Abhishek Pathak | |
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Born | Abhishek Pathak 1 July 1987 Mumbai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Director, Producer, Writer |
Spouse | |
Parent(s) | Kumar Mangat Pathak (father) Neelam Pathak (mother) Amita Pathak Sachar (sister) |
Abhishek Pathak (born 1 July 1987), is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who works in Hindi films. He has directed films such as Drishyam 2 [1] and Ujda Chaman . [2] He has also produced films such as Pyaar Ka Punchnama , [3] Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 , [4] Section 375 [5] and Khuda Haafiz . [6]
Pathak is the son of film producer Kumar Mangat Pathak. He did his schooling at Mithibai College in Mumbai and studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. He has produced many films under his father's production company Panorama Studios. [7] In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the comedy Ujda Chaman . In 2022, he directed Drishyam 2, a sequel to Drishyam (2015). He married actress Shivaleeka Oberoi Pathak in February 2023. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Year | Film | Producer | Director | Writer |
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2024 | Raid 2 | Yes | ||
Shaitaan | Yes | |||
2023 | Hu ane Tu | Yes | ||
2022 | Drishyam 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Daman | Yes | |||
Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha | Yes | |||
2021 | Dybbuk | Yes | ||
2020 | Khuda Haafiz | Yes | ||
2019 | Pagalpanti | Yes | ||
Ujda Chaman | Yes | Yes | ||
Section 375 | Yes | |||
Singham | Yes | |||
2018 | Raid | Yes | ||
2017 | Guest in London | Yes | ||
2015 | Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | Yes | ||
Drishyam | Yes | |||
Alone | Yes | |||
2013 | Aatma | Yes | ||
Akaash Vani | Yes | |||
2012 | Bittoo Boss | Yes | ||
2011 | Pyaar Ka Punchnama | Yes | ||
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Ujda Chaman is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed and produced by Abhishek Pathak along with produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak under the Panorama Studios banner. Starring Sunny Singh, Maanvi Gagroo, Saurabh Shukla, Karishma Sharma and Aishwarya Sakhuja, it is an official remake of the 2017 Kannada dramedy film Ondu Motteya Kathe. It was theatrically released in India on 1 November 2019.
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