Karan Malhotra is an Indian

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and

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. He is best known for his debut film '' Agneepath'' (2012) which emerged as one of the highest grossing Bollywood film of the year. Before marking his directorial debut with

Dharma Productions Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd., commonly known and doing business as Dharma Productions, is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Yash Johar in 1979. It was taken over in 2004, after his death, by his son, Karan Johar ...

, he has worked for ten years as an

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in the Hindi film industry.

Career

Malhotra worked as an assistant director in the films such as ''

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'', ''

My Name Is Khan ''My Name Is Khan'', is a 2010 social drama film directed by Karan Johar and written by Shibani Bathija and lyricist Niranjan Iyengar. It was produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan under their production companies, Dharma Productions and ...

'' and ''

Jaan-E-Mann ''Jaan-E-Mann'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Shirish Kunder and was produced by Sajid Nadiawala. The film stars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta. This was Kunder's debut film as a director. He ...

'' before co-writing and directing '' Agneepath'', a remake of the 1990 cult classic of the same name. Karan Malhotra has also directed the film ''

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'' in 2015, an official remake of the 2011 American film ''

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'' starring

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and

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. Malhotra and his wife Ekta Pathak Malhotra began collaborating on the screenplay for ''Shuddhi'' which was slated for a Diwali 2016 release for

. Whilst working on the script both made several research-based trips to

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, one of the prominent shooting locations for the film. In March 2013, producer Karan Johar officially announced that Dharma Productions had begun

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on a new film venture titled ''Shuddhi''. Though initially rumoured that Malhotra's ''Shuddhi'' would be the film adaptation of

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's "

The Immortals of Meluha ''The Immortals of Meluha'' is the first book of Amish Tripathi, first book of Amishverse, and also the first book of Shiva Trilogy. The story is set in the land of Meluha and starts with the arrival of the Shiva. The Meluhans believe that Shi ...

", it was later proven false. In September 2013, Karan Johar announced that Malhotra would be directing ''The Immortals of Meluha'', but only after the theatrical release of Shuddhi. However, in May 2017, Amish Tripathi revealed that Dharma Productions had dropped the film rights to his books due to the contract expiring, with filmmaker

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now holding them. In May 2018,

Yash Raj Films Yash Raj Films (YRF) is an Indian film production and distribution company founded by veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra in 1970. It mainly produces and distributes Hindi and Punjabi films. The company has grown to be one of the largest film studios ...

announced that Malhotra would next be directing the period action-adventure film ''

Shamshera ''Shamshera'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and directed by Karan Malhotra. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor in his first dual role alongside Sanjay Dutt, Vaani Kapoor, Ronit ...

'', set to release in 2022.

Filmography

;As Assistant Director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malhotra, Karan Film directors from Mumbai Living people Year of birth missing (living people)