Top 10 Directors In India

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A Film Director oversees and supervises the creative components and parts of a film. Their primary responsibilities include reading and editing screenplays, directing actors, and coordinating with editors throughout post-production to create an artistically appealing and intriguing final result. The Film Director oversees all the moving components that must come together during video production.

Many businesses engage these specialists to create films or advertising. This means Film Directors must not only oversee a creative staff but also collaborate with company owners and other experts on the company's side to finish a project. Movie directors function on the set of a film, supervising all visual and artistic aspects of the production.

They often read the script and lead the characters to do motivated motions that complement their words and portray the tale of the script in an entertaining manner. Film Directors determine the film's style, tone, and atmosphere and collaborate with Visual Artists, Camera Crew Mates, Set Designers, and Editors to guarantee that all creative components meet their ultimate vision and goals for the production.

Many film directors had both official and informal schooling. Some begin as self-taught, with nothing but enthusiasm propelling them ahead. Others want to advance their careers as filmmakers by attending a community college or finishing a university program. Those interested in this subject can pursue a bachelor's degree in filmmaking or cinema. Candidates with a postgraduate program in film or cinema studies may also be considered. Following is the list of the Top 10 Directors in India:

1. S.S. Rajamouli

In 2001, SS Rajamouli wedded Rama Rajamouli, a fashion designer for the majority of his films. Rama's son, Karthikeya, was welcomed by Rajamouli, and the pair adopted a girl, SS Mayookha. His son, SS Karthikeya, is married to Jagapathi Babu's niece, Pooja Prasad. SS Rajamouli is an agnostic who used Bhakti as a narrative device in his films. He and his family, however, traveled to Mantralayam, a pilgrim hamlet in Andhra Pradesh, in May 2017. He allegedly prayed to Manchalamma, the local goddess, and sought the blessings of Raghavendra Swamy.

SS Rajamouli began his career at ETV, where K. Raghavendra Rao mentored him. He began directing Telugu soap operas before moving on to the Television show Santhi Nivasam. "Student No. 1" was his directorial debut. "Simhadri", his second film, was released two years later. "Sye", his third film, was centered on a rugby match and was the very first of its sort in Tollywood. "Chatrapati" was his next endeavor.

"Vikramarkudu", his 2006 film, was a box office success and was reproduced in other Indian languages, including Kannada (Vikramarkudu), Tamil (Siruthai), and Hindi (Rowdy Rathore). His following film, "Yamadonga", was critically appreciated. At the end of its theatrical run, Rajamouli's "Magadheera" was the highest-grossing Telugu film. Several prizes were bestowed upon the film, including the National National Film Award for Best Choreography.

"Baahubali: The Beginning", his action blockbuster, became the second highest-grossing Indian film to date, as well as the top Indian film of all time within India. The film, which was shot on a digital camera, earned several honors and acclaim both in India and internationally. It was also shown at a number of international film festivals. Its creation was highlighted in a BBC documentary made by Sanjeev Bhaskar to honor the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema.

His most recent film, "RRR", has eclipsed the box office milestones set with "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion". The plot revolves around the lives of two Indian rebels, Alluri Sitaram Raju and Komaram Bheem. NTR Jr, Alia Bhatt, Ram Charan, and Ajay Devgn star in the Rs. 400 crore film.

Rajamouli is a winner of many honorsnotably 3 National Film Awards, 4Filmfare Awards South, and 5state Nandi Awards. In addition, Baahubali: The Beginning was awarded theBest Feature Film at the 63rd National Film Awards and was the very first Telugu movie to ever win that particularaward.

Several prizes were bestowed upon the film "Magadheera", including the National Film Award for Best Choreography.

2. Anurag Kashyap

On 10 September 1972,Anurag Kashyap was born to a Rajputfamily in Gorakhpur, UP. He spent his early studies in Green School Dehradun and, fromage eight onwards, in the Scindia School ofGwalior. Some of the places used in "Gangs of Wasseypur"are also inspired byhis own old home in which he himself resided with his parents,Anubhuti Kashyap his sister, and Abhinav Kashyap his brother.

Owing to his aspiration to become a scientist, he cameto Delhi for his further education and entered into a zoology programat the topcollege of theUniversity of Delhi, Hansraj college; he completed his graduationin the year1993.

