Bejoy Nambiar (born 12 April 1979) is an
Indian film
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director, and screenwriter known for his work in
Bollywood
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. He is mostly known for his critically acclaimed short films, ''Rahu'' and ''
Reflections'', starring
Mohanlal
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. He was the winner of
Sony PIX Gateway to Hollywood
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, as the best director judged by
Ashok Amritraj
Ashok Amritraj (born 22 February 1956) is Chairman and CEO of the ''Hyde Park Entertainment Group'' and was formerly CEO of National Geographic Films.
Career
Amritraj has produced over 100 films during his 35-year career with collective worldw ...
,
Rajat Kapoor
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and
Anurag Basu
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. He marked his feature film debut with the thriller ''
Shaitan
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'' (2011). His second feature film was a anthology-drama film called ''
David
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''. His latest Bollywood film was
Taish
''Taish'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller drama film directed by Bejoy Nambiar. The film stars Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Jim Sarbh, Sanjeeda Shaikh, and Harshvardhan Rane. It is produced by Deepak Mukut, Bejoy Na ...
(2020) which was also released as a Series on
ZEE5
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. He also directed
Wazir (2016), starring
Amitabh Bachchan
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and
Farhan Akhtar
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. He has also directed a short video 'Sachinocalypse' for
All India Bakchod
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.
Personal life
His mother tongue is Malayalam. Nambiar was married to
Juhi Babbar
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Pers ...
on 27 June 2007, after a two-year courtship; the couple divorced in January 2009. He then married his long-time girlfriend
Sheetal Menon
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Menon is trained in Bharatanatyam and Odissi classical dance, trained under Gu ...
in a traditional Malayali wedding in
Kerala
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on 27 December 2015.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
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Living people
Film directors from Kerala
Tamil film directors
Hindi-language film directors
1979 births
Film producers from Kerala
Artists from Kannur
Screenwriters from Kerala
Hindi screenwriters
21st-century Indian film directors