Sharat Katariya (born 15 June 1978) is an Indian film director and screenwriter.

Career

Katariya started out as an assistant director to

Rajat Kapoor Rajat Kapoor (born 11 February 1961) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and playwright who works in Hindi cinema. Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 2013 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later mov ...

during the making of

Raghu Romeo ''Raghu Romeo'' is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Vijay Raaz, Sadiya Siddiqui, Maria Goretti, Manu Rishi and Saurabh Shukla. The film was released on 15 August 2003 to critical acclaim and succe ...

. He also worked as a lyricist on the film. Apart from this he has written dialogues for films '' Bheja Fry'' and

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. Sharat has also worked with Deven Khote and

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on his directorial venture

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' Fruit and Nut. Katariya worked as the first assistant on

Rok Sako To Rok Lo ''Rok Sako To Rok Lo'' () is a 2004 Indian sports drama film produced and directed by Arindam Chaudhuri, in his debut. The film stars Sunny Deol, Yash Pandit, Manjari Fadnis, Carran Kapur, Aparna Kumar and Ram Menon in the lead roles. The music ...

. Sharat’s film That’s What My Dad Used to Say was shown at the

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. Sharat worked on a short film,

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starring

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. In 2006, Sharat penned lyrics for

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. His directorial debut film ''10 m Love'' (2010) was based on

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's play ''

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'', with Rajat Kapoor,

Tisca Chopra Tisca Zareen Chopra (née Arora; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress, author and film producer who has appeared in over 45 feature films, predominantly in Hindi language. ''Taare Zameen Par'', her best known feature film, was India's off ...

and

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as leads. Following this, he went on to direct

Dum Laga Ke Haisha ''Dum Laga Ke Haisha'' (), released internationally as ''My Big Fat Bride'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra and ...

(2015) and

Sui Dhaaga ''Sui Dhaaga: Made in India'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sharat Katariya and produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma. Edited by Charu Shree Roy, the film stars Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma as a married ...

(2018)

Filmography

;Writer * '' Bheja Fry'' (2007) * '' Fruit and Nut'' (2009) * '' Phillum City'' (2010) * ''

Bheja Fry 2 ''Bheja Fry 2'' () is an Indian comedy film released on 17 June 2011. It is the sequel to the 2007 low budget but successful film '' Bheja Fry'', and the second release of '' Bheja Fry series''. The film garnered negative to mixed reviews upon i ...

'' (2011) * ''

Hum Tum Shabana ''Hum Tum Shabana'' () is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film. It stars Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade & Minissha Lamba in lead roles. Plot ''Hum Tum Shabana'' is a comedy movie revolving around three characters, played by Tusshar Kapoor, Shreya ...

'' (2011) * '' 10ml LOVE'' (2012) * ''

'' (2013) * '' Titli'' (2015) * '' Fan'' (dialogues) (2016) * ''

Befikre ''Befikre'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner of Yash Raj Films. It features Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor in the lead roles. The fi ...

'' (dialogues) (2016) ;Director * '' 10ml LOVE'' (2012) * ''

'' (2015) * ''

'' (2018)

References

External links

* * * 1978 births Living people Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters 21st-century Indian film directors {{India-film-director-stub