He subsequently decided to join the street theatrical troupe, Jana Natya Manch; and performed several street plays. Kashyap was formerly married toAarti Bajaj who is a film editor, with whom he had a girl, Aaliyah Kashyap. But t but theyseparated in the year2009.

He soon married anactress Kalki Koechlin, whom he initially met during the production of "Dev D", at her parental house in Ooty. Both Kashyap and Koechlin stated that: "they are getting separated from their more than two-year-old marriage."Then they got divorcedat the court in Mumbai, Bandra Family Court.

After penning a television serial, Kashyap received his big break as a position of aco-writer in Ram Gopal Varma's murder thriller Satya (1998) and made his debut film as a director and the film was "Paanch", but unfortunately the filmreleased in the cinemas put to hold because ofcensorship concerns, but eventually got released in the year 2007 which got positive reviews.

The very same year he directed many films including critical and commercial fails as well, movies were "No Smoking", and "Return of Hanuman" which was an animated film. Later in the year 2009, despite positive reviews the film "Dev.D" got yet it was a mega failure at the box office. Apart from all these failures, a bright light shined on his movie "Udaan" in the year 2010 which was produced by his own production company- Anurag Kashyap Films, and achieved critical success.

After that, he gave major hits including a short film- Mumbai Cutting, a film called That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011) and the box office hit movie series "Gangs of Wasseypur" in the year 2012, a crime film. Other films and series during the period 2013-2020 were The Lunchbox, Lootera, Ugly, NH10, Raman Raghav, Mukkabaaz, Scare Games, Choked, and many others, and these were produced or directed in which Kashyap played a significant role and some of them were produced from different production houses which Kashyap co-founded eventually.

His many movies won various awards including Best Screenplay and Filmfare Award for Best Story for the film "Udaan", Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for the film "Gangs of Wasseypur", "The Lunchbox" which was nominated for best film, not in the English language- a BAFTA Award. And many others.

3. Prashanth Neel

Prashanth Neelakantapuramwas born on June 4, 1980,in a Telugu household in the state ofKarnataka. Subhash and Bharathi his parents, hisfamily isoriginated from avillage- Neelakantapuram, near Madakasira, inAndhra Pradesh, and aresettled in Bangalore.

In the year2010,he married Likhitha. They were blessed with adaughter and ason. Neel's sister is married to Sriimurali, a Kannada actor, who finally appeared in hisdirectorial debut film "Ugramm". ATelugu cinema star, Aadarsh Balakrishna, is Neel's cousinand heis also connected to the former state minister of Andhra Pradesh,Raghu Veera Reddy.

He began his career with the Kannada movie, Ugramm releasedin the year 2014, an action film that became a massive commercial hit and the highest-grossing film of that very year. Then he directed a brilliant two-part series of films: K.G.F: Chapter 1 in the year2018, &K.G.F: Chapter 2 in the year2022, which very soon becamethe highest-grossing Kannada film and a big hit all over India as well.

For the upcoming film "Salaar", the makers have announced and stated the collaboration with Jr. NTR and Neel and it is expected that the production would be started in April 20223. He won the award "4^th South Indian International Movie Awards" for the best debutant director for the movie Ugramm and he was also awarded significant awards for the best director for the movie KGF.

4. Rajkumar Hirani

Hirani was born onNovember 20,1962,in Nagpur in afamily of Sindhis. He had done his schooling at St. Francis De'Sales High School inNagpur fromMaharashtra. He completed his degree in commerce. His parents intended forhim to become an engineer, whereas he was more interested intheatre and movies.

In his college time, he was associated with Hindi theatre. His father then advised him to enroll in one of the film schools of Pune namely the Film and Television Institute of India, but the acting programgot canceled due to some reasons and his prospects of enrollment in the directing course were bleak since there were just too many applications.

Hirani chose the film editing programand achieved a scholarship. Later he began his own journey following his dreams. Hemarried Manjeet Hirani in the year1994, she is apilot for Air India airlines. They were blessed witha boy, Vir Hirani who is alsopursuingfilmmaking.

Hirani made hisdebut as a director and gave Bollywood industry a gem "Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.", a comedy movie in the year 2003, with anoutstanding star cast of Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Jimmy Sheirgill,Gracy Singh,Sunil Dutt, andArshad Warsi. It was about the nominal protagonist (actedby Sanjay Dutt), a goon heading to a medical school who is supported by his buddy (Circuit, actedby Warsi).

