Subhash Ghai

Subhash Ghai
Born (1945-01-24) 24 January 1945
Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
(Now in Maharashtra, India)[1]
Alma mater Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter
Years active 1970–present
Spouse(s) Mukta Ghai (m. 1970)
Children Meghna
Muskaan
Website muktaarts.com

Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema. His most notable films include Kalicharan (1976), Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997), Taal (1999), and Black & White (2008). In 1982, he started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its executive chairman. In 2006, he received the National Film Award, for producing the social problem film Iqbal.[2]

Early life

Subhash Ghai was born in Nagpur in a Punjabi family. His father was a dentist who practised in Delhi. Subhash did his higher secondary in Delhi and thereafter graduated in Commerce from Rohtak,[3] Haryana. In 1963, he moved to Pune, Maharashtra, to join the Film and Television Institute of India. In 1970, he married a girl from Pune named Rehana alias Mukta. Today, he lives in Mumbai with his wife, Mukta Ghai and daughters, Meghna Ghai Puri and Muskaan Ghai. Meghna Ghai Puri is the President of Whistling Woods International, film and media institution in Mumbai set up by Subhash Ghai in 2006.

Career

Ghai started his career in Hindi cinema as an actor with small roles in films including Taqdeer (1967) and Aradhana (1971). He was the male lead in the 1970s Umang, and Gumraah (1976).[1] His directorial debut was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha. As of 2016, he has written and directed a total of 16 movies.

In the 1980s and 1990s, he formed a collaboration with Dilip Kumar whom he directed in Vidhaata (1982), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991), the latter for which he won the Filmfare Best Director Award.[4] He introduced Jackie Shroff as a leading actor in Hero (1983) and helped establish Anil Kapoor's rising career with Meri Jung (1985) for which he was nominated for a Filmfare Best Actor Award . He went on to frequently work with Shroff and Anil Kapoor, casting them together in the films Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989) and Trimurti (1995) which he had produced and was directed by Mukul S. Anand. His 1993 release Khalnayak starring Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Shroff featured the songs "nayak nahin khalnayak hu main" and "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai".

In 1997, he directed Pardes which starred Shahrukh Khan and introduced Mahima Chaudhry and Apoorva Agnihotri. In 1999 he directed Taal which starred Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai and Anil Kapoor. Both Pardes and Taal were released internationally but although hits failed to live up to the box office expectations set by his previous directorial ventures. His following films were Yaadein (2001) and Kisna (2005), which were box office flops.

He then took a break from directing and turned producer with films including Aitraaz (2004), Iqbal (2005), 36 China Town (2006) and Apna Sapna Money Money (2006). In 2006, he set up his own film institute Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.[5] The institute trains students in filmmaking: production, direction, cinematography, acting, animation. Ghai has done brief cameos in his directorial ventures.

After a three-year hiatus from directing, he returned in 2008 with Black and White released on 7 March 2008 and, later Yuvvraaj released in November 2008 which didn't perform well at the box office.[6] A. R. Rahman stated in an interview that Ghai had asked him to use the words "Jai Ho" in a song.[7]

Awards

National Film Awards

Filmfare Awards

Filmography

Year Film Role
1969 Aradhana Supporting actor only
1976 Kalicharan Director
1978 Vishwanath Director
1979 Gautam Govinda Director
1980 Karz Director
1981 Krodhi Director
1982 Vidhaata Director
1983 Hero Director
1985 Meri Jung Director
1986 Karma Director
1989 Ram Lakhan Director
1991 Saudagar Director
1993 Khalnayak Director
1995 Trimurti Producer only
1997 Pardes Director
1999 Taal Director
2001 Yaadein Director
2003 Ek Aur Ek Gyarah Producer only
2003 Joggers' Park Producer only
2004 Aitraaz Producer only
2005 Kisna: The Warrior Poet Director
2005 Iqbal Producer only
2006 36 China Town Producer only
2006 Shaadi Se Pehle Executive Producer only
2006 Apna Sapna Money Money Producer only
2007 Good Boy, Bad Boy Producer only
2008 Black & White Director
2008 Yuvvraaj Director
2013 Samhita Producer only
2014 Double Di Trouble Producer only
2014 Kaanchi: The Unbreakable Director
2015 Hero Producer only

References

  1. 1 2 Profile Mukta Arts.
  2. 1 2 http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx
  3. ↑ http://muktaarts.com/board-of-directors/
  4. ↑ Filmfare Awards 1991 - imdb
  5. ↑ Subhash Ghai unveils dream project IndiaFM, Monday, 27 March 2006.
  6. ↑ "Slumdog's 'Jai Ho' was composed for Yuvvraaj". OneIndia. 25 February 2009.
  7. ↑ “Subhash Ghai is the one who asked me..." The Times of India, 24 February 2009.
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