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Indian director

Aditya Dhar
Aditya Dhar at IFFI 2019 (cropped).jpg

Dhar in 2019
Born 12 March 1983 (1983-03-12) (age 40)
Occupations
Years active 2006-present
Spouse

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(m. 

2021)​

Aditya Dhar (born 12 March 1983) is an Indian filmmaker and lyricist, best known for directing and writing military action film Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019).

Early life and career[edit]

Dhar was born on 12 March 1983 in New Delhi, India.[1][2] He married Yami Gautam Dhar on 4 June 2021.[3][4] Dhar is a Kashmiri Pandit.[5]

In 2019, Dhar made his directorial debut with Uri: The Surgical Strike, an action film based on the 2016 Uri attack, starring Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam and Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the RSVP Movies banner.[6] Filmed in Serbia, the film is fictionally dramatised account of the true events of the retaliation to the 2016 Uri attack.[7]Uri earned ₹2.4 billion (US$30 million) in India, and over ₹3.5 billion (US$44 million) worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing Indian film domestically.[8][9] Dhar was awarded with the National Film Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.

Dhar launched his own production company named Aditya Dhar Films in 2021.[10] He is set to re-team with Kaushal in the mythological based superhero movie The Immortal Ashwatthama co-starring Sara Ali Khan.[11] It is a planned trilogy backed by Ronnie Screwvala.[12] The film was announced on the second anniversary of the release of Uri and was set to start filming in mid-2021 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India and budget concerns.[10]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Notes
2009 Boond Associate Yes No Short film; also casting director
2010 Aakrosh No Dialogues No
2012 Tezz No Dialogues No
2018 Kharvas No No Yes Short film
2019 Uri: The Surgical Strike Yes Yes No
2020 Amritsar Junction No No Yes Short film
TBA Dhoom Dhaam dagger No Yes Yes Post-production[13]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “Aditya Dhar profile on Times f India”. The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

  2. ^ Chakraborty, Juhi (12 March 2021). “Uri director Aditya Dhar’s birthday wish: We are really frustrated; I want to have a normal life again”. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ “Yami Gautam ties the knot with Aditya Dhar”. The Indian Express. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. ^ “Yami Gautam marries Uri director Aditya Dhar in intimate wedding”. India Today. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ^ Sinha, Seema (15 January 2019). “Uri director Aditya Dhar on telling the story of surgical strikes and why it’s an army film, not propaganda”. Firstpost. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. ^ “Raazi for any role”. Telegraph India. Uri will change that. It is an out and out action film.
  7. ^ Dubey, Rachna (28 September 2018). “Vicky Kaushal: ‘Uri’ was physically the most challenging film for me”. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  8. ^ “Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide”. Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ^ Tuteja, Joginder (7 March 2019). “Uri Box Office Collection: Vicky Kaushal’s movie nearing Rs 250 crore in India; first blockbuster of 2019”. Business Today. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b “PeepingMoon Exclusive: Uri director Aditya Dhar turns producer; to revive his debut film Raat Baki with Yami Gautam and Pratik Gandhi”. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  11. ^ “New Year special | Vicky Kaushal: I wish for the world to get rid of coronavirus in 2021”. Hindustan Times. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  12. ^ “First Look: Vicky Kaushal reunites with ‘Uri’ director for ‘The Immortal Ashwatthama’“. Free Press Journal. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  13. ^ OTTPlay team (5 February 2022). “Pratik Gandhi and Yami Gautam next titled DHOOM DHAAM film to be shot across Mumbai in march”. OTTPlay.
  14. ^ “National Film Awards: Vicky Kaushal And Ayushmann Khurrana Share Best Actor”. NDTV. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  15. ^ “10th Jagran Film Festival was inaugurated”. currentaffairs.gktoday.in.
  16. ^ Kerner, Lou (9 December 2019). “Star Screen Awards 2019 Winners List – Who won Star Screen Awards this year?”. Gulf News. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  17. ^ “Filmfare Awards 2020 winners list: Gully Boy makes history, wins 13 awards including Best Film, Actor and Actress”. Firstpost. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  18. ^ “IIFA Awards 2020 – Popular Award Winners”. IIFA Awards. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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