The picture garnered a great reception from reviewers. Hirani's directing was applauded, and the picture emerged as a great financial success with a global total of ?330 million (US$4.1 million). In the year 2006, Hirani helmed the second chapter of the Munna Bhai series, with the title "Lage Raho Munna Bhai", which kept the majority of the previous 1^st chapter cast, which includes Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, and Warsi, and cast a new actor Vidya Balan as the female protagonist substituting the actress Gracy Singh. The movie proved to be hishighest-grossing film to that point, making over ?1.2 billion (US$15 million) globally, thereby gaining a blockbuster rank and being the third highest-grossing picture of that year.

Hirani's second directorial endeavor was3 Idiots (2009), again a comedy film yet a whole different thought and experience with thestars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Boman Irani, and Kareena Kapoor Khan. It depicts the camaraderie of three engineering kidsand was a comedy of social constraints under the education system of India.

3 Idiots garnered excellent reviews from reviewersand emerged to be the highest-grossing Hindimovie up to then, earning ?4.60 billion (US$58 million) in worldwide sales of tickets. He thendirected PK, which was released on December 19,2014. Upon release, it got favorablereviews, with acclaim focused onAamir Khan's acting and the film's satire, however,significant condemnation was received regarding "hurting religious beliefs".

He later directed the movieSanju released in the year 2018. The film depicts the life of Bollywood actor/star Sanjay Dutt (one ofHirani's fairly close collaborators). Upon release, it primarily garnered excellent reviews from reviewers and was appreciated for Ranbir Kapoor's work; others condemned its image-cleansing of its maincharacter. With a global total of ?586.85 crores(US$73 million), this movieranks as the top-grossingHindi film of the year2018, the second most-earning Hindi film in the country of all time.

He won n number of awards and recognitions in his entire career whether be it a National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, Screen Awards, IIFA Awards, Apsara Awards, Zee Cine Awards, Bollywood Movie Awards, Stardust Awards, Global Indian Film Awards, ETC Bollywood Business Awards, Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, or CNN-IBN Indian of the year and many more.

He won all these awards for his brilliant films 3 Idiots, Munnabhai MBBS, PK, Sanju, and Lage Raho Munnabhai.

5. Yash Chopra

Yash Raj Choprawas an Indian movie director and movie producer who worked in Hindi cinema. He was born on September 27^th, in the year 1932 in Lahore, Punjab Province, British India into a household of Punjabi Hindu Khatri.His dad was an accountant in the PWD section of the British Punjab government. The renowned filmmaker B. R. Chopra is among his siblings.

Chopra has been mostly raised in the Lahore household of his 2ndbrother, B. R. Chopra, then a movie reporter. He movedtoJalandhar inthe year1945 to complete his studies, where he enrolled at Doaba College and initially wanted to pursue a profession in engineering.He eventually went to the city of Ludhiana, East Punjab in Indiafollowing the division of the country India.

His ambition for film-making drove him to move to Mumbai earlier called Bombay, where he originally worked and gained experience as an assistant director to I. S. Johar, and later for hisbrotherB. R. Chopra who was a director-producer as well, whereas another brother, Dharam Chopra, whoworked as his cinematographer.

Hemarried Pamela Singh in the year 1970and they had two boys namelyAditya Chopra and Uday Chopra, the first was born in the year1971 and the other in1973. Yash Chopra was diagnosed with dengue virus onOctober 13,2012, and hewas taken to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, inMumbai. On 21 October, he succumbed to death after multiple organ failures. He was in his 80s.

Yash Chopra began to work as an assistant to hisbrother, B. R. Chopra, and directed5 highly successful movies under his brother's label - B. R. Films, every one of which demonstrated to be a key milestone in his growth as the world's best director of blockbuster movies. These were Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Dhramputra (1961), Waqt (1965) - India's first genuine multi-starrer generational family drama film, Ittefaq (1969) & Aadmi Aur Insaan(1969). (1969). He has carried the baton further for 4 films created by different film firms - Joshila (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978) & Parampara (1993).

But his biggest range of projects wasthe 50-plusfilms released under the brand that he founded - the flag that symbolizes the finest of Hindi cinema - YRF. Among these films, he himselfdirected 13 movies, which have influenced much of the language of Hindi cinema as we know them now.

Some of the most successful films which he hasdirected include Daag (1973), Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Kaala Pathar (1979), Silsila (1981), Chandni (1989), Darr (1993), Dil Toh Pagal Hai (1997), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012). A suitable finish to a wonderful career, a picture to tie off decades of outstanding work - Jab Tak Hai Jaan featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Anushka Sharma was Yash Chopra's final film as a filmmaker.

