Subhash Ghai

Name: Subhash Ghai
Birthday: Wednesday, January 24, 1945
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Kalicharan








BIOGRAPHY

His directorial break was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha, which was one of the biggest hits of its time. As of 2005, he has written and directed 15 movies out of which 13 were highly successful. In 1986, he won the National Award for his movie Karma. In 1982, he formed a company - Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company. Subhash Ghai is its chairman and managing director. Pardes (Abroad) and Taal (The Beat) were released internationally and featured in the Top 20 movies in USA for several weeks. His latest movies, Kisna and Yaadein were relative box office duds. Subhash Ghai has a tendency to overpublicize his films and this combined with the success of most of his films has hampered the box office success of his latest movies. Ghai himself admitted that he created too much anticipation. He said he took the 'failure' of Kisna personally. Still, actors Hritikh Roshan and Kareena Kapoor said that working on Yaadein was a gratifying experience and that Ghai is an immensely talented director. Personal lifeGhai is known as a showman and is quite well known for his womanizing ways. He has had accusations of sexual harassment thrown at him by many prominent actresses such as Manisha Koriala, and Mahima Chaudhary. He has a wife and two daughters. He also has a repuation for being very egotistical.