Anil Sharma

Anil Sharma

Director

GenderMale
Date of Birth7 March 1955
Age70 years
BirthplaceMumbai, India
Marital StatusMarried

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Anil Sharma is one of the most popular, renowned, and passionate Indian film directors. He was born on March 7, 1955 Mumbai, India. As a director, Anil Sharma will also be direct in the upcoming Indian film Gadar 2 (2023). He started his debut at the very young age of 21 years as a director with an outstanding film, “Shraddhanjali”. His first film brought him tremendous recognition and acclaim as the movie proved to be a huge success at the box office. After that, he made a number of magnificent films and carved an indelible niche for himself as a successful film maker in Indian Film Industry. The movie, Gadar ek prem katha, turned out to be a milestone in his career as it created history at the box office and is rated among the most successful movies of Indian cinema.

In the 1990s, he directed and produced films such as Farishtay (1991) and Maharaja (1998). Despite working with very well known artists like Dharmendra, Sridevi, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Govinda, Manisha Koirala and others, apart from the successful Suhaag in 1994, he did not achieve either box-office success, or critical acclaim.

In 2001, his years in the industry paid off, as he directed the film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha starring Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel. The film was a huge commercial success, and critically appreciated as well. Sharma received his first award nominations for Best Director and Best Film in different award ceremonies. At the box office, the film was the biggest hit of that year, as well as the biggest hit of the 2000s so far.

In that same year, he produced the film Aashiq, directed by Indra Kumar, starring Karisma Kapoor and Bobby Deol. The movie failed to do well at the box office. Anil Sharma got married to Suman Sharma in 20 February 1992. The couple has child Utkarsh Sharma. He has 3 brothers name is Kapil Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Anuj Sharma. Kapil Sharma is famous indian comedian.

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2023
as Director

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