For his achievements in thecinema, the Government of India awarded him with both the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year2001, and the Padma Bhushan in the year2005. In 2006, theBritish Association of Film and Television Arts honoredhim with a lifetime subscription, making him the very first Indian to earn the accolade.

6. Satyajit Ray

On May 2, 1921, Satyajit Ray was borninKolkata formerly called Calcutta, India and he died on23rd April 1992, in Kolkata. He was aBengali motion-picture director, screenwriter, and illustrator. Ray was the onlykid of his parents and his father passed away in the year1923. His grandpa was a writer and artist, while his dad, Sukumar Ray, was a writer as well asanillustrator of Bengali nonsensical literature/ limericks. Ray wasraised in Kolkata(formerly Calcutta)and his motherlooked after him.

Ray wasraised in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and was cared forby his mother. He joined a public school and afterwardstudied at Presidency Institution, Calcutta's finest college. After his graduation was completedin the year1940, he was proficient in both English and Bengali languages.

In the year1940,he went to an art institutionat Santiniketan, in the northwest of Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore's rural university. There Ray, whose pursuits had been largely urban and Western-driven, was introduced to other Eastern art and Indian artand got a better awareness of both Eastern and Western cultures, a harmonic blend that is visible in his films.

Satyajit Ray directed asum total of36 movies, inclusive offeature films, variousdocumentaries,and short films. His debutfilmPather Panchali wasreleased in the year1955 and received 11international accolades, whichincludesthe first Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, together with Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959), comprise The Apu Trilogy.

Ray performed the narrative, casting, soundtrack, and editing, and made his own credit titles and advertising material. He has published many short books and tales, especially for small children and teens. Popular characters developed by Ray include Professor Shonku as the scientist, Feluda as the investigator, Lalmohan Ganguly as the author, and Tarini Khuro as the storyteller.

Rabindranath Tagore, who had the most artistic impact on filmmaker SatyajitRay. He made films onbooks and other worksof Rabindranath Tagoreand these works came out to be the finest of his career. Perhaps Ray's most brilliant film is "Charulata"(1964; The Lonely Wife), a sad love triangle story set in an affluent Bengali household in 1879 with influences from the West. While Ghare Baire (1984; The Home and the World) is a melancholy examination of Bengal's first revolutionary movement, set in the year 1907-08 during the time of British rule, Teen Kanya (1961; "Three Daughters," English-language title Two Daughters) is a diverse trilogy of short films about women.

Jalsaghar (1958; The Music Room), an intense depiction of a man's obsession with music; Devi (1960; The Goddess), within which the obsession revolves around a girl's divine incarnation; Sadgati (1981; Deliverance), a potent accusation of caste; and Kanchenjungha (1962), Ray's 1st original screenplay and first colorfilm, a subtleexploration of a marriage in westernized, wealthy Bengalis which is an arranged marriage;are some of Ray's prominent movies related to Hindu orthodox and feudal values in India.

Ray's first Hindi-language picture, "Shatranj ke Khilari"(1977; The Chess Players), which had a substantial budget is an even subtler examiner of the West's impact on India. While Ray's humorcan be seen in practically all of his movies, it is most noticeable in the comedy movies such as "Parash Pathar" (1957) and "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne" (1969), which are both based on stories by his grandfather. The latter's songs are among Ray's most well-known contributions to Bengali culture.

7. Karan Johar

Informally known as KJo in the Hindi film industry wasborn initially asRahul Kumar Johar onthe25th of May, 1972, Karan Johar is an Indian filmmaker, director,and tv personality who predominantly works in Hindi movies. Through his own Dharma Productions, he has established the careers of a number of accomplished performers. He has received several honors, which included a National Film Award and 6Filmfare Awards, and in the year2020,the Government of India honoredhim with the "Padma Shri", the 4th- highestcivilian award in the country.

The rom-com along with thedrama "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" blockbuster film released in the year1998, won Johar the National Film Award for Best Popular Film forProviding Wholesome Enjoyment, the Filmfare Award for Best Director, and for Best Screenplay, marked his directorial debut. He is the child of filmmaker Yash Johar. His subsequent movies, the ensemble musical love drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and the ensemble family drama

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), were both huge box office and critical triumphs in both local and foreign markets. He received his 2ndFilmfare Award for Best Director for the social drama movie "My Name Is Khan" came in the year2010. Adding to that 2biographical films "Shershaah"(2021) and the spy thriller "Raazi"(2018) that Karan Joharproduced againearned him the Filmfare Award for Best Film.

