Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Family, Education, Height, Weight, Movies List, Career, Profession, Net Worth

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Wiki and Biography: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is a director, screenwriter, and producer. His films include Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The former was India’s official Oscar submission in 2006–07 and winner of four National Awards.

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Wiki: Biography, Age, Wife, Family, Education, Height, Weight, Movies List, Career, Profession, Net Worth

Real Name Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Nick Name ROM
Profession Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Famous For Movies
Wife Name P. S. Bharathi
Physical Status
Age 59 Years
Height 5 feet 9 inches
Weight 74 Kgs
Eye Color Dark Brown
Hair Color Salt & Pepper
Personal Information
Date of Birth 7 July 1963
Birth Place New Delhi, India
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Nationality Indian
School Name Air Force Bal Bharati School, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
College Name Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
Qualifications Graduate
Family Profile
Father Name NA
Mother Name Annapurna Mehra
Siblings NA
Career Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Source of Income Movies
Appeared In Movies
Net Worth Salary 67 Crores+(Approx.)

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Biography

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Education

He attended the Air Force Bal Bharti School in New Delhi and earned a degree in commerce from Sri Ram College of Commerce at Delhi University.

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Early Life

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, born on July 7, 1963 in Delhi, India. In 1986, he founded the advertising firm Flicks Motion Picture Limited and began making ads for companies like Toyota, Pepsi, Coke, BPL, and American Express for broadcast on television.

He married P.S. Bharti in 1992, and they have two children together, a girl named Bharavi and a son named Vedant.

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Career

Aks, a supernatural thriller released in 2001, marked Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s directorial debut. Many praised the film’s cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Nandita Das, and Manoj Bajpayee, but it didn’t do well at the box office.

In 2004, he founded ROMP (Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures) to produce films independently; his first film under that label was the coming-of-age Indian drama Rang De Basanti. The film, which starred Aamir Khan, Siddharth Narayan, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni, and British actress Alice Patten, was a tremendous critical success and was ultimately named the most popular film of the year at the 53rd National Film Awards. The film, which follows a British documentary maker who is determined to make a film on the Indian freedom warriors, was selected as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category and had a massive societal impact in the country.

The 2009 film Delhi 6 by Rakeysh is about the religion and caste divide in India. There was a 57th National Film Awards ceremony, and this film took home the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. The movie was well received by critics but failed to make a profit at the box office.

In 2011, Rakeysh and Jeffery Zimbalist collaborated on the documentary Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. The film was well-received and made it onto the 2011 Cannes Film Festival roster. Popularly same year, he oversaw the production of a biography about Milkha Singh, the great Indian sprinter also known as “The Flying Sikh,” which starred Farhan Akhtar. The India Today review summed up the film’s commercial and critical success thus: “Join Milkha and go for a run. The stress of modern life can be relieved by participating in this race.”

Mirzya, starring Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher, was released in 2016, while Mere Pyare Prime Minister is set to be released in 2019. Toofaan, a sports drama starring Farhan Akhtar and Mrunal Thakur, was directed by him in 2021.

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