Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Director

July 7, 1963 (62 years)

New Delhi, India

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) in a Hindu Punjabi Family in New Delhi. He is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing Rang De Basanti (2006), for which he won Best Director awards at the 2006 Filmfare Awards and National Film Awards and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. He is also the writer and director of the films Aks (2001) and Delhi-6 (2009). Description above from th…

Filmography

7.5

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

7.1

Rang De Basanti

After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.

6.0

Delhi-6

Roshan, an NRI, arrives in Old Delhi with his ailing grandmother and starts to rediscover himself before getting caught in a religious dispute that shakes the once peaceful neighborhood.

5.1

Toofaan

An inspiring story about an orphan boy from the streets of Dongri, who grows up to become a local goon of his area and how his life changes after he meets the young and compassionate Ananya, who guides him towards the right path and makes him realize his true calling i.e boxing.

5.2

Aks

On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle between good vs evil.

6.2

Mirzya

Two star-crossed lovers must battle the forces which try to keep them apart at different timelines and at different world's.

6.3

My Dear Prime Minister

A story about four children living in a Mumbai slum in India. An eight-year old Kanhu writes a letter to the Prime Minister after a dramatic incident with his mother.

4.2

Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

This spectacular montage of scenes from a wealth of classic Bollywood films

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