Kunal Kohli




Kunal Kohli a.k.a Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer and writer.
Biography
Kunal Kohli is a Hindi film director based in Mumbai. He made his directorial debut with a television series Trikon .He has made four movies for Yash Raj Films owned by famed director and producer Yash Chopra. His first film under the Yash Raj banner was Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) which did not fare too well at the box office. The film starred Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor.
After two years he came back with his second venture Hum Tum (2004), the film was one of the biggest hits of 2004 and established him as a known director. The film won five Filmfare awards including Best Director for Kohli. He won against his own mentor Yash Chopra who was nominated for Veer-Zaara.
His next film was Fanaa, starred Aamir Khan and Kajol who made her comeback after a four year break from the industry and earned her a Filmfare Best Actress award. The film was released in May 2006. Fanaa became one of the biggest hits of 2006. This film was found controversial, and was banned in the state of Gujarat due to protests against the lead actor Aamir Khan.
He also wrote, directed and co-produced the Yash Raj film Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Rishi Kapoor and Amisha Patel.
He started out as a film critic in the late nineties and hosted the show "Chalo Cinema" on Zee TV. He also directed some music videos: Bally Sagoo's 'Mera Laung Gawacha', Bali Brahmabhatt's 'Tere Bin Jeena Nahin', Shiamak Davar's 'Jaane Kisne', Hema Sardesai's 'Bole Humse Kuch Na Gori' and Rajshri Music's 'Yeh Hai Prem', a song for Alisha Chinoy with Milind Soman. He directed about 24 Music Videos before finally giving up Video and TV for films. He also judged the popular TV show Nach Baliye's 2nd season for Star Plus, the show was a reality dance show and very popular in 2005. He has also judged a children's Reality show on Sony TV 'Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka' in 2005. He also writes a Blog on www.bollywoodhungama.com He started his production house Kunal Kohli Productions in 2007 to make films for himself and launch new directors too, the first film was Thoda Pyaar Thoda magic (2008) which opened to rave reviews and was appreciated by the public, but did not meet with the success of Hum Tum and Fanaa, reportedly due to bad publicity and the timing of the release. He produced "Break Ke Baad" starring Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles, and which was directed by himself. The film is a romantic dramedy set in the tropical island Mauritius and was released in the later half of 2010. Kunal has a 3 film contract with Reliance Big Pictures involving financing, distribution and marketing of the films. This contract is estimated to be worth Rs 150 crores.
Personal life
Kunal Kohli is married to Ravina Kohli who was the director of Coffee with Karan and also headed Yashraj TV. They adopted a baby girl in 2011. Kohli is supposedly a good singer.
Filmography
Year
Film
Roles
2012
Teri Meri Kahaani
Director, Writer
2010
Break Ke Baad
Producer
2008
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Director, Producer, Writer
2006
Fanaa
Director
2004
Hum Tum
Director, Writer, Screenplay Associate
2002
Mujhse Dosti Karoge
Director, Writer
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
Zee Cine Awards
  • 2006: Nominated, Best Director Award for Fanaa
  • 2004: Winner, Best Screenplay Award for Hum Tum
IIFA Awards
TV shows

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