Kunal Kohli

Kunal Kohli is a Hindi film director based in Mumbai. He has named three movies for Yash Raj Films owned by famed director and producer Yash Chopra. His first film under the Yash Raj banner was "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" (2002) which did not fare too well at the box office. The film starred Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor.

After two years he came back with his second venture "Hum Tum" (2004), the film was one of the biggest hits of 2004 and established him as a known director. The film won five Filmfare awards including Best Director for Kohli. He won against his own mentor Yash Chopra who was nominated for "Veer-Zaara".

His film "Fanaa", starred Aamir Khan and Kajol who made her comeback after a four year break from the industry and earned her a Filmfare Best Actress award. The film was released in May 2006. Fanaa became one of the biggest hits of all time. This film was found controversial, and was banned in the state of Gujarat due to protests against the lead actor Aamir Khan.Fact|date=September 2008

He also wrote, directed and co-produced the Yash Raj film Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Rishi Kapoor and Amisha Patel.

Biography

He started out as a film critic in the late nineties and hosted the show "Chalo Cinema" on Zee TV. He also directed some music videos: Bally Sagoo's 'Mera Laung Gawacha', Bali Brahmabhatt's 'Tere Bin Jeena Nahin', Shiamak Davar's 'Jaane Kisne', Hema Sardesai's 'Bole Humse Kuch Na Gori' and Rajshri Music's 'Yeh Hai Prem', a song for Alisha Chinoy with Milind Soman

Filmography

Director

* "Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic" (2008)
* "Fanaa" (2006)
* "Hum Tum" (2004)
* "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" (2002)
* "Trikon" (TV Series)

Writer

* "Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (Written by Kunal Kohli)" (2008)
* "Fanaa (Written by Kunal Kohli and Shibani Bathija)" (2006)
* "Hum Tum (Written by Kunal Kohli and Siddharth Anand)" (2004)
* "Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (Written by Kunal Kohli and Aditya Chopra)" (2002)

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