Vikramaditya Motwane

Vikramaditya Motwane
Vikramaditya Motwane, 2010
Born	(1976-12-06) 6 December 1976[1] Mumbai, India
Occupation	film director, screenwriter
Years active	1999–present

Vikramaditya Motwane (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter for films like Dev.D (2009) and Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007). His directorial debut Udaan (2010) was selected to compete in the 'Un Certain Regard’ category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and also won seven Filmfare awards.^[2][3][4][5] His last film was Lootera, a big-budget Bollywood period romance, released on 5 July 2013.

Life and career

Motwane was a long-time assistant of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and collaborated with Bhansali on the films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Devdas (2002). He directed the song sequences in Anurag Kashyap's film Paanch (2003)^[6] and was Choreographer on Deepa Mehta's Academy Award-nominated film Water (2005).^[7]

Motwane released his debut feature film, entitled Udaan (2010), for Anurag Kashyap's production house, Anurag Kashyap Films, on 16 July 2010.,^[3] which won seven Filmfare awards including Filmfare critics award for best movie and also won him the Best Director Award at the 2011 Star Screen Awards.^{[2] [8][9]}

Motwane's second film, a period romance called Lootera, was released on 5 July 2013.

Motwane is co-owner of Phantom Films, a film production company, with Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap, and Madhu Mantena.

Personal life

He is married to photographer Ishika Mohan.

Filmography

References

External links

• Vikramaditya Motwane at the Internet Movie Database