Apoorva Lakhia

Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director.

Before becoming a film director, Apoorva was an assistant director for Ashutosh Gowariker's period epic film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India and as second assistant director for the film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). He had been an assistant for Hollywood films such as The Ice Storm, A Perfect Murder and Addicted to Love. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.^{[citation needed]} As Amir Khan was looking for someone with Hollywood experience for Lagaan, Farhan Akhtar [1] recommended Apoorva who had worked with casts and crews in Hollywood.

He made his debut as a film director with the 2002 film Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost. His second film Ek Ajnabee released in 2005 which starred Amitabh Bachchan in the leading role was a remake of the Hollywood film Man on Fire. His third film Shootout at Lokhandwala which has a multi-star cast released on 25 May 2007 and was based on real-life events involving the underworld gangsters Maya Dolas and Dilip Buwa. In late 2007 he directed a short story titled Sex on the Beach for the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan. His next film was Mission Istanbul starring Vivek Oberoi, Sunil Shetty, Shriya Saran and Zayed Khan.[2] North American producer Vikas Kohli of Fatlabs studio collaborated with Mika Singh for the first time on the Mission Istaanbul soundtrack.[3]

He has written the story of Hide & Seek (2009), which is directed Shawn Aranha. Lakhia wrote and directed all the movies from his debut to Mission Istanbul. His latest guest appearance was in a negative role in the movie Knock Out (film) starring Sanjay Dutt and Irfan Khan.

Filmography

• Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost
• Ek Ajnabee
• Shootout at Lokhandwala

External links

• Apoorva Lakhia at the Internet Movie Database
• imdb Cast/Crew