Shree Narayan Singh

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Shree Narayan Singh
Born (1971-07-30) 30 July 1971 (age 51)
Nationality Indian
Occupation(s)Film director
Editor
Producer
Years active2008–present

Shree Narayan Singh is an Indian film director and editor, known for films such as Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017), Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018) and Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai (2012). [1] [2]

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Career

Singh was born in Balrampur, UP. [1] Before venturing into film direction, Singh worked as a film editor in films like A Wednesday (2008), Special 26 (2013), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) and Rustom (2016). He started his career as an editor for Don Muthu Swami and as a director in Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai . [3]

His second directorial was Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and it starred Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar. The film was produced by Ajit Andhare and Prernaa Arora, under the banner of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and KriArj Entertainment. [3] Made on a budget of 750 million, the film grossed 1.68 billion in domestic areas and 2 billion in the worldwide areas. [4] [5] Singh was nominated for Filmfare awards under the best director category for the film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. [6]

In February 2018, it was announced that Singh would be directing Batti Gul Meter Chalu which stars Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Yami Gautam in lead roles and is produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under T-Series and Prernaa Arora under KriArj Entertainment. [7] [8]

Filmography

YearFilmDirector(s)Producer(s)Editor(s)
2008 Don Muthu Swami Yes
A Wednesday Yes
2011 Taryanche Bait Yes
Gandhi To Hitler Yes
2012 Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai Yes
2013 Special 26 Yes
Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke Yes
2014 Total Siyappa Yes
2015 Baby Yes
2016 Rustom Yes
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Yes
Saat Uchakkey Yes
2017 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha YesYes
2018 Missing Yes
Batti Gul Meter Chalu YesYesYes
2022 Sutliyan Yes

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