Kuku Kohli

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Kuku Kohli
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Kohli in 2023
Born
Avtar Joginder Singh Kohli

(1949-06-04) 4 June 1949 (age 75)
Nationality Indian
Other namesAvtar Kohli
Occupation(s)Director, producer
Years active1973–present
Notable work Phool Aur Kaante
Spouse Aruna Irani (m.1990) [1]
Relatives Indra Kumar (Brother-in-law)
Adi Irani (Brother-in-law)
Firoz Irani (Brother-in-law)
Balraj Irani (Brother-in-law)

Kuku Kohli (born Avtar Kohli) is a director, writer, editor and screenwriter of Bollywood Films. [2] He was born in Peshawar. He gave Ajay Devgan his first break in Bollywood film Phool Aur Kaante . [3] [4]

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Career

Early in his career, he worked under Raj Kapoor for many years where he learned his skills. [5] Kuku Kohli has been in the film industry for more than 30 years. He was the second unit director of the film Betaab which was the launch pad of Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh and catapulted both into stardom as it was a golden jubilee film. Another film was Arjun starring Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia, was a silver jubilee film. He, then, directed Phool Aur Kaante which achieved diamond jubilee status and elevated the visibility of Ajay Devgan. After this, he directed Kohraam starring Dharmendra, Suhaag starring Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor, Nagma was again a golden jubilee. Haqeeqat starred Ajay Devgan and Tabu. It was nominated in 7 categories including best director for the Filmfare Awards. Kohli was also nominated as the best director of the year for the same film for the Screen Awards. His directorial venture was Zulmi starring Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna. This film had also run successfully everywhere.

His next film was Anari No.1 starring Govinda in a double role. Since then he had made Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa . Music maestros Nadeem-Shravan made a comeback into the industry with this film. His last directorial was Woh Tera Naam Tha starring Arjan Bajwa and Kanchi Kaul.

Personal life

He married actress Aruna Irani in 1990 and the couple has no children. This was his second marriage. [6] [7]

See also

Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association [8] [9]

Filmography

Director

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