managing director of Roy Kapur Films, a production company based in Mumbai. He previously served as the Managing Direc...

Dev (Bengali actor)

Overview Dev, whose full name is Deepak Adhikari, is an Indian actor, film producer and politician primarily associated with Bengali-language cinema. He emerged as one of the leading commercial stars of the Tollywood ...

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut Kangana Ranaut is an Indian film actress, filmmaker, and politician. Known primarily for her work in Hindi cinema, she has received four National Film Awards and is one of the highest-paid actresses in ...

Rekha

Overview Rekha is an Indian actress who has worked predominantly in Hindi cinema. With a career spanning over five decades, she is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and enduring performers of Indian film...

Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian film actor, producer, director and politician, regarded as one of the leading figures of Hindi cinema from the late 1950s through the 1...

Vijay Deverakonda

Overview Vijay Deverakonda is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema, with a Hindi-language film as part of his filmography. He rose to wide popularity with the romantic drama Arjun Reddy (2017), and...

Pa. Ranjith

Pa. Ranjith Pa. Ranjith (Pandiraj Ranjith) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He is known for films that engage with caste, identity and the politics of marginal...

Dil Raju

Overview Dil Raju is an Indian film producer and distributor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the founder of Sri Venkateswara Creations, a production and distribution company based in Hyderabad. Over tw...

Shaji N. Karun

Shaji N. Karun Shaji N. Karun is an Indian filmmaker and cinematographer, widely regarded as one of the most significant figures in Malayalam parallel cinema. He came to international attention with his debut feature ...

Blessy

Overview Blessy is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He is known for character-driven dramas that explore human relationships, memory and emotional conflic...

Aashiq Abu

Overview Aashiq Abu is an Indian filmmaker and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He is known for directing films that combine commercial appeal with socially engaged themes, and for backing fresh s...

Upendra (filmmaker)

Upendra (filmmaker) Upendra Rao, known mononymously as Upendra, is an Indian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and politician primarily associated with Kannada cinema. He rose to prominence in the 1990s as a director kno...

Ramesh Sippy

Ramesh Sippy Ramesh Sippy is an Indian film director and producer associated with Hindi cinema, best known for directing Sholay (1975), one of the most influential films in the history of Indian cinema. He is the son ...

G. P. Sippy

G. P. Sippy Gopaldas Parmanand Sippy, popularly known as G. P. Sippy, was an Indian film producer associated with the Hindi film industry in Mumbai. He is best remembered as the producer of Sholay (1975), one of the m...

Kabir Khan (director)

Kabir Khan Kabir Khan is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing Hindi-language feature films that often combine mainstream entertainment with political and cross-border themes. He began his career as...

Nitesh Tiwari

Nitesh Tiwari Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Hindi cinema. He is best known for directing the biographical sports drama Dangal (2016), one of the highest-grossing Indi...