Aarun Nagar is an

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film director, writer, editor, producer and actor known for his works in

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-language films.

Early life and education

Nagar was born in the village of Dujana in

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. He graduated from

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Career

As an actor

Nagar started his acting career in 2003 with a devotional TV serial, based on

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as a lead role of Sri Sai. Nagar did about 25 TV serials on various Channels, i.e.

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( Star Plus), Seven (

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), Kismat (

), Vaseeyat (DD),

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(

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), etc. These serials did reasonably well at that time and exposed him to many

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in the industry, leading him to being cast in so many famous

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such as ''

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'' alongside stalwarts like Raghuveer Yadav,

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. He has consistently won rave reviews for all his performances in films such as ''Semshook'' (2010), '' Children of War'' (2014) '' Gurjar Aandolan'' (2014), ''

Uvaa ''Uvaa'' () is a 2015 Indian comedy and social drama film, written and directed by Jasbir Bhatti and produced by Dhanraj Films about five friends in a boarding school and their daily life suddenly turning into a rebellious fight for justice an ...

'' (2015) ''

'' (2016) '' Risknamaa'' (2019).

As a director

Nagar made his directorial debut as a writer and director in a real story based epic drama ''Gurjar Aandolan'' (2014), which was banned by the Rajasthan Government and never had a theatrical release in Rajasthan due to its issues based on the real 'Gurjar Agitation' which was happened in '2007-2008' in Rajasthan. Later he released his next film '' Risknamaa'' a film based on the controversial love story based on two brother's life, where the elder brother falls in love with his younger brother's wife. It was released on 15 March 2019 to widespread critical appreciation, also achieved a critical and commercial success at the box office.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagar, Aarun Indian film directors People from Ghaziabad district, India Living people Film directors from Delhi Actors from Mumbai Year of birth missing (living people)