Karan Malhotra is an Indian film director, author and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the Hindi film Agneepath (2012), starring Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt.
Wiki/Biography
Karan Ravi Malhotra was born on July 24 in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Leo.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
Parents and siblings
His father Ravi Malhotra is a Hindi film producer.
Karan Malhotra’s father
wife and children
He is married to Indian screenwriter Ekta Pathak.
Karan Malhotra and his wife
other relatives
From his mother’s perspective, his uncles are Indian film actors Prem Chopra and Raj Kapoor. He is the cousin of Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor (on the maternal side). Indian actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor are his nieces, and actor Ranbir Kapoor is his nephew.
Profession
Karan began his career as a cinematographer in the early 1990s. In 2000, he made his debut as an assistant director in the Hindi film Pukar. His other Hindi films as an assistant director include “Lajja” (2001), “Main Hoon Na” (2004), “Jodhaa Akbar” (2008) and “My Name is Khan” (2010) . He made his debut as a director and screenwriter with the Hindi film Agneepath (2012), for which he won the Zee Cine Award for the Power-Club Box Office Special Award. He has worked as a director in several Hindi films including Brothers (2015) and Shamsheela (2022).
Karan Malhotra on the sets of Shamshera
In 2016, he started filming the Hindi film “Shuddhi”. The film is adapted from Amish Tripathi’s book “The Immortality of Meluha”. The producers of the film faced various problems while selecting the cast for the film. Later, the film was shelved.
Favorites
- Film Director: Mukul Anand, Subhash Ghai
- Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1984)
Facts/Trivia
- In 2022, his Hindi film “Shamshera” was released, but failed miserably at the box office. On July 27, 2022, he shared a post on Instagram about the failure of his film.
Karan Malhotra posts on Instagram about film ‘Shamshera’ failing at box office
In an interview, when asked about his experience working with Indian producer Aditya Chopra, he said:
My first instinct was that I would have a great time working with him. He’s a producer and he owns his movies, whether they do well or not. He was on their side and that was all that mattered. This is very valuable. If you’re a director, he’s a great producer. “
- He is frequently invited as a guest speaker at Anupam Kher Acting School for Preparing Actors.
Karan Malhotra at a meeting for ‘Actor’s Ready’
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education