Esmayeel Shroff (12 August 1960 – 26 October 2022) was an Indian film director and writer, noted for his work in the

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

industry. His hit film ''

Thodisi Bewafaii ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' () is a 1980 Hindi movie written and directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi and Padmini Kohlapure. The music is by Khayyam.The film was a commercial hit and in some cities celebrated as a ...

'' was famous among the crowd of the 1980s. The movie was written by his brother, ''Moin-Ud-Din''.

Career

Early work

Shroff graduated in

Sound Engineering An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

from

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Tiruchirappalli or NIT Trichy) is a Public university, public Technical university, technical and research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as ...

. He later went to Bombay, now

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, to pursue his interest in films. He worked as Assistant Director to Bheem Singh and later directed his first film ''

'', followed by other films in Bollywood.

Breakthrough

Shroff directed ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' followed by ''Agar – If'', '' God and Gun'', '' Ahista Ahista'', '' Zid'', ''

Police Public ''Police Public'' is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film, directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Raj Kiran (Bollywood actor), Raj Kiran, Poonam Dhillon, Naseeruddin Shah, Kabir Bedi and Prem Chopra. The film is a re ...

'', ''

Majhdhaar ''Majhdhaar'' is a 1996 Indian Bollywood film directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Rahul Roy. The film was a box office failure. Plot The movie starts with Krishna talking to Shanti while he receives a lette ...

'', ''Dil Akhir Dil Hai'', ''

Tarkieb ''Tarkieb'' is a 2000 Indian crime drama film directed by Esmayeel Shroff and produced by Jay Mehta. It stars Nana Patekar, Tabu, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi, Milind Soman and Ashutosh Rana in pivotal roles. The film was shot in Panchmar ...

'', ''

Bulundi ''Bulundi'' is a 1981 Hindi-language crime, thriller and drama film starring Raaj Kumar, Asha Parekh, Danny Denzongpa, Kim in pivotal roles. It was directed by Esmayeel Shroff and its music was composed by R. D. Burman. The film was remade in T ...

'', ''

Nishchaiy ''Nishchaiy'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Esmayeel Shroff and released in 1992. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor. Plot Ravi Yadav (Vinod Khanna) is the servant of Manohar Singh ( Rajeev Verma). He ha ...

'', ''

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'' and ''Jhuta Sach''. He was directing the movie – '' Nazuk sa Modh'' which is to be shot in Delhi. "I am going to be in Delhi during the shoot and would like to see the film should move in the right direction" said Shroff while leaving

for

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Personal life

Shroff died on 26 October 2022, at the age of 62 after suffering a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

one month prior to his death.

Filmography

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shroff, Esmayeel 1960 births 2022 deaths Film directors from Andhra Pradesh National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli alumni People from Kurnool Deaths from coronary artery disease