Navdeep Singh (director)

Navdeep Singh (born 1966) is an Indian film director and writer. He is best known for his Bollywood film, NH10.

Navdeep Singh
Born (1966-10-11) 11 October 1966
New Delhi National Capital Region, India
OccupationDirector, writer, advertisement maker
Years active1999–present

Early life

He was born in Delhi to an Army officer and travelled across India when he was young. He graduated in Delhi and started an animation studio with a friend, one of the first in India. He studied film-making at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating in 1997. He lived in the US for eight years and two years in London before moving back to India in 2000.[1]

Career

After graduating Singh directed commercials and music videos for UGround and Cognito in LA, and Great Guns in London. He then moved to Mumbai in 2001 and has directed a number of award-winning commercials.

Bollywood

His debut in Bollywood with feature film Manorama Six Feet Under, a murder mystery, was critically acclaimed. It is regarded [2] as one of the best noir films.[3]

After a gap of seven years and two aborted films, his 2015 thriller film NH10, with Anushka Sharma's home production and in the lead, was commercially successful.[4] The film is about honour killing and patriarchy.

His next release was the period action film Laal Kaptaan starring Saif Ali Khan as a bounty hunter on a revenge spree. The film was released in 2019.

He is working on his next film, Kaneda, pronounced the way some rural Punjabis pronounce Canada. The film is about the rise and fall of a Punjabi gangster in Vancouver. The film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Arjun Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, and Pooja Hegde. It's produced by Vikramaditya Motwane and Vijay Saini. He might also work on making the first ever movie adaptation of a graphic novel in India.

Personal life

He married Madhavi Singh in 1989. He has two children. His daughter Nayantara Singh was born in 1993 and his son Rudraveer Singh was born in 1999.

Filmography

References
  1. Published: Monday, September 17, 2007, 12:11 [IST] (17 September 2007). "Navdeep Singh speaks about his debut film". Filmibeat. Retrieved 29 April 2015.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "best indian neo-noir films". 22 February 2017.
  3. "'NH10′ talks about friction between different Indias: Director Navdeep Singh". The Indian Express. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. "Anushka Sharma to team up with 'NH 10' director Navdeep Singh". Deccanchronicle.com. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

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