1. Rohit Shetty was born on 14 March 1974 and is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, stuntman, producer and television personality who works in Hindi cinema.
18 Facts About Rohit Shetty
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Rohit Shetty's breakthrough came with the first installment of the comedy film franchise Golmaal, starring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi, which became a sleeper hit.
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Rohit Shetty's father belonged to the Tulu-speaking community from Mangalore, while his mother was from Madhya Pradesh.
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Rohit Shetty began his career at the age of 17 as an assistant director in Ajay Devgn's first film Phool Aur Kaante.
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Rohit Shetty then joined the Devgn starrers Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Hindustan Ki Kasam and Raju Chacha.
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Rohit Shetty debuted as an independent director in 2003 with the Devgn starrer Zameen, an average grosser, before he rose to fame in 2006 when he directed the first part of Devgn's cult comedy series Golmaal that became his first hit.
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Rohit Shetty's Chennai Express, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, was released on 9 August 2013.
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Rohit Shetty has played the judge of the television show Comedy Circus.
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In 2014, Rohit Shetty directed Singham Returns with Ajay Devgn, a sequel to his 2011 film Singham.
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Rohit Shetty was a part of the fifth season of television stunt game show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2014 as the host taking over from the previous host Akshay Kumar.
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Rohit Shetty directed Dilwale with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, which was a moderate box-office success.
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Rohit Shetty next directed Golmaal Again, the fourth film of the Golmaal series.
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Rohit Shetty directed then directed the 2018 action comedy, Simmba, starring Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Sonu Sood in the lead roles, with Ajay Devgn in a guest appearance as Bajirao Singham.
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Rohit Shetty directed another feature in the Cop Universe, Sooryavanshi, starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Jackie Shroff, which was released during Diwali in 2021.
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Rohit Shetty has made his OTT debut with Indian Police Force, starring Sidharth Malhotra for Amazon Prime Video.
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In 2022, Rohit Shetty took break from action films and directed period comedy drama Cirkus, loosely adapted from William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
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Rohit Shetty had been planning to do a Marathi film from a long time on the demand of his regional fans.
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Rohit Shetty returned to directing with Singham Again, the fifth installment of Shetty's Cop Universe.