KC Bokadia is a veteran Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has worked as a producer on many popular Hindi films such as “Pyar Jhukta Nahin” (1985), “Teri Meherbaniyan” (1985) and “Naseeb Apna Apna” (1986).
Wiki/Biography
Kistur Chand Bokadia was born on Thursday, February 10, 1949, in Merta, Nagaur district, Rajasthan (age 72; as of 2021). His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family and caste
He was born into a Jain family in Marwari.
Parents and siblings
He has four brothers: Gautam Bokadia, MC Bokadia, Ratan Kanwar Bokadia and DC Bokadia.
Relationships, wives and children
He had two sons: Pramod Bokardia and Rajesh Bokardia. They are all Indian filmmakers.
KC Bokadia with wife and son
Profession
Once, on a train from Rajasthan to Madras, he met the boss of the film production company Golden Studio, who arranged for him to meet Indian film director VK Raman. He began working with VK Raman on the Hindi film Rivaaj (1972), but VK Raman withdrew from the film. Later, he met K. Asif, another famous Indian film director, and collaborated with him to shoot many super-hit Hindi films. He has directed many Hindi films such as Insaniyat Ke Devta (1993), Mohabbat Ki Arzoo (1994), Zulm-O-Sitam (1998), Deewana Main Deewana (2013) and Dirty Politics” (2015).
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His debut as a producer was “Rivaaj” in 1972. Some of the popular Hindi films he made as a producer are “Aaj Ka Arjun” (1990), “Phool Bane Angaarey” (1991) , “Police Aur Mujrim” (1992), “Lal Baadshah” (1999) and “Pyaar Zindagi Hai” (2001). He has also directed the Tamil film Rocky: Revenge (2019) and the Telugu film Namaste Nestama (2020).
KC Bokadia with actors on the sets of Hindi film Aaj Ka Arjun
He has worked with many famous Indian actors such as Rajnikanth, Jackie Shroff, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.
Old photos of KC Bokadia and Rajinikanth
Facts/Trivia
- According to a major newspaper, he has been called “the fastest producer to make 50 films.”
- After the sudden death of the famous Indian director K. Asif in 1971, he completed and released K. Asif’s last film “Love and God” (1986).
- He is the owner of the film production company “BMB Music & Magnetics Ltd.”
- In April 2004, he issued three checks worth Rs 755,000 to film financier Baldev Shahani, but the checks bounced and Shahani filed a lawsuit in the city court. Bocadia was summoned to court three times, but he did not respond. Later, KC Bokadia was arrested in connection with the check bounce case.
- According to one of his interviews, he didn’t like it when anyone called him by his name without saying hello.
- In an interview, he revealed that one of Shah Rukh Khan’s actors refused to accept his salary after his film Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002) did not do well at the box office.
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