Rohit Shetty is an Indian film director and cinematographer. His work as a filmmaker include
the films Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3, Singham, Bol Bachchan, Chennai Express
which is currently the third highest grossing Bollywood film worldwide, for which he was
nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Director, and Singham Returns
Personal life Shetty is from the city of Mangalore, India.
He is the son of actor and fight master M. B. Shetty, who acted in some Hindi and Kannada
movies. Career
He started his career at the age of 17 as an assistant director with Kuku Kohli during
Phool Aur Kaante. Then he assisted him in Ek Aur Kohinoor, which was never released.
He also worked with him on Suhaag, Haqeeqat and Zulmi.
After that he started working with Anees Bazmee on Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, followed by Hindustan
Ki Kasam and Raju Chacha. Shetty directed his debut feature film, Zameen,
as an independent director with Devgan in 2003 at the age of 30. Zameen was a flop at
boxoffice. He rose to fame after he directed the 2006 comedy film, Golmaal: Fun Unlimited
starring Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Sharman Joshi.
In 2008, he directed his third film, Sunday, starring Devgn, Warsi and Ayesha Takia. Sunday
was a comic-thriller. Shetty's second 2008 project, was the sequel to Golmaal, titled
Golmaal Returns. The sequel featured most of the original cast, except Sharman Joshi,
who was replaced by Shreyas Talpade, and starred Kareena Kapoor. Golmaal Returns. In 2009,
he released All the Best: Fun Begins. In 2010, Shetty directed Golmaal 3. Shetty's 2011 Singham'
also featured Devgn in the title role, as a Police Inspector fighting against corruption.
Singham was praised for the action sequences and direction, and Devgn's performance. His
next release, Bol Bachchan, is a comedy-drama starring Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan. Bol
Bachchan was a commercial success in India. Shetty's Chennai Express, starring Shah Rukh
Khan and Deepika Padukone, was released on 9 August 2013. Chennai Express became the
highest-grossing Bollywood film in the domestic market. The film earned over US$17.4 million
to become the third-highest grossing Bollywood film overseas. The film also set a number
of box office records, for the highest opening-day gross, highest paid preview, highest single-day
gross, biggest opening weekend, highest opening week and the fastest film to reach 100 crore
and 2 billion in domestic market. Shetty was played the judge of the television
show Comedy Circus. He latest release is Singham Returns with
Ajay Devgan, a sequel to his 2011 film Singham. He was also a part of the 5th season of television
stunt game show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2014 as the host taking over from the previous
host Akshay Kumar. In 2014 he turned into a producer with Singham Returns, co-producing
the film under his banner Rohit Shetty Productions. Filmography
Film director 2003 Zameen
2006 Golmaal 2008 Sunday
2008 Golmaal Returns 2009 All The Best: Fun Begins
2010 Golmaal 3 2011 Singham
2012 Bol Bachchan 2013 Chennai Express
2014 Singham Returns 2015 Golmaal 4
2016 Ram Lakhan Television
2011–2013 Comedy Circus as a judge 2012 Big Switch – Season 3 as Godfather
2014 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi as the host
References
External links Official website
Shetty – IMDb