9-453: Sharat Katariya (born 15 June 1978) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Katariya started out as an assistant director to Rajat Kapoor during the making of Raghu Romeo . He also worked as a lyricist on the film. Apart from this he has written dialogues for films Bheja Fry and Sunglass . Sharat has also worked with Deven Khote and Kunal Vijaykar on his directorial venture Vishesh Films ' Fruit and Nut . Katariya worked as
18-461: A sleeper hit Mithya . He was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor for Siddharth: The Prisoner at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards . In the year 2010, he has also starred in a Bengali movie Iti Mrinalini opposite Konkona Sen directed by Bengali film writer Aparna Sen . Apart from films, Kapoor hosts the tri-weekly chat show Lounge telecasted by NDTV Good Times . He also worked in television shows, including Rishtey which
27-650: A UK television film The Last Days of the Raj in 2007. In 2003, he wrote and directed the independent film Raghu Romeo , which he financed by sending e-mail requests for money to his friends. Although it was not a box office success, the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . He then directed and starred in Mixed Doubles , a film that deals with swinging in contemporary Mumbai . In 2008 he directed
36-515: A photographer-production designer in 1996 and has two children, a daughter Rabia and a son Vivan. Kapoor is an atheist , and he has said he believes God is a man-made concept. In October 2018, Kapoor was accused of sexual harassment by two different women during the Me Too movement . One, a journalist, said that he made inappropriate comments during a telephone interview. Following these accusations, Kapoor apologised on Twitter, saying "I am sorry from
45-746: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rajat Kapoor Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, filmmaker and playwright who works in Hindi cinema. Rajat Kapoor was born in Delhi , India and grew up in Old Delhi . In 1983 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi. In 1985 he moved to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Kapoor started out in Parallel Cinema , making his debut in
54-779: The 1989 Kumar Shahani film Khayal Gatha . When he had trouble finding acting jobs in the 1990s, Kapoor began writing and directing shorts. He made his full-length directorial debut with Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997), which had Irrfan Khan and Naseeruddin Shah in minor roles. In 2001, Kapoor got his big mainstream break-in Dil Chahta Hai , as Preity Zinta 's character's uncle. He received international attention in Mira Nair 's Monsoon Wedding in which he played an abusive uncle. Since then, he has written, directed, and appeared in many films. He played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in
63-483: The bottom of my heart – and sad that I was the cause of this hurt to another human being." His film Kadakh was dropped from the 20th MAMI Film Festival due to the allegations. National Film Award for Best Cinematography NDTV Good Times Hindi Goodtimes is a lifestyle channel owned by Lifestyle and Media Broadcasting Limited. It was launched in September 2007 by NDTV . In 2018, NDTV transferred
72-676: The first assistant on Rok Sako To Rok Lo . Sharat’s film That's What My Dad Used to Say was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival . Sharat worked on a short film, Long Distance Call starring Ranvir Shorey . In 2006, Sharat penned lyrics for Mixed Doubles . His directorial debut film 10 m Love (2010) was based on William Shakespeare 's play A Midsummer Night's Dream , with Rajat Kapoor, Tisca Chopra and Purab Kohli as leads. Following this, he went on to direct Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015) and Sui Dhaaga (2018). This article about an Indian film director
81-633: Was aired on Zee TV in the episode "Milan". Tired of pitching his stories to investors, Kapoor reached out to his friend Chet Jainn, founder of the crowdfunding platform goCrowdera.com to raise initial seed fund for his next film called RkRkay . The "RkRkay" crowdfunding campaign went on to raise over ₹35,00,000. Kapoor is a three time National Award winner, first for his 26-minute non-feature documentary, Tarana , then for his short, Hypnothesis , and after that for Raghu Romeo in Best Feature Film in Hindi section. Kapoor married Meenal Agarwal,
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