Nishikant Kamat

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{{short description|Indian film director}}
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| name = Nishikant Kamat
| image = Nishikant Kamat.jpg
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| caption = Kamat at the screening of ''[[Daddy (2017 film)|Daddy]]''
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|06|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|08|17|1970|06|17}}<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=14 June 2020 |title=Film director Nishikant Kamat passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/film-director-nishikant-kamat-passes-away/articleshow/77605492.cms |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>
| death_place = [[AIG Hospitals]] [[Hyderabad]], India
| occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[Actor]]
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| yearsactive = 2004–2020
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'''Nishikant Kamat''' (17 June 1970 {{en dash}} 17 August 2020) was an [[India]]n filmmaker and actor. His debut film, ''[[Dombivali Fast]]'' earned him accolades in [[Marathi cinema]], as it went on to become the biggest Marathi film of the year. He remade his film, in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] with [[R. Madhavan]] in the lead as ''[[Evano Oruvan]]'', which opened to rave reviews.<ref name="The Hindu : Friday Review of Evano Oruvan">{{cite news | title= Friday Review of Evano Oruvan|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/12/07/stories/2007120750060200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209115822/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/12/07/stories/2007120750060200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work= [[The Hindu]]| date=7 December 2007}}</ref> He also acted in the [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]] ''[[Saatchya Aat Gharat]]''.<ref name="IMDB Title for Saatchya aat gharat ">{{cite web | title= IMDB Title for Saatchya aat gharat |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0833529/}}</ref>

His Bollywood debut project was based upon the [[2006 Mumbai Bombings]], titled, ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]'', which was filmed in [[Hindi]].<ref name="Madhavan's Mumbai bomb connection">{{cite web | title= Madhavan's Mumbai bomb connection|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/aug-07-05/29-08-07-madhavan.html}}</ref> He directed the popular movie ''[[Force (2011 film)|Force]]'', starring [[John Abraham]] and debut of [[Vidyut Jamwal]]. It was a remake of the Tamil movie ''[[Kaakha Kaakha]]''. He also played a negative role in the movie ''[[Rocky Handsome]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Look who's the villain in John setu's 'Rocky Handsome'|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-look-who-s-the-villain-in-john-abraham-s-rocky-handsome-2173519|publisher=DNA|access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>

Kamat was an alumnus of Mumbai's [[Wilson College, Mumbai|Wilson College]] and [[Ramnarain Ruia College]] where he rose to prominence in the amateur theatre circuit.

Kamat died at the age of 50 after suffering from [[cirrhosis]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Film director Nishikant Kamat passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/film-director-nishikant-kamat-passes-away/articleshow/77605492.cms|date=18 August 2020|website=Times of India|language=en|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Director !! Writer !! Actor !! class=unsortable| Notes
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Hava Aney Dey]]'' || Hindi || || || {{yes}} || As Chabia
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Saatchya Aat Gharat]]'' || Marathi || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Dombivali Fast]]'' || Marathi || {{yes}} || || || loosely based on ''[[Falling Down]]''
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Evano Oruvan]]'' || Tamil || {{yes}} || || || remake of ''[[Dombivali Fast]]''
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]'' || Hindi || {{yes}} || || ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[404 (film)|404 Error Not Found]]'' || Hindi || || || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Force (2011 film)|Force]]'' || Hindi || {{yes}} || || || remake of ''[[Kaakha Kaakha]]''
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Lai Bhaari]]'' || Marathi || {{yes}} || || ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Drishyam (2015 film)|Drishyam]]'' || Hindi || {{yes}} || || || Remake of ''[[Drishyam]]''
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Rocky Handsome]]'' || Hindi || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || Based on ''[[The Man from Nowhere (2010 film)|The Man from Nowhere]]''
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Madaari]]'' || Hindi || {{yes}} || || ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Fugay]]'' || Marathi || || || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Daddy (2017 film)|Daddy]]'' || Hindi || || || {{yes}} || As Inspector Vijaykar Nitin
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Julie 2]]'' || Hindi || || || {{yes}} || As Film Director Mohit
|-
|2018 || ''[[Bhavesh Joshi]]''|| Hindi|| || ||{{yes}}|| As Rana
|}

==Television==
*''[[The Final Call (TV series)|The Final Call]]'' - Creative Producer (2019-present)
*''[[Rangbaaz Phirse (TV series)|Rangbaaz Phirse]]'' - Creative Producer

==Awards and nominations==
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]] for ''[[Dombivali Fast]]'' in 2006<ref name="National Film Award 2006">{{cite web | title= National Film Award 2006 |url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/awards/national-film-awards-2006.html}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1723225}}

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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Male actors in Marathi cinema]]
[[Category:Marathi film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:People from Sindhudurg district]]
[[Category:Male actors from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Film directors from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathi screenwriters]]
[[Category:Deaths from cirrhosis]]
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