Prawaal Raman is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in

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. He has written and directed films like ''

Darna Mana Hai ''Darna Mana Hai'' (English: ''Fear is Forbidden'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language anthology Horror film. The film consists of six different short stories. It stars Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Shilpa Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Is ...

'' (2003), ''

Gayab ''Gayab'' ( en, Invisible) ( hi, ग़ायब) is a 2004 Indian Hindi supernatural thriller film, directed by Prawaal Raman and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Tusshar Kapoor and Antara Mali as the lead protagonists. The film was decla ...

'' (2004), ''

Darna Zaroori hai ''Darna Zaroori Hai'' (translation: ''Fright is necessary'') is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language anthology horror film produced by Satish Kaushik, and Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a sequel to ''Darna Mana Hai''. It stars a host of Bollywood actors ...

'' (2006), '' 404'' (2011) and ''

Main Aur Charles ''Main aur Charles'' () is a 2015 Bollywood crime film written and directed by Prawaal Raman and produced by Cynozure Networkz. The film is a fictitious thriller inspired by true events; it is told from the perspective of the Indian cop, Amod K ...

'' (2015).

Career

Raman started his career as an assistant director to

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and assisted him as second unit director in ''

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'' and ''

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''. Post ''Company'', Ram Gopal Varma assigned the project ''

'' to him as the director. The multi starrer film released in 2003 and was critically acclaimed. In 2015, Raman wrote and directed ''

'', starring

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and Adil Hussain. His next directorial film, ''Dr. Ajoy Kumar'' is in its pre-production phase. He has produced documentaries for Prayas, an NGO in New Delhi operating in more than seven states in India.

Non film work

In 2012 Due to the increasing suicide amongst school students, Raman organised an anti-suicide campaign in

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with Jeevan NGO and Loyola School which had a series of seminar. Guest speakers were

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, Sunita Menon, Nishikant Kamat, Satyakaam Gupta and Raman, himself. He has been a guest speaker for leadership training program for Praxair, organized by Abacus Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi in 2012 where he spoke about mutual faith and trust within a corporate structure. He has also been a guest speaker along with

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at Masina Metro Hospital and spoke about how to deal with people suffering from bipolar disorder. Raman has been honored by Sandeep Marwah with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of

Asian Academy of Film & Television Noida Film City houses the Asian Academy of Film & Television and Marwah Films & Video Studios along with prominent news channels from India. It is located in Sector 16-A Noida, India. It was founded in 1988 by Sandeep Marwah, an Indian film pro ...

Noida Film City Noida Film City houses the Asian Academy of Film & Television and Marwah Films & Video Studios along with prominent news channels from India. It is located in Sector 16-A Noida, India. It was founded in 1988 by Sandeep Marwah, an Indian film pr ...

Filmography

References

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