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The 10 Greatest Indian Film Directors of All Time

Indian cinema has seen many great directors — from different regions, from different backgrounds, from different milieu.

But when one thinks of Indian cinema, it is the Hindi cinema (“Bollywood”) that first comes to mind.

Most Indian film directors are known for their work with one regional industry, while many others are active directors of films from multiple industries.

India has many regional film centers, such as Bollywood (Hindi) in Mumbai, Marathi cinema in Pune , Telugu cinema in Hyderabad, Tamil cinema in Chennai, Malayalam cinema in Kochi, Kannada cinema in Bangalore, Odia Cinema in Bhubaneswar, Assamese cinema in Guwahati and Bengali cinema in Kolkata .

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1. Mani Ratnam

One of the most respected and widely admired filmmakers in recent history, Mani Ratnam has carved a niche for himself in the annals of Indian cinema.

At a time when Indian commercial cinema was going through a rut, Mani Ratnam gave us a new lease of life, masterfully intertwining socio-political commentary within a commercially viable package, without ever compromising his artistic integrity.

And while his foray into filmmaking began in 1983, it wasn’t until the 1987 cult classic ‘Nayakan’, that Ratnam reached the zenith of his talents.

He followed that up with masterful portrayal of human relationships amidst turmoil and unrest with his “ Political Trilogy ”, ‘ Roja’, ‘Bombay ’ and ‘ Dil Se ’; while also giving us the musical genius that is AR Rahman.

A recurring motif that runs through most of Ratnam’s films is his fascination with idealism and its erosion over time. 

Sure, some of his recent work hasn’t measured up to his finest films, but nobody can deny Ratnam’s contribution to his craft, and that makes him an automatic entrant in this list.

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2. Raj Kumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani was born on 20 November 1962 in Nagpur to a Sindhi family. His father Suresh Hirani ran a typing institute in Nagpur.

Hirani family migrated to India from Mehrabpur, Sindh (now Pakistan) during Partition of India when Suresh Hirani was 14-year-old. Rajkumar Hirani studied in St. Francis De'Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Rajkumar did his graduation in commerce. His parents wanted him to be a Chartered Accountant but he was more keen on Theatres, Films.

Hirani helped his father in his business but he wanted to be actor in Hindi films. In college days he was involved with Hindi theatre.

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3.Prakash Jha

Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films .

Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal 2003 and Apaharan 2005. He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Face After Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).

He now runs a production company, 'Prakash Jha Productions'

Prakash Jha was born and raised at his family's farm in Shikarpur Narkatiaganj, West Champaran, Bihar, India.

He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya, Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Bokaro Steel City (now in Jharkhand)', and spent his childhood and school education in Bokaro Steel City.

Later, he joined Ramjas College, Delhi University to do B.Sc (Hons) in Physics; though he left studies after one year, and decided to go to Bombay and become a painter, though while he was preparing for J.J. School of Arts, he happen to witness the shooting film Dharma and got hooked on to filmmaking.

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4.Anurag Kashyap

The enfant terrible of Indian cinema, Anurag Kashyap has been the catalyst which proved instrumental in ushering in a new generation of bold and unflinchingly honest filmmakers.

Right from his first feature ‘Black Friday’ (his actual debut as a director was in ‘Paanch’, which is still unreleased), Kashyap has brought forth an uncanny freshness to Bollywood.

He has an eye for the dark underbelly of the society we live in, often portraying weird characters deeply entrenched in reality.

Each of his films deal with complex ideas, while leaving behind a commentary on the contemporary world.

But it was his ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ that finally catapulted into being one the most influential contemporary directors.

Sure, some of his films are unconventional, like his box office disaster ‘No Smoking’; but no filmmaker has experimented with his craft with the audacity that Kashyap has, and that makes him the only contemporary director to make this list.

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5.Yash Chopra

Yash Chopra is known as the “king of romances”, but strangely enough his best films aren’t romances. Be it ‘Dewaar’, ‘Kaala Paani’, ‘Itefaaq’ or ‘Mashaal’.

Even ‘Lamhe’ — that was way ahead of its time and among his finest — can’t be referred to as a romance in the traditional sense.

Chopra, like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, wasn’t an auteur, but he reached audiences in a way that only he could. He didn’t influence filmmakers; he influenced filmgoers.

