Aditya Dhar

Aditya Dhar
Dhar in 2019
Born	12 March 1983 (1983-03-12) (age 41) New Delhi, India
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Yami Gautam ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	1

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

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. ^[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$40 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 named Aditya Dhar Films in 2021. ^[11] He is set to re-team with Kaushal in the mythological based superhero movie The Immortal Ashwatthama co-starring Sara Ali Khan. ^[12] It is 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 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India and budget concerns. ^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Notes
2009	Boond	Associate	Yes	No	Short film; also casting director
2010	Aakrosh	No	Dialogues	No
2012	Tezz	No	Dialogues	No
2018	Kharvas	No	No	Yes	Short film
2019	Uri: The Surgical Strike	Yes	Yes	No
2020	Amritsar Junction	No	No	Yes	Short film
2024	Article 370	No	Yes	Yes
2025	Dhoom Dhaam	No	Yes	Yes
2025	Dhurandhar†	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filming [14]

Discography

Title	Year	Artist	Album
"Kabul Fiza"	2006	Raghav Sachar	Kabul Express
"Banjar"
"Keh Raha Mera Dil"
"Yeh Main Aaya Kahaan Hoon"
"Rang"	2008		Haal-e-Dil
"Khwahish"
5 songs	2009		Daddy Cool
4 songs	2011		Phhir

• 2007: Play It Loud (Album) - All Songs, along with Raghav Sachar

Awards and nominations

Dhar receiving the Best Director Award for Uri: The Surgical Strike at 66th National Film Awards

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	Uri: The Surgical Strike	66th National Film Awards	Best Director	Won	[15]
		Jagran Film Festival	Best Debut Director	Won	[16]
		26th Screen Awards	Best Director	Nominated	[17]
			Most Promising Debut Director	Won
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. "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.

External links

• Aditya Dhar at IMDb
• Aditya Dhar on Facebook
• Aditya Dhar on Twitter
• Aditya Dhar at Bollywood Hungama