Rohit Shetty Biography Indian film director, stuntman, writer, producer, and television personality Rohit Shetty was born on March 14, 1974. He works in the Hindi film industry. Action comedy and masala films are frequently combined in his productions. His breakthrough came with the sleeper smash Golmaal (2006), the first film in the comedy film franchise starring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi. Subsequently, the franchise saw the release of Golmaal Returns (2008) and Golmaal 3 (2010), which went on to become one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. Eight years after releasing his first action thriller, Zameen, Shetty made a comeback to the action genre with Singham (2011). With Ajay Devgn in the starring role as well, it became one of the biggest grossing movies of the year.
Rohit Shetty Biography
Indian film director, producer, and television personality Rohit Shetty speaks Hindi. His most well-known creations are the film series Golmaal and Cop Universe. At the age of fifteen, he started working with Kuku Kohli as an assistant director on the Ajay Devgan film Phool Aur Kaante. He collaborated with Devgan on his debut feature film, Zameen, at the age of 29 after turning pro. Mangalore, in the state of Karnataka, is the hometown of Indian film director, producer, and television host Rohit Shetty. He had grown up enthralled with movies, coming from a family of film makers. never gave acting any thought since by the time he was 13 or 14 years old, he was.
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He graduated from Mumbai’s St. Mary’s School with a secondary education. After that, he started off as Kuku Kohli’s apprentice in Ajay Devgan’s first film, Phool Aur Kaante, which also starred Madhoo. Afterwards, he assisted him with the unscreened movie Ek Aur Kohinoor. He also worked with him on the movies Suhaag and Zulmi Haqueeqat. By then, he and Ajay Devgan had become good friends. Following that, he started working with Anees Bazmee on the Ajay and Kajol film Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha. Later, he was involved in two of Ajay’s in-house productions, Raju Chacha and Hindustan Ki Kasam. While working on Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, he came to the realization that he was ready to direct his own film.
On March 14, 1973, Rohit Shetty was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He attended Mumbai’s St. Mary’s School. Regretfully, Rohit’s father, M.B. Shetty, who worked as a stuntman and actor in Kannada and Hindi movies, died when he was just six years old. Rohit’s family experienced financial troubles as a result. In 1991, Rohit began his career assisting Kuku Kohli as director of photography on the Ajay Devgan film “Phool Aur Kaante.” Ishaan Shetty is the name of the son Rohit and banking employee Maya Shetty had together since their 2005 marriage.
Career
At the age of 17, Rohit Shetty made his directorial debut with the movie Phool Aur Kaante, starring Ajay Devgn. He collaborated with Devgn on a number of movies, including Raju Chacha, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Haqeeqat, Suhaag, and Zulmi. With Zameen in 2003, Shetty made his directing debut. In 2006, he directed Golmaal, which became his first smash. Sunday, Golmaal Returns, and All the Best: Fun Begins, his next three films, were released in 2008 and 2009. Shetty began to see commercial success in 2010 with Golmaal 3, Singham, and Bol Bachchan, all of which broke into the 100 Crore Club on a domestic level. When Chennai Express was released in 2013, it broke multiple box office records and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film in the home market. Shetty started his career in television.
In 2014, he presented Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and directed Singham Returns. The fourth film in the Golmaal series, Golmaal Again, became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2017. With Simmba (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021), the latter of which became the highest-grossing Hindi picture of the year, Shetty maintained his success. Indian Police Force, which stars Sidharth Malhotra, is scheduled to launch on Amazon Prime Video, marking Shetty’s OTT debut.
Film (Director): Zameen (2003)
TV (Host): Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Darr Ka Blockbuster (2014)
Awards
2013: Best film at Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards India for the film ‘Chennai Express’
2013: Power Club – Box Office Award at Zee Cine Awards for the film ‘Bol Bachchan’
2014: Mr. Box Office India Blockbuster at Star Box Office India Awards for the film ‘Singham Returns’
2018: Best Film (Jury’s Choice Award) at Zee Cine Awards for the film ‘Golmaal Again’
He resides in an apartment at Hasya Kalakar Mehmood Chowk, Juhu, Mumbai.
Hobbies
Travelling, Gymming
Tattoo(s)
He has a tatto on his right arm and left arm.
Controversies
• Rohit Katrina fight:
In 2020, in an interview, Rohit said that he made a comment on actress Katrina Kaif who was a part of his film ‘Sooryavanshi.’ The comment that he made on Katrina was,
Katrina, I will tell you honestly, no one is going to look at you.
Rohit made this comment in connection to a scene that was shown in the trailer where Katrina was seen with Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, and Ranveer Singh. After he revealed this in the interview, many people called him sexist.
Katrina clarified the controversy and took to social media and said,
Dear Friends and Well-wishers… I normally do not comment on media reports or articles… But in this case, I feel a comment made by Rohit Sir has been taken out of context and is been entirely misunderstood. I am referring to the comment as reported that Rohit Shetty said, ‘No one would look at me in the frame, as there are three boys there and a blast happening.”
• CBI Bribery case:
In 2015, he attracted controversy when he was accused of bribery to Censor Board to pass his film Singham Returns.
• Bad Muslim Good Muslim:
In 2021, he attracted controversy when there were questions on depicting good Muslim and bad Muslims logic in his film Sooryavanshi. In an interview, he talked about this and said,
If I ask you one question, Jaykant Shikare was Hindu a Marathi, in this universe second came a Hindu Godman was there, then in Simmba a Maharashtrian again. In these three negative forces were Hindu. Why isn’t that a problem?
