Aravind Kaushik (born January 14, 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

. He rose to fame with 2010 film ''

Nam Areal Ond Dina ''Nam Areal Ond Dina'' () is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Aravind Kaushik and starring Anish Tejeshwar, Meghana Gaonkar, and Rakshit Shetty. The film began production in 2008 and released two years later. This ...

''.

Career

Aravind Kaushik began his career as an dubbing artist in 2002 film ''Joot''. He continued as a dubbing artist for Excuse Me (2003),

Nenapirali '' Nenapirali '' is a 2005 Indian Kannada language film directed by Ratnaja. It stars Prem Kumar, Vidhya Venkatesh and Varsha. The supporting cast features Naveen Krishna, Ananth Nag, Jai Jagadish, Vijayalakshmi Singh and Vinaya Prasad. At the ...

(2005),

7 O' Clock ''7 O' Clock'' is a 2006 Kannada romance film produced by N. M. Suresh under "Sri Thulaja Bhavani Creations" banner. It is directed and written by Santosh Rai Pathaje. Mithun Tejaswi and Pooja Kanwal appeared in lead roles, both making their ...

(2006),

Honganasu ''Honganasu'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Ratnaja of ''Nenapirali'' fame. The film stars Prem Kumar in lead role whereas debutant Anjali and Anuradha Mehta play the female leads. Ananth Nag plays a ve ...

(2007). He made his direction debut with 2010 film ''

'' starring

Anish Tejeshwar Anish Tejeshwar is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada films. He made a debut with 2010 Kannada film ''Nam Areal Ond Dina''. Career Anish first featured on a Hyderabad magazine cover. After taking a film training course, he debut ...

Meghana Gaonkar Meghana Gaonkar (born 8 May 1986) is an Indian actress working in Kannada cinema. She made her acting debut in 2010, with the film ''Nam Areal Ond Dina''. Early life Meghana Gaonkar was born in Kalaburgi. She did her schooling from Sharanbas ...

Rakshit Shetty Rakshit Shetty (born 6 June 1983) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and filmmaker of Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards South. Early life Shetty was born in Udupi on 6 June 1983 in a Tulu-speaking Bunt family. H ...

. He then directed ''Thuglak'' in 2012. He wrote lyrics for 2013 film ''Coffee with My wife''. Kaushik has also directed some television serials. In 2017 he directed

Huliraaya ''Huliraaya'' ( kn, ಹುಲಿರಾಯ; ''The Tiger Man'') is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language thriller-drama film written and directed by Aravind Kaushik. It is produced by Nagesh Kogilu under the banner of SLN Creations. It features Balu Na ...

starring ''Balu Nagendra'' and ''Divya''.

Personal life

Aravind Kaushik (14 January 1980) was born and brought up in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. He married Shilpa an actress in 2010.

Filmography

;As a dubbing artist ;As a director and lyricist ;Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaushik, Aravind 1980 births Living people Kannada film directors Film directors from Bangalore 21st-century Indian people