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FILM DIRECTOR

David Dhawan

1955 - Today

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David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1951) is an Indian director of Hindi films. A member of the Dhawan family, he has directed over 42 films. The 1993 action thriller Aankhen and 1999 comedy Biwi No.1 earned him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Dhawan has received more than 3,953,901 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). David Dhawan is the 1,693rd most popular film director (down from 1,430th in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from India (down from 788th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Dhawan ranks 1,693 out of 1,581. Before him are David Nutter, Linus Sandgren, Carlos Atanes, Brillante Mendoza, Danny Antonucci, and Ira Sachs. After him are J. C. Chandor, Mai Masri, David Robert Mitchell, Corneliu Porumboiu, Barry Jenkins, and Rob Minkoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, David Dhawan ranks 583. Before him are Dietmar Schauerhammer, Paul Ginsparg, Newton Thomas Sigel, Geoffrey A. Landis, Pete Shelley, and Gedde Watanabe. After him are Andrew M. Allen, James Edwards, Hiroshi Hayano, Gulshan Grover, Maureen George, and Agafia Constantin.

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In India

Among people born in India, David Dhawan ranks 944 out of 1,493. Before him are Sohrab Modi (1897), Reshma (1947), Malaika Arora (1973), Sohail Khan (1970), Shraddha Kapoor (1987), and Sonu Nigam (1973). After him are Mallika Sarabhai (1954), Ravi Shankar Prasad (1954), Raveena Tandon (1974), Vikram (1966), Daler Mehndi (1967), and Gulshan Grover (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, David Dhawan ranks 31. Before him are B. R. Chopra (1914), Farah Khan (1965), Mehboob Khan (1907), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Aditya Chopra (1971), and Ebrahim Alkazi (1925). After him are Basu Chatterjee (1930), Kiran Rao (1973), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Ram Gopal Varma (1962), Prabhu Deva (1973), and Mani Kaul (1944).

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Filmography

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