Rohit Shetty born 14 March 1974 is an Indian film director stuntman writer producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised film director of Hindi Cinema. His movies are often mix 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. Further subsequent other successful films in franchise included Golmaal Returns 2008 and Golmaal 3 2018 which became one of the highest grossing film of the year.
Shetty returned in action genre with Singham 2011 after eight years of his debut action thriller Zameen. It also starred Ajay Devgn in lead. The film turned out one of the highest grosser of the year. Later on it expanded in Cop Universe franchise with other successful films such as Singham Returns 2014 Simmba 2018 Sooryavanshi 2021. His other notable success includes Bol Bachchan 2012. Chennai Express 2013 starring Shah Rukh Khan which became the highest grossing Hindi film surpassing 3 Idiots at that time and Dilwale 2015.
Apart from film directing. He has also hosts the stunt based adventure show Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi since 2014
Early life
Shetty was born to M. B. Shetty and Ratna. A Bollywood junior artist. who has acted in Hindi and Kannada films. He has four siblings.
Career
Shetty began his career at the age of 17 as an assistant director in Ajay Devgn's first film Phool Aur Kaante. He then worked with Devgn in Suhaag where he was a body double for Akshay Kumar who was its second main hero and Haqeeqat and with Kumar in Zulmi. He then joined the Devgn starrers Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha Hindustan Ki Kasam and Raju Chacha.
2010–present: Commercial success
The third part of Golmaal series titled Golmaal 3 again starring Devgn that opened theatrically in 2010 ended up as Shetty's first and an surprising blockbuster that entered 100 Crore Club domestically. Continuing his collaborations with Devgn. Shetty begun his Cop Universe in 2011 through his action film Singham that saw Devgn portray a police inspector fighting against corruption and directed the comedy Bol Bachchan also featuring Abhishek Bachchan in 2012 both films were super hits and crossed 100 Crore Club domestically.
Shetty's Chennai Express, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone was released on 9 August 2013. Chennai Express became the highest grossing Bollywood film in the domestic market. The film earned over US$17.4 million to become the third highest grossing Bollywood film overseas. The film also set a number of box office records for the highest opening day gross highest paid preview, highest single day gross biggest opening weekend highest opening week and the fastest film to reach ₹100 crore and ₹2 billion in the domestic market.
Shetty has played the judge of the television show Comedy Circus.
In 2014 Shetty directed Singham Returns with Ajay Devgn a sequel to his 2011 film Singham. He was also a part of the fifth season of television stunt game show Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2014 as the host taking over from the previous host Akshay Kumar. In 2014 he turned into a producer with Singham Returns co producing the film under his banner Rohit Shetty Productions. He directed Dilwale 2015 film with Sharukh Khan and Kajol which is a box office success. He reprised his role as host in season 6 and 8-11 of Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi.
Shetty directed Golmaal Again the fourth film of the Golmaal series. The film starring Ajay Devgn and Parineeti Chopra as lead was released in October 2017 and received mixed reviews. It became the highest grossing Hindi film in 2017 the first Hindi blockbuster of 2017, as well as the highest grossing Diwali release of all time. He directed the 2018 action comedy Simmba starring Ranveer Singh,Sara Ali Khan and Sonu Sood in lead roles with Ajay Devgn in a guest appearance as Bajirao Singham
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