Rajkumar Santoshi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rajkumar Santoshi
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 17, 1956(1956-08-17)
Age	68
Birthplace	Chennai
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Leo

Rajkumar Santoshi Biography

Rajkumar Santoshi is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on August 17, 1956 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Santoshi made his directorial debut in 1990, with the action flick Ghayal, starring Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Sheshadri in lead roles. The film tells the story of a person in search of his missing brother and the events that follow. It was critically and commercially very successful, and earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Director, Best film, and Best screenplay. Ghayal also won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Santoshi’s followup was the universally acclaimed film Damini (1993), which dealt with issues like the status of women in our society and the perspective of people towards women. He won his second Filmfare best director award for it.

Rajkumar Santoshi is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi films. Having received several accolades including three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards, he made his directorial debut with the crime film Ghayal (1990), which won him the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment as well as the Filmfare Award for Best Director. He next directed the thrillers Damini (1993) and Ghatak: Lethal (1996). All these three financially successful films starred Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri and Meenakshi Seshadri; the second of these garnered him a second Filmfare Best Director Award and the latter fetched him the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award as well as a Filmfare Best Director Award nomination. During this period, Santoshi also received praise for directing the comedy Andaz Apna Apna (1994), which though a box office flop has attained cult status, and the major success Barsaat (1995), that marked the film debut of Bobby Deol and Twinkle Khanna. In 2000, he wrote dialogues of the film Pukar which earned him the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He followed it by directing two moderate commercial successes—the biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and the action thriller Khakee (2004)—both of which earned him Best Director nominations at Filmfare. His highest-grossing grossing film came in 2009 with over ₹ 1.2 billion (US$17 million)-earning romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.

Rajkumar Santoshi Net Worth

Rajkumar Santoshi is one of the richest Film Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rajkumar Santoshi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Santoshi started his career as an assistant director and worked with Govind Nihalani during the filming of Ardh Satya (1982)

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Rajkumar Santoshi Dating?

According to our records, Rajkumar Santoshi married to Manila Santoshi. As of December 1, 2023, Rajkumar Santoshi’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2009, he wrote and directed Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, which emerged as the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2009. The film starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif and was a romantic comedy. Nikhat Kazmi in her review wrote that the film “has just a few moments of tedium”, but “[It] takes you on a roller-coaster ride as Raj Kumar Santoshi tries to retrack his way to his Andaz Apna Apna days”. Santoshi came back after a three-year hiatus with the action comedy Phata Poster Nikla Hero, (2013) starring Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D’Cruz. The film was a critical and commercial failure.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Rajkumar Santoshi celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.

Where is Rajkumar Santoshi now?

Rajkumar was born in Chennai and currently lives with his wife Manila and children; Ram and Tanisha.

What happened between Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi?

He wanted Santoshi to helm the ambitious project and offered him a hefty amount which was more than what he normally charged for direction. This was an offer he just couldn’t say no to. This cracked the duo’s relation that Deol vowed not to work with him again.

What is the age of Rajkumar Santoshi?

About 66 years (1956)

Is Rajkumar Santoshi on Facebook?

The filmmaker who has movies such as Ghayal, Andaaz Apna Apna, Pukar and The Legend of Bhagat Singh to his credit, also informed us that he is also aware of a fake profile using his name and has already lodged a complaint. The filmmaker informed, “This is a fake account. I am not on Facebook.