Apoorva Lakhia

Apoorva Lakhia
Apoorva Lakhia
	Apoorva Lakhia at CCL match, 2011
Born	Apoorva Lakhia; Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film director

Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director.

Early life

Lakhia was born and brought up in

Lawrence School, Sanawar.^[2] He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist Mira Nair on The Perez Family.^[3] He had been an assistant on American films such as The Ice Storm, A Perfect Murder and Addicted to Love.^[3]

Career

Before becoming a film director, Apoorva was an assistant director for

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. As Aamir Khan was looking for someone with Hollywood experience for Lagaan, Farhan Akhtar^[4] recommended Apoorva, who had worked with casts and crews in Hollywood. He also worked as the second assistant director for the film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996).^[3]

He made his debut as a film director with the 2002 film

Sunil Shetty, Shriya Saran and Zayed Khan which released in 2008.^[5] North American producer Vikas Kohli of Fatlabs studio collaborated with Mika Singh for the first time on the Mission Istaanbul soundtrack.^[6]

He has written the story of Hide & Seek (2009), which is directed Shawn Aranha. Lakhia wrote and directed all the movies from his debut to
Mission Istanbul. He made his acting debut with a negative role in the 2010 film Knock Out starring Sanjay Dutt and Irrfan Khan
.
In 2013, he directed a remake of the breakthrough film Zanjeer (1973) with Telugu actor Ram Charan; the film was funded by Aaditya Kulshreshtha. In 2017, he directed the film Haseena Parkar based on the life of Dawood Ibrahim's sister with Shraddha Kapoor and her real-life brother Siddhant Kapoor in the lead roles.

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Producer Note

2001 Lagaan No No No Assistant director

2003 Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost Yes Yes No

2005 Ek Ajnabee Yes Yes No

2007 Shootout at Lokhandwala Yes Yes No

Dus Kahaniyaan Yes Yes No Segment "Sex on the Beach"

2008 Mission Istaanbul Yes Yes No

2010 Hide & Seek No Yes Yes

2013 Zanjeer Yes Yes No Hindi film

Toofan Yes Yes No Telugu Film

2017 Haseena Parkar Yes Yes No

2020 Crackdown
Yes Yes Yes web series released on Voot

Mum Bhai No Yes Yes web series released on
ZEE5

References

^ "Sanju sir was larger than life even in school: Apoorva Lakhia". The Times of India. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

^ "Lawrence School founder's day from Oct 2 - The Times of India". The Times Of India.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Apoorva Lakhia biography". Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

^ "10 years of Lagaan: 10 things you didn't know". Archived from the original on 18 June 2011.

^ "Mission Istaanbul: Darr Ke Aagey Jeet Hai! (2008)".

^ "Mission Istaanbul: Darr Ke Aagey Jeet Hai! (2008) - Full cast and crew".

External links

Bollywood portal
Biography portal

Apoorva Lakhia at
IMDb

[1] "Sanju sir was larger than life even in school: Apoorva Lakhia". The Times of India. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

[2] "Lawrence School founder's day from Oct 2 - The Times of India". The Times Of India.

[apoorva-3] "Apoorva Lakhia biography". Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

[4] "10 years of Lagaan: 10 things you didn't know". Archived from the original on 18 June 2011.

[5] "Mission Istaanbul: Darr Ke Aagey Jeet Hai! (2008)".

[6] "Mission Istaanbul: Darr Ke Aagey Jeet Hai! (2008) - Full cast and crew".

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