Om Raut is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is famous for directing the famous 2020 film Tanhaji, for which he won the Best Popular Film Award at the 68th National Film Awards. He is the director of the 2015 film Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush, which won him many awards and honors. In 2022, the trailer of Adipurush, a Hindu mythological film shot by Om Raut, was released in the media, sparking controversy. The film, based on the Indian epic Ramayana, has been accused of manipulating characters from the original. In the film, Indian actor Prabhas plays Lord Rama.
Prabhas in a still from the movie Adipurush
Wiki/Biography
Om Raut was born on Tuesday, December 21, 1981, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (42 years old; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He completed his school education at Balmohan Vidyamandir, Mumbai, India. Soon after completing his schooling, Om Raut joined Shah and Anchor Engineering College, Mumbai, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering. He later earned a graduate degree from Syracuse University in New York. In 2021, Om Raut is pursuing a PhD in Film Business.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Weight (approximately): 80kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Om Raut’s father, named Bharatkumar, is a senior journalist and member of the Indian Parliament. His mother’s name is Neena Raut, a television producer.
Om Raut with his parents and wife
His grandfather JS Bandekar (1925-2017) was a documentary filmmaker and editor.
wife and children
In 2006, Om Raut married Preeti Kothari. The couple has no children.
Om Raut and Preeti Kothari
Relationships/Affairs
Om Raut was in a relationship with Preeti Kothari before marrying her in 2006.
religion
Om Raut follows Hinduism.
Om Raut holding Ganesha idol
Profession
children’s artist
Om Raut started working in the Bollywood film industry as a child artist. During his childhood, he appeared in many plays and commercials. In 1993, he made his acting debut in the film Karamati Coat, in which he played the lead role of Raghu, a child artist. According to reports, Om Raut’s mother Neena Raut introduced him into the world of entertainment and movies during his childhood.
Om Raut on the poster of the 1993 movie Karamati Coat
Shortly after completing college, he joined MTV Network in New York City as a writer and director. Thereafter, he returned to India and joined DAR Motion Pictures, where he started working as Creative Director. He later served as vice president of creative operations at Valuable Group, the creators of UFO-Moviez.
producer
He then started working as a film producer and in 2010 he produced the film “City of Gold”. In 2011, he produced the film Poltergeist – 3D. In 2012, Om Raut co-founded a film production company called Neena Raut Entertainment with his mother Neena Raut.
Logo of Neena Raut Productions
director
Om Raut made his directorial debut with the 2015 Marathi film Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush. The film is produced by the production house Neena Raut Entertainment. Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush, which won Om Raut the Best Newcomer Director award, is based on the life of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, an acclaimed figure in Indian society. Reformers and freedom fighters.
Poster of the movie Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush (2015)
In 2020, he directed the Hindi film “Tanhaji”, which was his Hindi directorial debut. The film won several national awards and honors after its release.
2020 movie “Tanhaji” poster
In October 2022, the promotional video for his film “Adipurush” (adaptation of the Indian epic “Ramayana”) was released and it was announced that the film would be released on June 16, 2023. The film’s cast includes Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan, who plays Rama. and Ravana, respectively.
Movie “Adipurush” poster
dispute
In 2022, Om Raut filed a case in the Delhi High Court over actor Saif Ali Khan’s look as Ravana in the film Adipurush, triggering a dispute. In October 2022, his mythological drama Adipurush was accused of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. The film’s promotional video allegedly misrepresented Hindu deities in a “baseless” and “inaccurate” manner. Soon after the accusations were made, Om Raut said in a media conference that all the accusations against him were baseless and the makers of the film represented the face of Ravana with today’s times. Om Rath said,
The LaVine of our day is evil, and he is cruel. The people who kidnapped our goddess Sita were cruel. We’ve shown what Rawan looks like today. This is not a film or a project for us, it is a mission. Our film is a symbol of our dedication and we need your blessings. “
Om Raut added in the same discussion that the film is just a translation from book to celluloid. Om quotes,
I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea that we’ve changed it. It was translated from book to celluloid. So it wasn’t a movie for us. This represents our Bhakti, shraddha (devotion and faith) and what we stand for. “
Stills from the movie Adipurush
Awards, Honors, Achievements
In 2015, Om Raut won the Best Director Award at the 52nd Maharashtra Awards for “Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush”. In 2016, he won the Filmfare Awards for Best Debut Director for the film “Lokmanya: Ek Yug Purush”. In 2021, Om Raut won the Best Director Award at the 66th Filmfare Awards for the film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. In 2022, Om Raut won the Best Popular Film Award at the 68th National Film Awards for the film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.
Om Raut poses with his Filmfare Award
car collection
In October 2022, Bhushan Kumar gifted him a Ferrari F8 Tributo for his performance in the film Adipurush. The car is reportedly priced at Rs. 4.02 million rupees.
Facts/Trivia
- Om Raut follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Om Raut loves to consume alcoholic beverages on various occasions and functions.
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