FILM DIRECTOR

Rajkumar Santoshi

1956 - Today

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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 1,835,125 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Rajkumar Santoshi is the 1,945th most popular film director (down from 1,780th in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from India (down from 1,160th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 3.72

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 1,945 out of 2,041. Before him are David Michôd, Greg Yaitanes, Shane Meadows, Christopher Landon, Tim Minear, and Sean Baker. After him are Gareth Evans, Chris Williams, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Etan Cohen, Tim Story, and Matthew Libatique.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 773. Before him are Phil Ford, Tim Flannery, Danny Hillis, Sue Barker, Garry Birtles, and Kevin Moran. After him are Lloyd Sherr, S. Scott Bullock, Takekazu Suzuki, Ted Haggard, Amma Darko, and Jay Nixon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 1,287 out of 1,861. Before him are Rituparna Sengupta (1970), P. V. Sindhu (1995), Diana Hayden (1973), Ronit Roy (1965), Soundarya (1972), and Debashree Roy (1962). After him are Zarina Wahab (1959), Sunil Mittal (1957), Arvind Krishna (1962), Saurabh Shukla (1963), Bina Agarwal (1951), and Jyothika (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Rajkumar Santoshi ranks 51. Before him are Kiran Rao (1973), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Sai Paranjpye (1938), Prabhu Deva (1973), S. Shankar (1963), and Farhan Akhtar (1974). After him are Anurag Kashyap (1972), Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), S. J. Suryah (1968), Zoya Akhtar (1972), Ketan Mehta (1952), and Puri Jagannadh (1966).

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