8. Rohit Shetty

Hindi-language filmmaker, film director,stuntman, screenwriter, producer, and tvpersonality Rohit Shetty was born in India in the year1974 on March 14. He is among the most well-known Hindi cinema directors. Action, humor, and masala flicks are frequently mixed together in his works.

His big break came with the blockbuster success Golmaal released in the year2006, the first movie in the comedy series featuring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi. The Golmaal franchise also went on to have success with Golmaal Returns (2008) and Golmaal 3 as well, which ended up being one of thehighest-grossing moviesof the year.

Eight years afterthe release of his first action thriller "Zameen", Shetty returned to the action genre with another hit "Singham"(2011). The movie, which also had Ajay Devgn in the major role, ended up becoming one of the best earners of the year. Later, the Cop Universe series was expanded with further profitable movies including "Singham Returns"(2014),

"Simmba"(2018), and "Sooryavanshi" (2021) all with similar themes. His other significant successes were Bol Bachchan (2012), Chennai Express (2013), which starred Shah Rukh Khan and surpassed the movie3 His other significant successes were Bol Bachchan (2012), Chennai Express (2013), which starred Shah Rukh Khan and surpassed 3 Idiotsand Dilwale (2015)at the time andbecame the highest grossing Hindi film,

In addition to directing movies, he has been hosting the action-packed stunt programe "Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi", a reality show since 2014. Shetty was born to M.B Shetty and Ratna, a Bollywood junior artist, who has acted in Hindiand Kannad films.He has four siblings.

9. Mani Ratnam

Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam, better known by his stage name Mani Ratnam, is a director of the Indian film industry, scriptwriter, and producer as wellwho mostly works in Tamil cinema with a small amount ofHindi, Kannada, and Telugufilms. He was born on2nd June1956. Ratnam has received multiple honors at international film festivals as well as 6National Film Awards, 4Filmfare Awards, and 6 SouthFilmfare Awards. He received the Padma Shri award from the Indian government in the year2002 in recognition of his contributions to cinema.

Despite coming from a family of movie makers, Mani Ratnam didn't express any early interest in movies. He began his work as a consultant after earning his postgraduate degree in management. Pallavi Anu Pallavi, a 1983 Kannada film, served as his entry into the film industry. He would have fewer offers if his following movies were a disaster.

But Mouna Ragam released in the year1986, his sixth film as a filmdirector, made him a well-known figure in Tamil cinema. He wasthe director of highly acclaimed, nationally nominated films such as "Nayakan" in 1987 and "Anjali" in1990, each of which met the requirements to represent our countryIndia as an officially approved entry for the Academy Awards.

Mani Ratnam is primarily known for his trilogy of movies in the genre of romancenamed "Mouna Ragam"(1986), "Alaipayuthey"(2000), and "O Kadhal Kanmani" in 2015 as well as his terrorist genretrilogy of "Roja"(1992), "Bombay"(1995), and "Dil Se.."(1998).He has a boy with actress Suhasini Maniratnam, whom he is married to.

10. Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan is an Indian scriptwriter and movie director who mostly creates films in Malayalam and Hindi languages. He was born on 30th Januaryin the year 1979. His early career inMalayalam films wasamong the first in India to use beautiful colorgrading, crystal-clear sound, and high-quality dubbing. Priyadarshan started working in Malayalam movies in the early 1980s and remained working until the 1990s.

He shifted to Hindi languagecinema- Bollywood film industryin the early 2000s and continued to work there throughoutthe decade. He againswitched his attention to Malayalam cinema in the year2013 and declared that "Rangrezz"will be his final Hindi movie for a while. Among his most known works are Chandralekha, Chithram, Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu, Kilukkam,Thalavattam, Vellanakalude Nadu, Vandanam,Abhimanyu, Mithunam, Thenmavin Kombath, andKala Pani.

He is renowned for adapting movies ofMalayalam cinemainto Hindi, both from his own and from other movies as well. Bollywood movies like Hera Pheri, Hulchul, Chup Chup Ke,Garam Masala, Hungama,Bhagam Bhag, De Dana Dan, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa are among the most noteworthy examples.