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Apoorva Lakhia | |
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 Apoorva Lakhia at CCL match, 2011 | |
| Born | Apoorva Lakhia |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film director |
Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director.
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Apoorva Lakhia | |
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| Apoorva Lakhia at CCL match, 2011 | |
| Born | Apoorva Lakhia |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film director |
Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director.
Lakhia was born and brought up in Ahmedabad, India. [1] He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. [2] He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist Mira Nair on The Perez Family. [3] He had been an assistant on American films such as The Ice Storm , A Perfect Murder and Addicted to Love . [3]
Before becoming a film director, Apoorva was an assistant director for Ashutosh Gowariker's period epic film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India . As Aamir Khan was looking for someone with Hollywood experience for Lagaan, Farhan Akhtar [4] recommended Apoorva, who had worked with casts and crews in Hollywood. He also worked as the second assistant director for the film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). [3]
He made his debut as a film director with the 2002 film Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost . His second film Ek Ajnabee released in 2005 which starred Amitabh Bachchan and Arjun Rampal in the leading role was a remake of the 2004 American film Man on Fire . His third film Shootout at Lokhandwala which has a multi-star cast released on 25 May 2007 and was based on real-life events involving the underworld gangsters from D-Company such as Maya Dolas and Dilip Buwa. In late 2007 he directed a short story titled Sex on the Beach for the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan . His next film was Mission Istanbul starring Vivek Oberoi, Sunil Shetty, Shriya Saran and Zayed Khan which released in 2008. [5] North American producer Vikas Kohli of Fatlabs studio collaborated with Mika Singh for the first time on the Mission Istaanbul soundtrack. [6]
He has written the story of Hide & Seek (2009), which is directed Shawn Aranha. Lakhia wrote and directed all the movies from his debut to Mission Istanbul . He made his acting debut with a negative role in the 2010 film Knock Out starring Sanjay Dutt and Irrfan Khan.
In 2013, he directed a remake of the breakthrough film Zanjeer (1973) with Telugu actor Ram Charan; the film was funded by Aaditya Kulshreshtha. In 2017, he directed the film Haseena Parkar based on the life of Dawood Ibrahim's sister with Shraddha Kapoor and her real-life brother Siddhant Kapoor in the lead roles.
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Note | |
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| 2001 | Lagaan | No | No | No | Assistant director | |
| 2003 | Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 2005 | Ek Ajnabee | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 2007 | Shootout at Lokhandwala | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Dus Kahaniyaan | Yes | Yes | No | Segment "Sex on the Beach" | ||
| 2008 | Mission Istaanbul | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 2010 | Hide & Seek | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2013 | Zanjeer | Yes | Yes | No | Hindi film | A Remake of Zanjeer (1973) |
| Toofan | Yes | Yes | No | Telugu Film | A Remake of Zanjeer (1973) | |
| 2017 | Haseena Parkar | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 2020 | Crackdown | Yes | Yes | Yes | web series released on Voot | |
| Mum Bhai | No | Yes | Yes | web series released on ALTBalaji and ZEE5 | ||
| 2026 | Bombay To Goa | Yes | Yes | No | Hindi film | A Remake of Bombay To Goa (1972) |
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