Aditya Dhar

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Aditya Dhar
Aditya Dhar at IFFI 2019 (cropped).jpg
Dhar in 2019
Born12 March 1983 (1983-03-12) (age 42)
New Delhi, India
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​
Children1

Aditya Dhar (born 12 March 1983) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer best known for directing and writing military action film Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019).

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Personal life

Dhar was born on 12 March 1983 in New Delhi, India. [1] [2] Dhar is a Kashmiri Pandit. [3] He married Yami Gautam on 4 June 2021. [4] [5] On 10 May 2024, the couple had their first child, a boy named Vedavid Dhar. [6]

Career

In 2019, Dhar made his directorial debut with Uri: The Surgical Strike , an action film based on the 2016 Uri attack, starring Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam and Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the RSVP Movies banner. [7] Filmed in Serbia, the film is fictionally dramatised account of the true events of the retaliation to the 2016 Uri attack. [8] Uri earned ₹2.4 billion (US$28 million) in India, and over ₹3.5 billion (US$41 million) worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing Indian film domestically [ broken anchor ]. [9] [10] Dhar was awarded with the National Film Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.

Dhar launched his own production company, B62 Studios, in 2021. [11] He was set to collaborate with Kaushal in the mythological based superhero film, The Immortal Ashwatthama , co-starring Sara Ali Khan. [12] It was a planned trilogy backed by Ronnie Screwvala. [13] The film was announced on the second anniversary of the release of Uri and was set to start filming in mid-2021, but was delayed and eventually shelved due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India and budgetary reasons. [11]

He announced his second feature film, Dhurandhar , starring Ranveer Singh along with an ensemble cast of Sara Arjun, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and Akshaye Khanna. It is slated to release on 5 December 2025.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorScreenwriterProducerNotes
2009BoondAssociateYesNoShort film; also casting director
2010 Aakrosh NoDialoguesNo
2012 Tezz NoDialoguesNo
2018KharvasNoNoYesShort film
2019 Uri: The Surgical Strike YesYesNo
2020Amritsar JunctionNoNoYesShort film
2024 Article 370 NoYesYes
2025 Dhoom Dhaam NoYesYes
Dhurandhar †YesYesYesFilming [14]

Discography

TitleYearArtistAlbum
"Kabul Fiza"2006 Raghav Sachar Kabul Express
"Banjar"
"Keh Raha Mera Dil"
"Yeh Main Aaya Kahaan Hoon"
"Rang"2008 Haal-e-Dil
"Khwahish"
5 songs2009 Daddy Cool
4 songs2011 Phhir

Awards and nominations

Dhar receiving the Best Director Award for Uri: The Surgical Strike at 66th National Film Awards Aditya Dhar National Award for Uri.jpg
Dhar receiving the Best Director Award for Uri: The Surgical Strike at 66th National Film Awards
YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.
2019 Uri: The Surgical Strike 66th National Film Awards Best Director Won [15]
Jagran Film Festival Best Debut DirectorWon [16]
26th Screen Awards Best Director Nominated [17]
Most Promising Debut DirectorWon
2020 65th Filmfare Awards Best Director Nominated [18]
Best Debut Director Won
Zee Cine Awards Best Director Nominated
Most Promising Director Won
2021 21st IIFA Awards Best Director Won [19]
Best Story Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Aditya Dhar profile on Times f India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Chakraborty, Juhi (12 March 2021). "Uri director Aditya Dhar's birthday wish: We are really frustrated; I want to have a normal life again". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Sinha, Seema (15 January 2019). "Uri director Aditya Dhar on telling the story of surgical strikes and why it's an army film, not propaganda". Firstpost. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Yami Gautam ties the knot with Aditya Dhar". The Indian Express. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Yami Gautam marries Uri director Aditya Dhar in intimate wedding". India Today. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Yami Gautam, Aditya Dhar welcome baby boy, name him Vedavid". The Hindu. PTI. 20 May 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Raazi for any role". Telegraph India. Uri will change that. It is an out and out action film.
  8. ↑ Dubey, Rachna (28 September 2018). "Vicky Kaushal: 'Uri' was physically the most challenging film for me". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Tuteja, Joginder (7 March 2019). "Uri Box Office Collection: Vicky Kaushal's movie nearing Rs 250 crore in India; first blockbuster of 2019". Business Today . Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. 1 2 "PeepingMoon Exclusive: Uri director Aditya Dhar turns producer; to revive his debut film Raat Baki with Yami Gautam and Pratik Gandhi". 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "New Year special | Vicky Kaushal: I wish for the world to get rid of coronavirus in 2021". Hindustan Times. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "First Look: Vicky Kaushal reunites with 'Uri' director for 'The Immortal Ashwatthama'". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "CONFIRMED! Ranveer Singh teams up with Aditya Dhar for his next backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studio; exciting details out!". Bollywood Hungama. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "National Film Awards: Vicky Kaushal And Ayushmann Khurrana Share Best Actor". NDTV. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  16. ↑ "10th Jagran Film Festival was inaugurated". currentaffairs.gktoday.in. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  17. ↑ Kerner, Lou (9 December 2019). "Star Screen Awards 2019 Winners List – Who won Star Screen Awards this year?". Gulf News . Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  18. ↑ "Filmfare Awards 2020 winners list: Gully Boy makes history, wins 13 awards including Best Film, Actor and Actress". Firstpost. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  19. ↑ "IIFA Awards 2020 – Popular Award Winners". IIFA Awards . 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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