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{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}{{Infobox person
| name = Prawaal Raman
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Film director]]
| years_active = 2003-present
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'''Prawaal Raman''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in [[Hindi cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121215/jsp/jharkhand/story_16317307.jsp#.U7Fy-Jkayc0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212102/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121215/jsp/jharkhand/story_16317307.jsp#.U7Fy-Jkayc0|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=Find your own spark, Rahul Bose tells teens|work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/404/movie-review/8437653.cms|title=404 Movie Review|work=The Times of India}}</ref> He has written and directed films like ''[[Darna Mana Hai]]'' (2003), ''[[Gayab]]'' (2004), ''[[Darna Zaroori Hai|Darna Zaroori hai]]'' (2006), ''[[404 (film)|404]]'' (2011) and ''[[Main Aur Charles]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-30/news-interviews/30572717_1_shor-raj-nidimoru-krishna-dk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307233945/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-30/news-interviews/30572717_1_shor-raj-nidimoru-krishna-dk|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-03-07|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Top 10 Bollywood movies of 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mayank-Shekhar-s-review-404/Article1-699938.aspx|title=Mayank Shekhar's review: 404|work=Hindustan Times|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623182442/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mayank-Shekhar-s-review-404/Article1-699938.aspx|archivedate=23 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_best-of-the-year-2011-in-bollywood_1632838|title=Best of the Year 2011 in Bollywood|author=Daily News & Analysis|date=3 January 2012|work=dna}}</ref>

==Career==
Raman started his career as an assistant director to [[Ram Gopal Varma]] and assisted him as second unit director in ''[[Jungle (2000 film)|Jungle]]'' and ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]''. Post ''Company'', Ram Gopal Varma assigned the project ''[[Darna Mana Hai]]'' to him as the director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/jamshedpur-mp-to-come-alive-on-celluloid-soon/article1-1208589.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416110608/http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/jamshedpur-mp-to-come-alive-on-celluloid-soon/article1-1208589.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2014|title=Ex-super cop Ajoy Kumar to come alive on celluloid soon|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The multi starrer film released in 2003 and was critically acclaimed. In 2015, Raman wrote and directed ''[[Main Aur Charles]]'', starring [[Randeep Hooda]], [[Richa Chadda]] and Adil Hussain. His next directorial film, ''Dr. Ajoy Kumar'' is in its pre-production phase. He has produced documentaries for Prayas, an NGO in New Delhi operating in more than seven states in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessofcinema.com/news/randeep-hooda-signs-prawaal-ramans-next-opposite-chitrangada-singh/155483|title=Randeep Hooda Signs Prawaal Raman's Next Opposite Chitrangada Singh|work=Businessofcinema.com|date=24 June 2014}}</ref>

==Non film work==
In 2012 Due to the increasing suicide amongst school students, Raman organised an anti-suicide campaign in [[Jamshedpur]] with Jeevan NGO and Loyola School which had a series of seminar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support4suicidefarmersfamilies.blogspot.in/2013/04/fourth-year-bollywood-director-prawaal.html?m=1|title=support 4 suicide farmers families|author=Johnny D|work=support4suicidefarmersfamilies.blogspot.in|date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111228/jsp/jharkhand/story_14934417.jsp#.U7Ut-5kayc0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174017/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111228/jsp/jharkhand/story_14934417.jsp#.U7Ut-5kayc0|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=Reel war on teen suicide|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> Guest speakers were [[Randeep Hooda]], [[Rahul Bose]], Sunita Menon, [[Nishikant Kamat]], Satyakaam Gupta and Raman, himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Prawaal-Ramans-foresight/articleshow/2290495.cms|title=Prawaal Raman's 'fore'sight|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

He has been a guest speaker for leadership training program for Praxair, organized by Abacus Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi in 2012 where he spoke about mutual faith and trust within a corporate structure. He has also been a guest speaker along with [[Tisca Chopra]] at Masina Metro Hospital and spoke about how to deal with people suffering from bipolar disorder.<ref>http://kollytalk.com/hindi/cinenews/undeterred-legal-worries-prawaal-ramans-biopic-charles-sobhraj-nearing-completion-132510.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://saifalikhanonline.wordpress.com/tag/prawaal-raman/|title=Prawaal Raman — Saif Ali Khan Online|work=wordpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taratv.com/entertainment.php?task=full&newsid=922|title=TaraTV|work=taratv.com}}</ref>

Raman has been honored by Sandeep Marwah with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of [[Asian Academy of Film & Television]] at [[Noida Film City]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Director
!Writer
!class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Darna Mana Hai]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || Nominated, Stardust Best Debut Director Award
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Gayab]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Darna Zaroori Hai]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||Story segment spirits do come
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Darling (2007 Indian film)|Darling]]'' || || {{Yes}} ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[404 (film)|404: Error Not Found]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || Nominated, Screen Award for Best Story
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Main Aur Charles]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Dobaara: See Your Evil]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || Adapted From [[Oculus (film)|Oculus]]
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Sergeant (Indian film)|Sergeant]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|}

==References==
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