Virendra Rathore

Virendra Rathore (born 1973) is an Indian Filmmaker, scriptwriter, director, YouTube creator and an entertainment Industry mentor, well known for his support and mentorship to young artists. who founded a film production house under the banner of JoinFilms Productions.

Virendra Rathore
Born1973 (age 47–48)
Bhopal
NationalityIndian
OccupationCo-founder, JoinFilms Productions
Years active1996-present


He is the producer of short film - "Stripped",[1] written and directed by Srivinay Salian.

His company, JoinFilms, has disrupted the Entertainment Industry by making Film-based training & education affordable and accessible to all who dream of a career in Film Industry.[2] The company runs periodic contests enabling aspiring talents a shot at Bollywood career.[3]

Early life

Virendra Rathore was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, where he received his formal education. Virendra has always been interested in entertainment industry since childhood.

Career

He was quite young when he started applying for various entertainment agencies and finally become News Anchor for a local News Channel in Bhopal.

He worked as an anchor with “City cable” and “Doordarshan” –prominent Indian channels, afterwards.

Besides, Viranda focused on continuing his script writing and also gained experience in the direction. He created many add-ons in the advertising field.

In 2001, Virendra decided to go to Mumbai to become a filmmaker.

He had started his career as a writer and Since then he has pursued his career through various stages of progress. From being Actor to becoming a Film Director and finally a Film Producer.

He has been in the Entertainment Industry for over 20 years and now serves as a Mentor for aspiring Talents as well as a Trade Analyst consulting Investors in Film Finance.

Achievements and awards

He is founder of the production company “JoinFilms” which trains people how to get into the film industry smartly without being caught in the hands of fraudsters.

He has emerged as a notable trainer and an online mentor for various programme(s) among the Indian mentors for any media programmes.

“Dadasaheb Phalke Award-Best mentor”

He is best known for his TV series “Sunday Night” (2017/released in 2017) which was not a huge success but gained good popularity. Critics claimed it was an in-depth story. It got a review of 4.7/10 review on IMDB.

He had released a Bhojpuri drama film “Dulha Babu in (2006)”- which was appreciated well by Bhojpuri drama admirers and “9 roads 2 peace” which gained him a great recognition for the philosophical plot. (IMDb)

His followers reckon him as a “Youth artist mentor” for his huge support and obligation towards his students.

To which Virendra says- “I am very obliged towards everyone especially to the people of Bhopal without whose love and support, I wouldn’t have been able to succeed so far, wouldn’t have been able to celebrate this achievement and would have never been able to cope with different problems when technology was just advancing in Bhopal.”

Virendra owns a YouTube channel, a Face-book page and is active on several social sites where he has got more than 5 millions followers.

Filmography

As producer
Year Film Notes
2004 Wife Hai Toh Life Hai
2015 Stripped Short film

As executive producer
Year Film
2014 Red Gold

As film director
Year Film Notes
2006 Dulha Babu Bhojpuri language film

References
  1. "Short film Stripped by Bhopal filmmaker goes viral on internet". HT Media Limited.
  2. "FREE Seminar - How to start Acting Career - Theatre Workshop by JoinFilms". Mumbai Theatre Guide.
  3. "Hindi film to be made on story that wins writing contest". Business Standard News.
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