Guddu Dhanoa

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Guddu Dhanoa
Occupation(s)Film director
film producer
writer
Years active1992–2015
Relatives Dharmendra (cousin)

Guddu Dhanoa is an Indian writer, producer and director. He is mainly known for making Hindi films. He directed several action films, most notably Ziddi, starring Sunny Deol, and Bichhoo , starring Bobby Deol. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Personal life

He is cousin of Bollywood film star Dharmendra. [5]

His brothers are former actor Narendra and actor-producer Vijay Dhanoya.

Career

He started as a producer for Shahrukh Khan who starred in Dhanoa's 1992 film Deewana. He directed 1997 film Ziddi starring Sunny Deol which was a success at the box office. [6] [7] This commoner turned gangster action flick film did a business of 20 Crore on a budget of Rs 8 Crore and considered a milestone in the career of Dhanoa and Sunny deol. [8] His other Hindi language films as a director includes Elaan (1994)Tu Chor Main Sipahi (1996), Aflatoon (1997), Bichhoo (2000), 23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002), Hawa (2003), Jaal: The Trap (2003) and Big Brother. In 2011, he directed his first Punjabi language film The Lion of Punjab, followed by another Ramtaa Jogi (2015).

In year 2000, Dhanoa produced and directed a revenge drama film Bichhoo with Bobby Deol and Rani Mukherjee. The film was an unofficial remake of a French film. [9] A sequel of this film was also planned which never went into production. [10] In 2002, he directed 23rd March 1931: Shaheed with Bobby deol playing the lead role of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Sunny Deol playing freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad. The film clashed at the box office with Legend of Bhagat Singh, another film based on Shaheed Bhagat Singh. 23 March 1931: Shaheed was a box office failure. [11] In the year 2003, he produced and directed a supernatural thriller Hawa, featuring Tabu. The film was heavily inspired from Hollywood film The Entity and received poor reviews. [12] He shot his 2003 film Jaal: the trap in Himanchal Pradesh. During the shooting of this film Indian actor Amrish Puri had a serious accident which caused serious injury to his face and eyes. [13] Mr Dhanoa has been signed to direct the Hindi remake of Tamil Film S3 (also known as Singam 3). Thakur Anoop Singh is also on board to play the main lead. [14]

Filmography

YearTitleProducerDirector
1992 Deewana [15] Yes
1994 Elaan Yes
1995 Gundaraj Yes
1996 Tu Chor Main Sipahi Yes
1997 Ziddi Yes
Aflatoon YesYes
1998 Salaakhen YesYes[ citation needed ]
2000 Bichhoo YesYes
2002 23rd March 1931: Shaheed Yes
2003 Hawa YesYes
Jaal [16] Yes
2005 Sheesha Yes
2007 Big Brother YesYes
2011 The Lion of Punjab Yes
2015 Ramta Jogi Yes

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