Rohan Sippy is an Indian film director and producer, he worked as a director in films like ''
Kuch Naa Kaho'' (2003), ''
Bluffmaster!
''Bluffmaster!'' is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Rohan Sippy and produced by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Mishra, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar. It is a ...
'' (2005), ''
Dum Maaro Dum'' (2011) and ''
Nautanki Saala
''Nautanki Saala!'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur along with Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mendonca. The story is based upon ...
'' (2013).
Early life
He is the son of
Ramesh Sippy
Ramesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director and producer in Hindi cinema. He is particularly known for directing ''Sholay'' (1975), which is regarded as one of the most influential Indian film ever made. The Government o ...
, the director of the Hindi blockbuster film ''
Sholay
''Sholay'' (, ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), ...
'', and grandson of producer
G. P. Sippy
Gopaldas Parmanand Sipahimalani (14 September 1914 — 25 December 2007), better known as G. P. Sippy, was an Indian film producer and director who worked in the Bollywood industry.
Biography
Sippy was born in Sindh, British India (now in Pak ...
. Sippy studied at the
Aiglon College
Aiglon College is a private co-educational boarding school in Switzerland, broadly modelled on British boarding school lines. It is an independent, non-profit school located in the Swiss Alps. It is located 60 km from Lausanne in the alpine vil ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and pursued his undergraduate degree at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
.
Personal life
Rohan Sippy was married to
Rohena Gera
Rohena Gera, born in 1973, is an Indian director, screenwriter and producer.
Biography
Rohena Gera studied at Stanford University and Sarah Lawrence College. She works as a scriptwriter for Indian cinema. She also engages in non-profit camp ...
, who also went to Stanford and is now a screenwriter. They got divorced in 2003. He then married Roopa in 2009 and had a baby girl named Inaya on 27 November 2012.
Career
His latest directorial venture was ''
Nautanki Saala!
''Nautanki Saala!'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur along with Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mendonca. The story is based upon ...
'' starring
Ayushmann Khurrana and
Kunaal Roy Kapur
Kunaal Roy Kapur is an Indian actor, playwright and filmmaker who works in Hindi films and television shows.
Early life and background
Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and Indian Jewish heritage. His paternal grandfather, Raghu ...
was released on 12 April 2013, in India.
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Filmography
Television
References
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Hindi-language film directors
Hindi film producers
Stanford University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Sindhi people
21st-century Indian film directors