FILM DIRECTOR

Rohit Shetty

1973 - Today

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Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, stuntman, writer, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. His movies are often mixed the genres of action comedy and masala films. His breakthrough came with the first installment of comedy film franchise Golmaal, Golmaal (2006) starring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi, which became sleeper hit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rohit Shetty has received more than 6,873,179 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rohit Shetty is the 2,001st most popular film director (down from 1,790th in 2019), the 1,449th most popular biography from India (down from 1,193rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 6.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rohit Shetties by language

Over the past year Rohit Shetty has had the most page views in the with 813,819 views, followed by Hindi (16,603), and Persian (5,341). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (73.62%), Japanese (48.07%), and Kannada (32.16%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rohit Shetty ranks 2,001 out of 2,041. Before him are Jeff Wadlow, Ketan Mehta, Josh Trank, Kantemir Balagov, Puri Jagannadh, and Akiva Schaffer. After him are Vikram Bhatt, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Jamie Babbit, Josh Cooley, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Kalpana Lajmi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Rohit Shetty ranks 1,016. Before him are Nixon Perea, Cristina Bontaș, Clement Chukwu, Tisca Chopra, Sophie Dodemont, and Steve Smith. After him are Therese Comodini Cachia, Ryuji Tabuchi, Masato Fue, Krayzie Bone, Anthony Gatto, and Pullela Gopichand.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rohit Shetty ranks 1,449 out of 1,861. Before him are Sunidhi Chauhan (1983), Bajrang Punia (1994), Humpy Koneru (1987), Tisca Chopra (1973), Nimrat Kaur (1982), and Riya Sen (1981). After him are Rimi Sen (1981), Yami Gautam (1988), Konkona Sen Sharma (1979), Tania Sachdev (1986), Dolly Guleria (1949), and Pramila Jayapal (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Rohit Shetty ranks 58. Before him are Anurag Kashyap (1972), Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), S. J. Suryah (1968), Zoya Akhtar (1972), Ketan Mehta (1952), and Puri Jagannadh (1966). After him are Vikram Bhatt (1969), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (1963), Vishal Bhardwaj (1965), Kalpana Lajmi (1954), Raghava Lawrence (1976), and Kabir Khan (1968).

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Filmography

Chennai Express
Director
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
Aug 8o 20136.5 / 10
Dilwale
Director
Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.
Dec 18o 20156.6 / 10
Sooryavanshi
Director
A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.
Nov 5o 20215.8 / 10