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David Dhawan

デヴィッド・ダワン　/　でゔぃっど・だわん

Film director from India

August 16, 1955 (age 70)　・　Jalandhar, Jalandhar District, India

Jalandhar District
film director
screenwriter
film editor

My Take

David Dhawan, born Rajinder Dhawan in Jalandhar, is to me one of Bollywood's great laughter machines. Directing 46 films across comedy, action and everything between, while also writing, editing and acting, marks him as a true craftsman rather than a one-trick auteur. The Filmfare nominations for Aankhen and Biwi No.1 confirm the range. But what I admire most is the endurance: decades of keeping mass audiences entertained, and founding a genuine film dynasty in the Dhawan family. Prestige cinema gets the critical applause, yet making ordinary people laugh, reliably, for thirty-plus years is one of the hardest tricks in the business.

Overview

David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1951) is an Indian director of Hindi films. A member of the Dhawan family, he has directed 46 films. The 1993 action thriller Aankhen and 1999 comedy Biwi No.1 earned him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Dhawan
Name (Japanese): デヴィッド・ダワン
Reading: でゔぃっど・だわん
Born: August 16, 1955 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Goat
Origin: Jalandhar, Jalandhar District, India
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film editor / actor / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3

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