Find out more about the greatest Indian Directors, including Sooraj Barjatya, Aditya Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rohit Shetty and Ram Gopal Varma
Aamir Khan14 March 1965
Actor, Director, Producer
Satyajit Ray02 May 1921
Indian filmmaker
Bhupen Hazarika08 September 1926
Musician, Singer, Poet, Filmmaker, Lyricist
Guru Dutt09 July 1925
Actor, Producer, Director, Choreographer
Shomu Mukherjee19 June 1943
Film Director & Producer
Goldie Behl1975 AD
Film Maker
Dadasaheb Phalke30 April 1870
Father of Indian Cinema
Nadira Babbar20 January 1948
Theater Artist
M Night Shyamalan06 August 1970
Film Director
Mrunmayee LagooActress, Assistant Director, Script Supervisor
Anurag Kashyap10 September 1972
Film director, Film producer, Actor, Screenwriter,
Selvaraghavan05 March 1977
film director, screenwriter
Sunil Dutt06 June 1930
Actor
Ali Abbas Zafar
Mani Ratnam02 June 1956
Film producer, Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Sanjay Leela Bhansali24 February 1963
Film director, Film producer, Music director,
Aditya Chopra21 May 1971
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Ram Gopal Varma07 April 1962
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Farah Khan09 January 1965
Director
Rohit Shetty14 March 1973
Film director
Anil Devgan
Priyadarshan30 January 1957
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Shammi Kapoor21 October 1931
Actor
David Dhawan16 August 1955
Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor
Prithviraj Kapoor03 November 1906
Actor
Yash Chopra27 September 1932
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Artist
Rakesh Roshan06 September 1949
Producer
A. L. Vijay17 June 1983
film director
Puri Jagannadh28 September 1966
Film director, Screenwriter
Gautham Menon25 February 1973
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Rajkumar Hirani22 November 1962
Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor
Shekhar Kapur06 December 1945
Actor, Film director, Accountant, Blogger, Film
Ayan Mukerji15 August 1983
film director
Shirish Kunder24 May 1973
Film producer, Film director, Author, Film editor,
Sriram Raghavan1963 AD
film director, author, author
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Trivikram Srinivas07 November 1971
writer, screenwriter, film director, lyricist,
Nasir Hussain03 February 1931
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Kunal Kapoor26 June 1959
Actor
Mysskin20 September 1971
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
K. S. Ravikumar30 May 1958
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter
Balu Mahendra20 May 1939
Film director, Actor, Camera operator,
M. Sasikumar30 November 1975
film director, film editor, screenwriter
Karthik Subbaraj
Mohit Suri11 April 1981
Film director
K. V. Anand30 October 1966
cinematographer, film director, screenwriter
S. A. Chandrasekhar
Mira Nair15 October 1957
Actor, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Vipul Amrutlal Shah03 April 1973
Film director, Film producer
Deepa Mehta01 January 1950
Film director, Screenwriter
Tigmanshu Dhulia03 July 1967
Film director, Film producer, Actor, Author,
Prakash Jha27 February 1952
Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter
Vetrimaaran04 September 1975
Film director
Vidhu Vinod Chopra05 September 1952
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
K. Balachander09 July 1930
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Venkat Prabhu07 November 1975
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Playback
Hrishikesh Mukherjee30 September 1922
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film
P. Bharathiraja17 July 1941
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Neeraj Pandey1973 AD
author, film director, screenwriter
Rituparno Ghosh31 August 1963
Film director, Screenwriter
Tarsem Singh26 May 1961
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
R. K. Selvamani
Surinder Kapoor23 December 1925
Film producer
Rajkumar Santoshi
V. Shantaram18 November 1901
Film director, Actor, Film producer, Screenwriter,
Nagesh Kukunoor30 March 1967
Film director, Actor, Film producer
Mukesh Bhatt05 June 1952
Film producer, Actor
Anees Bazmee
Bharathan14 November 1947
film director
Jeethu Joseph10 November 1972
Film director, Screenwriter
Sooraj Barjatya22 February 1964
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Ramesh Sippy23 January 1947
film director, film producer, composer
Kasinathuni Viswanath19 February 1930
Film director, Actor
Shyam Benegal14 December 1934
Film director, Politician, Screenwriter
Sekhar Kammula04 February 1972
Film director
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra07 July 1963
Film director, Screenwriter
Renji Panicker
Suseenthiran1978 AD
film director, screenwriter
Madhur Bhandarkar26 August 1968
Film director, Screenwriter
Anjali Menon
Surender Reddy07 December 1975
Film director, Screenwriter
R. Balki
Srinu Vaitla24 September 1966
film director
V. V. Vinayak09 October 1972
film director
Ramanand Sagar29 December 1917
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Writer
Pandiraj07 June 1976
Film director
Anwar Rasheed
Karan Malhotra
Hari26 December 1972
film director
Ritwik Ghatak04 November 1925
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Balaji Mohan25 May 1987
Film director, Actor, Author, Screenwriter
Gauri Shinde06 July 1974
Film director, Author, Screenwriter
Lindsay Anderson17 April 1923
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Azhagam Perumal25 May 1965
Film director
Ketan Mehta1952 AD
film director, screenwriter
Srikanth Addala
Radha Mohan20 November 1965
Film director, Actor