Karan Malhotra
Biography
Karan Malhotra is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the action drama film Agneepath (2012).
Malhotra worked as an assistant director in films such as Jodhaa Akbar, My Name Is Khan, and Jaan-E-Mann before co-writing and directing by Karan Malhotra and producing by Karan Johar Agneepath (2012), the remake of the 1990 cult classic of the same name, Agneepath (1990).
after co-writing and directing by Karan Malhotra and producing by Karan Johar Rakesh Roshan Bitu Anand and Naresh Malhotra Shahenshah (2024). the remake of the 1988 cult classic of the same name, Shahenshah(1988).
Karan Malhotra also directed the film Brothers in 2015, an official remake of the 2011 American film Warrior starring Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Jackie Shroff.
Malhotra and his wife Ekta Pathak Malhotra began collaborating on the screenplay for Shuddhi which was slated for a Diwali 2016 release for Dharma Productions.
Whilst working on the script both made several research-based trips to Hrishikesh, one of the prominent shooting locations for the film. In March 2013, producer Karan Johar officially announced that Dharma Productions had begun pre-production on a new film venture titled Shuddhi.
In May 2018, Yash Raj Films announced that Malhotra would next be directing the period action-adventure film Shamshera, which was released in 2022 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. It follows a warrior tribe known as the Khamerans in conflict against the British in 1891.
It stars Ranbir Kapoor as Balli and Shamshera, and Sanjay Dutt as the antagonist Daroga Shuddh Singh. The film received mixed reviews and controversy, particularly for depicting a Hindu villain, and failed at the box office.
