Personal Info

  • Known For

    Directing

  • Known Credits

    1

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    August 16, 1960 ( 64 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Agartala, Tripura, India

  • Also Known As

    David Dhavan

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David Dhawan

David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1951) is an Indian director of Hindi films. Dhawan started off as an editor in Saaransh in 1984 before moving into directing. He specialises in directing comedy films. His 1993 film Aankhen, starring Govinda, Chunky Pandey and Kader Khan, was highly successful at the box office, and earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. Another successful film was Shola Aur Shabnam. His 2007 film Partner was successful. Dhawan is on the board of Asian Academy of Film & Television and Asian School of Media Studies where he has been honoured with an academy award by Sandeep Marwah.

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