- Apoorva Lakhia
Apoorva Lakhia is an
India n film director.Before becoming a film director, Apoorva was an assistant director for
Ashutosh Gowariker 's period epic film ' and as second assistant director for the film ' (1996). He had also been an assistant forHollywood films such as "The Ice Storm", "A Perfect Murder " and "Addicted to Love". He had his education at the legendaryLawrence School, Sanawar .He made his debut as a film director with the
2002 film "Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost ". His second film "Ek Ajnabee " released in2005 which starredAmitabh Bachchan in the leading role was aremake of theHollywood film "Man on Fire". His third film "Shootout at Lokhandwala " which has a multi-star cast released onMay 25 ,2007 and was based on real-life events involving the underworld gangstersMaya Dolas andDilip Buwa . In late 2007 he directed a short story titled "Sex on the Beach" for theanthology film "Dus Kahaniyaan ". The next film he is working on now isMission Istanbul starringVivek Oberoi ,Sunil Shetty ,Shriya Saran andZayed Khan . [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=14553749&cid=2408]According to the documentary "
Shot in Bombay ", Apoorva likes to say "mind-blowing" at the end of every scene.External links
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