Rohit Shetty
Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, stuntman, writer, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. His movies are often mixed the genres of action comedy and masala films.His breakthrough came with the first installment of comedy film franchise ''Golmaal'', ''Golmaal'' (2006) starring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi, which became sleeper hit. Further subsequent other successful films in franchise included ''Golmaal Returns'' (2008) and ''Golmaal 3'' (2010), which became one of the highest-grossing film of the year. Shetty returned in action genre with ''Singham'' (2011) after eight years of his debut action thriller ''Zameen''. It also starred Ajay Devgn in lead, the film turned out one of the highest grosser of the year. Later on, it expanded in ''Cop Universe'' franchise with other successful films such as ''Singham Returns'' (2014), ''Simmba'' (2018), ''Sooryavanshi'' (2021). His other notable success include ''All the Best: Fun Begins'' (2009), ''Bol Bachchan'' (2012), ''Chennai Express'' (2013) starring Shah Rukh Khan, which became the highest grossing Hindi film surpassing 3 Idiots at that time and ''Dilwale'' (2015). Apart from film directing, he has also hosts the stunt-based adventure show ''Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi'' since 2014. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Ashwin Mohan, Supriya Dabir, Naresh Kumar Yadav, Matthew Kummelil, Rajesh S Kumar, Rohit ShettyGet access
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