Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1974-08-28
Location
Maharashtra, India
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Biography
Dharmendra Alias "Tinu" Suresh Desai is an Indian film director. Tinu Suresh Desai was born on 28 August 1974 in Mumbai Maharashtra, India in a Gujarati-speaking family, his birth name is Dharmendra.
he is the son of production manager Suresh Desai, who is known for films like Sholay, Shaan, Seeta aur Geeta. Tinu Desai started his career in the film industry as Assistant Director with the 1997 film Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul, later he worked as Chief Assistant, Associate Director for films like Arjun Pandit, Anari No. 1 & Players.
in 2006, Desai made his directorial debut with 1920 London starring Sharman Joshi and Meera Chopra.
Tinu Desai is known For the Akshay Kumar starrer film Rustom released in 2016, which was reportedly based on K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra's 1959 court case. featured Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, and Esha Gupta.
In 2016, he was felicitated with Star Screen Award and ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2016 “Most Promising Debut Director” for Rustom. Akshay Kumar won his 1st National Film Award for Rustom.
Tinu Desai presently working on an Akshay Kumar & Parineeti Chopra Starrer film The Great Indian Rescue which is based on the chief mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill, who evacuated 65 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in Raniganj, West Bengal, in 1989.
