Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.

Raj and DK
Residence Mumbai, India
Occupation Film Director(s)
Producer(s)
Years active 2009 - Present

Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. widely known as Raj & DK are an Indian American film director-producer-writer duo known for their unique works in Bollywood.[1][2] The duo are known for their quirky film making and unique sense of style and humour. Their latest offering is the blockbuster, Stree. They have also written and directed the widely known sleeper-hits such as Shor in the City, 99, Go Goa Gone (India’s first slacker film and horror-comedy), meta romcom Happy Ending and an action comedy, A Gentleman. They are currently working on an Amazon prime original web series "The Family Man".

The Indian emigrants to the United States - Raj & DK’s first Hindi feature film, 99 is an original crime-comic-thriller-historical-fiction set in Mumbai and Delhi. The New York Times called it "funny, inventive, refreshing"; Box Office magazine (USA) acclaimed that the film "sets new standards in Hindi cinema!"; and a number of Indian publications gave it four star reviews.[3][4]

Shor in the City was the most acclaimed Hindi film of the year. It received glowing reviews from across media publications. The film was also made at a micro-budget, making it profitable even before the film's release. The film was also selected to various high profile film festivals across the world.[5]

Go Goa Gone was a clutter-breaking film that introduced to India the first of it's kind of a genre-bending film - stoner/slacker comedy combined with horror and comedy. It become a cult film, especially among the younger audience.[6]

Filmography

Year Film Language Director(s) Producer(s) Writer(s) Notes
2003FlavorsEnglishYesYesYes
200999HindiYesYesYes
2011Shor in the CityHindiYesYesYes
2013Go Goa GoneHindiYesYesYes
2013D for DopidiTeluguYes
2014Happy EndingHindiYesYes
2017A GentlemanHindiYesYes
2018StreeHindiYesYes

Awards

The director duo won the Best Director Award at NYIIFF in 2010 for their feature 'Shor In The City'. The award was presented by Mira Nair. Their short film, Shor (2008) (V), a fast-paced, edgy satire, won the 'Best Film' award at MIAAC Film Festival (Indo-American Arts Council, New York) and won 'Best Cinematography' award at San Francisco Shorts. It was also an official selection at some of the film festivals like Palm Springs, LA Shorts, Slamdance, Raindance, Hawaii and Rhode Island Film Festivals.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Raj and DK to direct Shahid Kapoor". The Times of India.
  2. ↑ "Raj Nidimoru". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "99 is a very funny film". Rediff. 18 May 2009.
  4. ↑ https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/movies/15nine.html
  5. ↑ "Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK: People had trust issues with us initially - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  6. ↑ "Go Goa Gone is our kind of film: Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK". India Today. 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  7. ↑ "Telugu Cinema interview - Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK - Film Directors".
  8. ↑ "99 is a very funny film". Rediff. 18 May 2009.
  9. ↑ https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/movies/15nine.html
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