FILM DIRECTOR

Subhash Ghai

1945 - Today

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Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, lyricist, music director and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema. He was one of the most prominent and successful filmmakers of Hindi cinema throughout 80s and 90s. His most notable works include Kalicharan (1976), Vishwanath (1978), Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Vidhaata (1982), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999).In 1982, he started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its executive chairman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Subhash Ghai has received more than 2,547,651 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Subhash Ghai is the 1,493rd most popular film director (up from 1,537th in 2019), the 847th most popular biography from India (down from 816th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Subhash Ghais by language

Over the past year Subhash Ghai has had the most page views in the with 292,182 views, followed by Hindi (12,549), and Persian (3,020). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (95.09%), Sanskrit (62.82%), and Hindi (42.41%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Subhash Ghai ranks 1,493 out of 2,041. Before him are Doris Dörrie, Lav Diaz, Ari Aster, Tom Mankiewicz, Oscar Apfel, and Eytan Fox. After him are Alik Sakharov, Tom Shadyac, Don Coscarelli, Euzhan Palcy, Barrie M. Osborne, and Peter Schamoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Subhash Ghai ranks 593. Before him are Yves Herbet, Christy Moore, Cipriano Chemello, István Juhász, Randy Matson, and Georg Volkert. After him are Eugenie Scott, Brewster H. Shaw, Shirley Walker, Baudilio Jáuregui, Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, and Max Hastings.

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In India

Among people born in India, Subhash Ghai ranks 847 out of 1,861. Before him are Salmaan Taseer (1944), Varsha Adalja (1940), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), Narayan Rao (1755), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), and Jadav Payeng (1963). After him are Salil Chowdhury (1925), Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922), Virat Kohli (1988), and Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Subhash Ghai ranks 16. Before him are Shyam Benegal (1934), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), Ismail Merchant (1936), and V. Shantaram (1901). After him are Deepa Mehta (1950), Aparna Sen (1945), Tapan Sinha (1924), Karan Johar (1972), Nasir Hussain (1931), and Prakash Jha (1952).

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Filmography

Pardes
Director
Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend's daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal's foster son.
Aug 8o 19976.714 / 10
Yaadein
Director
When Ronit meets Isha, both are attracted to each other and fall in love. They want to surprise Ronit's parents and Raj, and they accordingly decide to share this news with Raj, only to find out that Raj has been actively involved in trying to get Ronit married to Monishka Rai.
Jul 27o 20015.5 / 10
Taal
Director
On a sight-seeing road trip of India, U.K. based Manav Mehta meets Mansi, the daughter of a singer, Tarababu. He is attracted to her, and makes his attraction known. She also is attracted to him eventually. Her dad approves of Manav, and both go to Bombay to meet his family. On their arrival itself, they are shunned and treated as second class citizens, and this lasts throughout the day.
Aug 13o 19996.4 / 10