Rajiv S. Ruia

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Rajiv S Ruia
Born
Mumbai, India
Occupation(s)director, producer, screenwriter
Years active2001–present
Parent(s)Shyam S Ruia
Rani S Ruia

Rajiv S Ruia is an Indian writer and film director.

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Early life

Rajiv was born on 5 August to parents Shyam S Ruia and Rani S Ruia. His native roots are from Rajasthan. However Rajiv was born and brought up in Mumbai. Rajiv studied in Fatima Devi English High School in Mumbai. He did his diploma in Software Engineer and photo designing from S.M. Lal College, Mumbai. With his dream in filmmaking, Rajiv started learning film editing at the age of 16. He joined veteran filmmaker Vijay Reddy & Raman Kumar as an assistant director. He worked with him for 7 years whilst he learnt about film writing and film directing.

Career

Rajiv started his career by working in television. He started his career as an associate director and editor. He also started making music videos and went on to make more than 200 music videos. Rajiv introduced a lot of talented technicians and artists to the film industry. Many of them are well established in the industry today. Rajiv's first super hit film was My Friend Ganesha which was the first composite animation movie to be made in India. The film instantly became favourite among kids. The movie had been telecasted more than thousand times on television. Rajiv went on to make the sequels in My Friend Ganesha 2, My Friend Ganesha 3 and My Friend Ganesha 4 . His other movie was Main Krishna Hoon, with actress Juhi Chawla. The film also had Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif in cameo roles..

Filmography

YearFilmCreditGenreNotes
2001Koi Hai [1] Director, writerSuspense
2004Mission Mumbai [2] Director, writerAction, patriotic
2006 My Friend Ganesha [3] Director, writerChildren movie
2008My Friend Ganesha2 [4] Director, writerChildren movie
2010 My Friend Ganesha 3 [5] Director, writerChildren movie
2011 Main Krishna Hoon [6] Director, writerChildren movie
2012 Zindagi 50 50 [7] Director, writer, co-ProducerSocial
2015Chor BazaariDirectorRom-com [8]
2016 Direct Ishq [9] DirectorDrama
2016YudhDirector, Co-ProducerDrama(Marathi)
2016 Saansein DirectorRomantic horror
2018VithalDirector / WriterDrama(Marathi)
2019 Mushkil: Fear Behind You DirectorRomantic horror
2019 X Ray: The Inner Image Director Psychological horror [10]
2024 Luv You Shankar DirectorChildren movie

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