1956 - Today
Rajkumar Santoshi is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades including three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards, he made his directorial debut with the action drama Ghayal (1990), starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Amrish Puri. The film emerged as a major critical and commercial success, making Santoshi a household name in Hindi cinema. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rajkumar Santoshi has received more than 1,721,616 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rajkumar Santoshi is the 1,787th most popular film director (down from 1,555th in 2019), the 1,164th most popular biography from India (down from 979th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 1,787 out of 1,581. Before him are Nina Kusturica, Tim Hetherington, Akiva Schaffer, Gia Coppola, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Josh Cooley. After him are Wes Ball, Nicholas Stoller, Andrew Haigh, Lena Waithe, Drew Pearce, and Will Gluck.
1975 - Present
HPI: 28.76
Rank: 1,781
1970 - 2011
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 1,782
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.38
Rank: 1,783
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.34
Rank: 1,784
1964 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Rank: 1,785
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.07
Rank: 1,786
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 1,787
1980 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 1,788
1976 - Present
HPI: 27.45
Rank: 1,789
1973 - Present
HPI: 27.23
Rank: 1,790
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.06
Rank: 1,791
1976 - Present
HPI: 26.95
Rank: 1,792
1974 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 1,793
Among people born in 1956, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 683. Before him are Gerald Henderson, David Lidington, George Burley, Lloyd Sherr, David Narey, and Pat McCrory. After him are Bill Ritter, Tessa Sanderson, Peter Shumlin, Jimmy Nicholl, Chuy Bravo, and Ray Nagin.
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.95
Rank: 677
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.45
Rank: 678
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.42
Rank: 679
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.42
Rank: 680
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.38
Rank: 681
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.07
Rank: 682
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 683
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.67
Rank: 684
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.50
Rank: 685
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.37
Rank: 686
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.31
Rank: 687
1956 - 2019
HPI: 27.31
Rank: 688
1956 - Present
HPI: 26.82
Rank: 689
Among people born in India, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 1,164 out of 1,493. Before him are Jyothika (1977), Ravish Kumar (1974), Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965), Shweta Tiwari (1980), Deepa Sahi (1962), and Nagma (1974). After him are Madhoo (1969), Suraj Sharma (1993), Asin (1985), Bhumika Chawla (1978), Shobana (1970), and Nayanthara (1984).
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.05
Rank: 1,158
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.04
Rank: 1,159
1965 - Present
HPI: 28.03
Rank: 1,160
1980 - Present
HPI: 27.98
Rank: 1,161
1962 - Present
HPI: 27.90
Rank: 1,162
1974 - Present
HPI: 27.84
Rank: 1,163
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 1,164
1969 - Present
HPI: 27.71
Rank: 1,165
1993 - Present
HPI: 27.71
Rank: 1,166
1985 - Present
HPI: 27.67
Rank: 1,167
1978 - Present
HPI: 27.67
Rank: 1,168
1970 - Present
HPI: 27.65
Rank: 1,169
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.60
Rank: 1,170
Among film directors born in India, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 44. Before him are Goutam Ghose (1950), Prakash Jha (1952), Farhan Akhtar (1974), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), S. Shankar (1963), and Ashutosh Gowariker (1964). After him are Anurag Kashyap (1972), Rohit Shetty (1973), Zoya Akhtar (1972), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Kabir Khan (1968), and Vishal Bhardwaj (1965).
1950 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 38
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.00
Rank: 39
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Rank: 40
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 41
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 42
1964 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Rank: 43
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 44
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.65
Rank: 45
1973 - Present
HPI: 26.44
Rank: 46
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.19
Rank: 47
1965 - Present
HPI: 26.05
Rank: 48
1968 - Present
HPI: 25.34
Rank: 49
1965 - Present
HPI: 24.41
Rank: 50