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11 Facts About Praveen Nischol

1.

Praveen Nischol has made feature films, TV serials and TV commercials.

2.

Praveen Nischol is the younger brother of actor Navin Nischol.

3.

Praveen Nischol was born in Delhi and had his early education in Park English School in Calcutta.

4.

Praveen Nischol shot seven reels of the film but then the movie was abandoned by the producer as he ran into financial difficulties which did not allow the film to be taken over by any other production house.

5.

Praveen Nischol made the first two volumes into a sponsored TV serial for Doordarshan, called Shrikant, starring Farooque Shaikh, Sujata Mehta, Priyadarshani, and Bharat Bhushan.

6.

Doordarshan then invited Praveen Nischol to do the third volume of the classic novel, and commissioned him to make Shrikant II in 24 half-hour episodes.

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Praveen Nischol then produced and directed the feature film English Babu Desi Mem, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Sonali Bendre, and Saeed Jaffrey.

8.

Praveen Nischol produced, wrote and directed the TV film Jahan Pyar Miley for the programme Director's Cut on Channel 9.

9.

The first film it released Gangaajal in 2003, for which Praveen Nischol shared the producer's National Award with Prakash Jha.

10.

In 2007 Praveen Nischol left Adlabs, and partnered with Ram Gopal Varma.

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Praveen Nischol has a line production company which does cost reporting and accounting for films, commercials, and photo shoots.