Subhash Ghai

Subhash Ghai
Born (1945-01-24) 24 January 1945
Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India[1]
Alma mater Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter,music director
Years active 1970–present
Spouse(s)
Mukta Ghai (m. 1971)
Children Meghna
Muskaan
Website muktaarts.com

Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema. His most notable works include 'Kalicharan' (1976), 'Vishwanath' (1978), Maeri (1976), Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997), Taal (1999), and Black & White (2008).[2] In 1982, he started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its executive chairman. In 2006, he received the National Film Award, for producing the social problem film Iqbal, in the same year he founded the Whistling Woods International film and media institution in Mumbai.[3] In 2015, he received the IIFA Award for outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.[4] In October 2018 the MeToo movement caught up with him. He has been accused of drugging and raping a women. Industry insiders have claimed that his sexual abuses were very well known inside the industry circle. [5]

Early life

Subhash Ghai was born in Nagpur. His father was a dentist who practised in Delhi. Subhash did his higher secondary in Delhi and thereafter graduated in Commerce from Rohtak,[6] Haryana. In 1963, he moved to Pune, Maharashtra, to join the Film and Television Institute of India. In 1970, he married a girl from Pune named Rehana alias Mukta. Today, he lives in Mumbai with his wife, Mukta Ghai and daughters, Meghna Ghai Puri and Muskaan Ghai. Meghna Ghai Puri is the President of Whistling Woods International Institute.

Career

Ghai started his career in Hindi cinema as an actor with small roles in films including Taqdeer (1967) and Aradhana (1971). He was the male lead in the 1970s Umang, and Gumraah (1976).[1] His directorial debut was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha. As of 2016, he has written and directed a total of 16 movies.

In the 1980s and 1990s, he formed a successful collaboration with Dilip Kumar whom he directed in Vidhaata (1982), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991), the latter for which he won the Filmfare Best Director Award.[7] He introduced Jackie Shroff as a leading actor in Hero (1983) and helped establish Anil Kapoor's rising career with Meri Jung (1985). He went on to frequently work with Shroff and Kapoor, casting them together in the films Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989) and Trimurti (1995), the latter which he had produced and it was directed by Mukul S. Anand. His 1993 release Khalnayak starring Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Shroff featured the hit songs "nayak nahin khalnayak hu main" and the controversial "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai".

In 1997, he directed Pardes which starred Shahrukh Khan and newcomers Mahima Chaudhry and Apoorva Agnihotri. In 1999 he directed Taal which starred Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai and Anil Kapoor. Both Pardes and Taal were released internationally and were super-hits at the box office. His following films were Yaadein (2001) and Kisna (2005), which were box office flops.

He then took a break from directing and turned producer with films including Aitraaz (2004), Iqbal (2005), 36 China Town (2006) and Apna Sapna Money Money (2006). In 2006, he set up his own film institute Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.[8] The institute trains students in filmmaking: production, direction, cinematography, acting, animation. Ghai has done brief cameos in his directorial ventures.

After a three-year hiatus from directing, he returned in 2008 with Black and White released on 7 March 2008 and, later Yuvvraaj released in November 2008 which didn't perform well at the box office.[9] A. R. Rahman stated in an interview that Ghai had asked him to use the words "Jai Ho" in a song.[10] In October 2018 the MeToo movement caught up with him. He has been accused of drugging and raping a women. Industry insiders have claimed that his sexual abuses were very well known inside the industry circle. [11]

Awards

National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards
IIFA Awards
  • 2015: IIFA Award for outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema
Other Awards
  • 2013: Skill Tree Education Evangelist of India

Filmography

YearFilmRole
1969AradhanaSupporting actor only
1976KalicharanDirector
1978VishwanathDirector
1979Gautam GovindaDirector
1980KarzDirector
1981KrodhiDirector
1982VidhaataDirector
1983HeroDirector
1985Meri JungDirector
1986KarmaDirector
1989Ram LakhanDirector
1991SaudagarDirector
1993KhalnayakDirector
1995TrimurtiProducer only
1997PardesDirector
1999TaalDirector
2001YaadeinDirector
2003Ek Aur Ek GyarahProducer only
2003Joggers' ParkProducer only
2004AitraazProducer only
2005Kisna: The Warrior PoetDirector
2005IqbalProducer only
200636 China TownProducer only
2006Shaadi Se PehleExecutive Producer only
2006Apna Sapna Money MoneyProducer only
2007Good Boy, Bad BoyProducer only
2008Black & WhiteDirector
2008YuvvraajDirector
2013Samhita (film)Producer only
2014Double Di TroubleProducer only
2014Kaanchi: The UnbreakableDirector,Music director(only one song)
2015HeroProducer only

References

  1. 1 2 Profile Archived 14 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Mukta Arts.
  2. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Directorate of Film Festival". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Showman Subhash Ghai to receive IIFA Lifetime Achievement award 2015". 28 May 2015.
  5. ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/subhash-ghai-accused-of-raping-a-woman-says-deeply-pained-to-be-gripped-in-metoo-movement-1930850
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Filmfare Awards (1992)".
  8. ↑ Subhash Ghai unveils dream project IndiaFM, Monday, 27 March 2006.
  9. ↑ "Slumdog's 'Jai Ho' was composed for Yuvvraaj". OneIndia. 25 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
  10. ↑ “Subhash Ghai is the one who asked me..." The Times of India, 24 February 2009.
  11. ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/subhash-ghai-accused-of-raping-a-woman-says-deeply-pained-to-be-gripped-in-metoo-movement-1930850
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