And more than the films themselves, it is the scenes and moments in his films that people fondly recall.

This shows that not only he had a very good idea of the pulse of his audiences, but also, an immaculate sense of timing.

He knew what nerve to touch and when

That he also happens to be the most commercially successful director on this list (and, arguably, in the history of Indian cinema) only proves his credibility as the most audience-friendly director to have ever lived.

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6. Divya Khosla Kumar

Divya Khosla Kumar is an Indian actress, producer and director.

Divya started her career in Bollywood as an actor with the 2004 film Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo.

Divya then did a course in cinematography and editing. After that Divya directed music videos for Agam Nigam, Jermaine Jackson, Tulsi Kumar, and a few ad films.

After directing 20 music videos Divya directed her first directiorial venture Yaariyan in 2014.

Divya also choreographed 5 songs in the film including Baarish, Maa, Love Me Thoda Aur, Allah Wariya and Zor Lagake.

Divya recently debuted as director for a college romance movie called Yaariyan that released on 10 January 2014 and now her new directorial movie Sanam Re has released on 12th Feb 2016.

Divya is also one of the producers of Ranbir Kapoor starrer film Roy.

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7.Rohit Shetty

Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1973) is an Indian film director and cinematographer.

His work as a filmmaker include the films Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3, Singham, Bol Bachchan, Singham Returns, Chennai Express and Dilwale .

Which is currently the sixth highest grossing Bollywood film worldwide, for which he was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Director.

He started his career at the age of 17 as an assistant director with Kuku Kohli during Phool Aur Kaante (Ajay Devgan's debut film that costarred Madhoo).

Then he assisted him in Ek Aur Kohinoor, which was never released.

He also worked with him on Suhaag (Ajay, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor), Haqeeqat (1995) (Ajay, Tabu) and Zulmi (Akshay, Twinkle Khanna).

After that, he started working with Anees Bazmee on Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, followed by Hindustan Ki Kasam and Raju Chacha .

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8.Farah Khan

Farah Khan (born 9 January 1965) also known by her married name Farah Khan Kunder is an Indian film director, film producer, actress and choreographer.

She is best known for her choreographic work in numerous Bollywood films. She has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films.

She has since become a film director as well. In addition, she has worked on international projects such as Marigold: An Adventure in India, Monsoon Wedding and the Chinese film Perhaps Love.

Khan was born on 9 January 1965. Her mother, Menaka Irani, is the sister of screenwriter, Honey Irani and former child actor Daisy Irani.

Farah's brother Sajid Khan is a comedian, actor and film director. When their parents' marriage broke up, Farah and Sajid were shuttled between different homes.

Film personalities Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar are Farah's cousins. Khan is of Parsi origin from her mother's side and of Muslim faith from her father's side.

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9. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and music director.

He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.

His mother was a shepherd and his father was a Rajput. After Sanjay was born, his father left his mother. He is the founder of a production house, Bhansali Productions.

Bhansali began his career as an assistant to Vidhu Vinod Chopra and was involved in the making of Parinda, 1942: A Love Story and Kareeb. However, they had a fall out when Bhansali refused to direct Kareeb.

He made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical, the commercially unsuccessful but critically acclaimed narration of a daughter's struggle to communicate with her deaf mute parents.

His second film was a triangular love story, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, starring Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan, and Ajay Devgan which established his individualistic stamp for visual splendor and creating auras of celebration and festivity.

It was a great success and won numerous awards.

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10. Anurag Bahu

Anurag Basu is an India television-advertiser, reality show-judge, director, actor, screenwriter and producer.

Basu achieved initial success with his films tackling the themes of passion and adultery such as Life in a... Metro, Kites, Gangster and Murder.

He began his directing career in television, moving to feature films in 2002.

Basu was born into an upper-middle-class Bengali Kayastha family in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

His parents, Subrato Bose and Deepshikha Bose, were award-winning theatrical artists and Basu grew up watching them perform in his father's theatre company (Abhiyaan).

He attended BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector -IV, Bhilai Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Ltd. , spending part of his life in Garia, South Kolkata.

Although Basu was admitted to Jabalpur Engineering College, but he quit it after some time.

He received a BSc degree in physics honours. from the University of Mumbai, intending to study cinematography at FTII, Pune; however, during his college years in Mumbai he had an opportunity to assist on a number of levels in TV and film projects .

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