Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra (born July 7, 1963) is an Indian film director. He won the Best Director award in the 2006 Filmfare Awards for his movie, Rang De Basanti.

Career

He was born in New Delhi, India. Starting his career as an ad film maker.

He established Flicks Motion Picture Company Private Limited in 1986. He has directed scores of television commercials for various Indian and international clients such as Coke, Pepsi, Toyota, American Express and BPL. He has also directed music videos such as "Aby Baby" starring Amitabh Bachchan. In June 2001, his company released its first full-length feature film titled "Aks", starring Amitabh Bachchan.

"Aks" was moderately successful but was praised for the performances in the film. His next release did not come until 2006. The film titled "Rang De Basanti" starred Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, and many more stars. The film was a huge hit in India and did very well overseas. He received much acclaim for the film.

Mehra's next film will be entitled "Dilli 6" starring Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri, Waheeda Rehman, and Atul Kulkarni among many other actors. [ [http://www.mid-day.com/smd/play/2007/december//167638.htm Mid-Day - Lifestyle ] ]

Mehra is also working on another film titled "Bhairavi" about a family in the world of classical music where he wants to cast Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Abhishek Bachchan in principles roles. [ [http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14560374 Rakeysh Mehra's secret plans with three Bachchans - Sify.com ] ]

Rakeysh Mehra also has a culinary interest - the famous Bauji ka Dhaba in a Gurgaon mall and in The Garden of the Five Senses, New Delhi.

Filmography

Director

*"Dilli 6" (2008)
*"Rang De Basanti" (2006)
*"Aks" (2001)

Writer

*"Dilli 6" (2008)
*"Rang De Basanti" (2006)
*"Aks" (2001)

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1018493/ IMDB entry]