Vivek Vaswani is an

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, writer and producer. He is also dean of

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Career

An alumnus of Campion School and Cathedral and John Connon, started off with acting in India's first TV soap opera 'Khandaan'. He then produced a Marathi film called 'Kis Bai Kiss', and a major television serial called 'Nai Dishayen', in which he also starred along with Navin Nischol, Anju Mahendroo, Girish Karnad, Parikshat Sahni, Sharon prabhakar, Jayant Kripalani. He produced 'Gawaahi', giving a break to Anant Balani as a director. The film starred Zeenat Aman, Tanuja, Vikram Gokhale, and both India's Oscar nominated directors, Shekhar Kapur and Ashutosh Gowariker. He then produced three films at Sippy Films, alongside GP Sippy, 'Patthar Ke Phool', 'Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman', 'Aatish' and played minor roles in them as well. He has launched Raveena Tandon, Shah Rukh Khan, and given breaks to many (Sanjay Gupta and Sanjay Gadhvi were both assisting on 'Patthar ke Phool). He has acted in more than a 100 films. When

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came to Mumbai as a hopeful actor, he had no place to stay. He lived with Vaswani, who later appeared in ''

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'' with him, and helped SRK meet directors and producers. and launched him in 'Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'. they also acted together in 'English Babu Desi Mem', 'Dulha Mil Gaya', 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa', 'King Uncle' and Vaswani has been a continuous mentor to him. Vaswani also produced 'Everybody say's I'm Fine' in the English language, giving a break to

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, who made his debut as a director, actors

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Films

Vivek Vaswani's first film as a producer was a Marathi film titled "''Kis Bai Kiss"'' which was made in eleven lakhs. The film was directed by Murlidhar Kapdi in 1986. The film starred actors Laxmikant Berde, Ashwini Bhave, Avinash Kharshikar, Nivedita Joshi, Nayantara and Sudhir Joshi. As an actor, he has played minor roles in various films, starting with ''Patthar Ke Phool'' in 1991. Vivek played a character named Lovechand Kukreja in the superhit film ''

'' (1992), starring

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. The actor also appeared in hit films like ''

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'', ''

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'' (1999), '' Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa'', ''

'' (2000), '' Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya'' (2005), '' My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves'' (2008) and more. On Television, his famous series was ''

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Filmography

; As actor * ''

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'' ... Lawyer * '' My Name is Anthony Gonsalves'' * ''

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'' ... Vidyacharan Shukla * ''

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'' ... Mr. Dixit, Lawyer * ''

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'' ... Karan's Uncle * '' Barsaat'' ... Mr. Vaswani * ''

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'' ... Agarwal * ''

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'' ... The Bank Employee * ''

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'' ... Professor * ''

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'' ... Doctor * ''

'' ... Savio * '' Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa'' * ''

'' ... Vaswani * ''

'' ... Suraj Dhanwa * ''

'' ... Lovechand * ''

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'' ... The College Principal * ''

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'' ... Rakesh Rajpal * ''

King Uncle ''King Uncle'' is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Shah Rukh Khan, and Anu Agarwal. Nagma, Paresh Rawal, Sushmita Mukherjee, Pooja Ruparel, Deven Verma appear in suppor ...

'' ... Kamal * '' Khandaan'' * ''

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'' ... Producer * '' Bullets (2021)'' ; As producer and writer * '' Kis Bai Kis'' (1986) Marathi Film * ''Nai Dishayen'' (TV) * ''Gawaahi'' (1986) Feature * ''Patthar ke Phool'' (co produced with Sippy Films) * ''Raju ban Gaya gentleman'' (co produced with Sippy Films) * ''Everybody Says I'm Fine'' * ''Sar Aankhon Par'' * ''Dil Vil Pyar Vyar'' (co produced with Metalight) * ''

'' * ''Rough Book'' (co produced with Aerika Cineworks)

References

External links

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Vivek Vaswani Filmography

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