Dhwani Gautam

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Dhwani Gautam
Born (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 38)
Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater The Asian School
Marwah Studios Noida
Occupation(s) Producer, Director and Writer
Years active2007–present
OrganizationDhwani Gautam Films
Notable work Heroes
Romance Complicated
Order Order Out of Order

Dhwani Gautam (born 22 July 1985) is a filmmaker, director and writer known for Romance Complicated and Hoon Tari Heer. He predominantly works in the Gujarati Film Industry and Bollywood. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Dhwani Gautam was born in Gujarat. He received his schooling from The Asian School, and a degree in film-making from Marwah studios Noida. It all started when he was 13 years old when he watched Yash Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Since then he decided to become a Film Director. Coming from a middle-class family it was quite tough to pursue the career into entertainment industry. He has worked as Radio Jockey in initial days in New Delhi. His struggle started when he shifted to Mumbai to pursue his career.

Career

Hailing from a middle-class family based in Delhi, Gautam worked small jobs until he became an RJ for a while. Later, he moved to Mumbai. He was hired as an assistant director for the family drama, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. Later he went on to work for three more serials. He later worked in the Sunny Deol starrer Heroes and the Bobby Deol starrer Nanhe Jaisalmer. After garnering experience in direction and writing, he went on to work for the Punjabi Film Industry.

In 2015, he started work on his own films RomanceComplicated which was the first film of his as directorial debut, [4] which was his dream project and it was the first film of Gujarati cinema which has been shot overseas. [5] from that film he has also acted in negative character. [6] Dhwani Gautam put his trust on India's raw star winner Darshan Raval as music director [7] for Romance Complicated.

He made his television comeback with cooking show in 2018 named Great Gujarati Cooking Competition. [8]

In 2019 he again come up with the Mr D Show - Get Funny with Dhwani, where 60+ artists such as Malhar Thakar, Parthiv Gohil, Manasi Parekh, Pooja Jhaveri, Raunaq Kamdar and many more came on the show. The show got telecast on Shemaroo Entertainment's OTT platform ShemarooMe. [9]

In 2020 before the starting of pandemic he has started his one of the dream project named Kesariya with Malhar Thakar, Anshul Trivedi and Ritu Bhagwani. [10] The rumor came that movie has stopped due to the lack of fund and Dhwani Gautam has denied it. [11]

Post lock down he has shot the independent Gujarati music song with Geeta Rabari for the song name Pardesiya. [12] and Valamiya 2.0. [13] He has also directed the independent song named Hawa Karda Punjabi song featuring Shama Sikander. [14]

End of 2021 he started his dream project named "Hoon Tari Heer" with Bharat Chawda, Puja Joshi, and Ojas Rawal. [15]

His upcoming project named "Love Atrangi", starring Puja Joshi, Anshul Trivedi and Pooja Jhaveri very soon on the floor. [16]

Filmography

Assistant Director

YearFilm
2007 Hats Off Productions
2008 Sagar Arts Vadodara
2008 Heroes

Films

YearFilmDirectorActorAssociate ProducerScreenplay WriterLanguage
2014The Last DonYesGujarati
2016 Romance Complicated YesYesYesYesGujarati
2016Tuu To GayoYesYesYesYesGujarati
2018Midnights with MenkaYesGujarati
2019 Order Order Out Of Order [17] YesYesYesYesGujarati
2020 Golkeri YesGujarati
2022 Hoon Tari Heer [18] YesYesYesYesGujarati
2024Dayro [19] YesYesYesYesGujarati
2024Shubh Saanj [20] YesYesYesYesGujarati
2024The Story of Patel Vs. PatrickYesYesYesYesGujarati
2024KesariyaYesYesYesYesGujarati
2024Love AtrangiYesYesYesYesGujarati

Television

YearSeriesSeasonDirectorProducerLanguageNetwork/PlatformNotes
2013Jeevti Vaarta1YesYesGujarati VTV-Gujarati serial
2017Mr D Show [21] 1YesYesGujaratiGTPLChat Show & Host
2018Great Gujarat Cooking [22] 1GujaratiGTPLCoocking Show & Host
2019Mr D Show - Get Funny With Dhwani. [23] 2YesYesGujarati Shemaroo Entertainment Chat Show & Host
2019Great Gujarat Cooking [24] 2GujaratiNews18 GujaratiCoocking Show & Host

Music Videos

YearSong NameDirectorProducerScreenplay WriterLanguage
2021Valmiya 2.0YesYesYesGujarati
2021PardesiyaYesYesYesGujarati
2021Hawa KardaYesPunjabi

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  11. ↑ "Dhwani Gautam on rumors of 'Kesariya': It's a complete lie that the film has stopped due to lack of funds - Times of India". The Times of India . 8 October 2021.
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  13. ↑ "Valamiya 2.0 - YouTube". YouTube .
  14. ↑ "Afsana Khan : Hawa Karda - YouTube". YouTube .
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