Ketan Mehta is one of India’s most celebrated directors. Even when he made his first film he was referred to as “the brightest talent of the new generation” by none other than the internationally renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray and in 2012 was honoured by the French Govt. with “The Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature”.
A gradute of the prestigious Stephens College Delhi University, he studied Film Direction at the FTII, Pune, the premier Film & TV Institute of India.He has so far directed 11 feature filmsbesides producing and directing many TV series and documentaries.
He has been a consultant to the National Doordarshan News Channel.He is also the promoter of Managing Director of Maya Digital Studios, one of India’s premier Digital Visual effects and animation studios.He has also served as a jury member at International Film Festivals and has been an Advisor and a Consultant in the field of Audio-Visual Media.
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1). ‘Majhi The Mountian Man’(2013) Based on a real case- An underdog’s love story about a man who single handedly broke a mountian over 22 years for love. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte. Director- Co- Producer. |
3). ‘The Rising – Ballad of Mangal Pandey”,(2005) An epic film on India’s war of indepencende. An Indo - British co-production, Starring Aamir Khan and Toby Stephens,Director- Co- Producer.
4). Aar ya Paar -(1997). A murder mystery, an existential suspense thriller. Starring Jackie Shroff & Deepa Sahi, Director- Producer
5). Oh darling yeh hai India - (1995). A surreal musical, a political satire set in contemporary India . Starring Shah Rukh Khan & Deepa Sahi, Director- Producer
6). Maya Memsaab -(1992) An Indian adaptation of the French classic – ‘Madame Bovary’ by ‘Gustave Flaubert’. An Indo-French-British Co – production. Starring Shah Rukh Khan & Deepa Sahi. Director- Producer
7). ‘Sardar’- (1991) A bio Pic about the great freedom fighter Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel- starring Paresh Rawal as the ‘Iron man’. .Director
8). ‘Hero Hiralal’’- (1987) A love story about a rickshaw driver with a film star. Director
9). MIRCH MASALA - (1986) A dramatic story of one woman’s resistance against a powerful feudal lord, against all odds. Starring –Smita Patil & Naseeruddin Shah.
10). HOLI - (1984). An intense look at the unintended violence erupting at a college campus. Starring –Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Asutosh Gowarikar, Om Puri, Deepti Naval etc.
11). BHAVNI BHAVAI - (1981). A Socio–political satire, a folk lore about the humiliating garb ‘the untouchables’ in India had to wear in ancient times. Starring – Mohan Gokhale, Smita Patil, Om Puri, Naseeruddin
