Kunal Deshmukh is an Indian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. He grew up in

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Early life and education

After finishing his schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra,

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and junior college at Jai Hind, Churchgate, he took up an advertising course at H.R. College. Later, he went to the US for a short diploma course on filmmaking. During that trip he also explored the NY dining scene with his friend Rikhey, which resulted in him eventually entering the hospitality industry. He then met Mohit Suri through a common friend Sahil in

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, who suggested that he join him in his next film, ''Zeher''.

Career

He started his career as an assistant director in '' Tumsa Nahin Dekha'' (2004), ''

Zeher ''Zeher: A Love Story'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film directed by debutant Mohit Suri and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty and Udita Goswami. It is an adaptation of the 2003 Ame ...

'' (2005), '' Kalyug'' and ''

Woh Lamhe ''Woh Lamhe...'' ( en, Those Moments, italic=yes) is a 2006 Indian romantic drama film directed by Mohit Suri, starring Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja in the lead roles. The film is supposedly based on Parveen Babi's life, her battle with s ...

'' (2006), under director Mohit Suri and Vishesh Films. In October 2006, he quit his job to work on a script. He made his directional debut ''

Jannat Jannat Mahid ( ar, جنات مهيد; born January 6, 1986), known by her stage name Jannat ( ar, جنات, , ); is a Moroccan- Egyptianelwatannews.com/news/details/5010141 singer and actress. She was born in Morocco and presently living and pe ...

'' in 2008, starring Emraan Hashmi, produced by Vishesh Films. ''Jannat'' was released in 2008 and was successful. He made a film in 2009 ''

Tum Mile ''Tum Mile'' (transl. I met you) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic disaster film directed by Kunal Deshmukh, with story concept by Vishesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan in lead roles. It is a love story set again ...

'', based on the 26 July 2005 Mumbai floods, starring Emraan Hashmi and

Soha Ali Khan Soha Ali Khan Pataudi Khemu (born 4 October 1978) is an Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and English films. She is the daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and th ...

. In 2012

Jannat 2 ''Jannat 2'' () is an Indian 2012 Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Kunal Deshmukh. It is a spiritual sequel to his 2008 film '' Jannat'' and stars Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta and Randeep Hooda. ''Jannat 2'' was released on 4 Ma ...

, a sequel to

was released and it got a huge success. In 2009, he opened a

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restaurant named Trikaya at Bavdhan,

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.City lures film director into a tasty business

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, 2009–04–13.Kunal's a hotelier now
By Amul Sharma,

, 2009–04–14.

Filmography

;As Assistant Director

References

External links

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