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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Punit Malhotra<br />
| image = Punit Malhotra at 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' screening 02.jpg<br />
|caption = Malhotra in 2012<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|05|13}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
|occupation = Director, writer, ad filmmaker<br />
|yearsactive = 2001–present<br />
| family = {{flatlist|<br />
*[[Suneel Darshan]] (maternal grandfather's first cousin)<br />
*[[Dharmesh Darshan]] (maternal grandfather's first cousin)<br />
*[[David Dhawan]] (father's first cousin)<br />
*[[Varun Dhawan]] (cousin)<br />
*[[Manish Malhotra]] (paternal uncle)<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Punit Malhotra''' (born 13 May 1981) is an Indian film director who works in [[Hindi cinema]].<ref>{{IMDb name|m1159647}}</ref> His first film, ''[[I Hate Luv Storys]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/i-hate-love-storys-punit-malhotra-debuts-as-director/15824770.shtml |title=I Hate Love Storys: Punit Malhotra debuts as director |publisher=Merinews.com |access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> released on 2 July 2010.<br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
Punit Malhotra was born on 13 May 1981, in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], and brought up in its [[Bandra]] coastal suburb, in a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] family. His maternal grandfather Ram Dayal Sabarwal was a producer who launched [[Rekha]]. His first cousins are filmmakers [[Suneel Darshan|Suneel]] and [[Dharmesh Darshan]]; well-known director [[David Dhawan]] is his father's first cousin; and the famous designer [[Manish Malhotra]], who was also the [[costume designer]] for his first movie ''[[I Hate Luv Storys]]'' (2010), is his paternal uncle.<ref>Priya Gupta (15 November 2013), [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-hate-God-and-the-fact-that-people-believe-in-God-Punit-Malhotra/articleshow/25769584.cms "I hate God and the fact that people believe in God: Punit Malhotra"], ''[[The Times of India]]''. Retrieved 3 April 2019.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Malhotra worked as an assistant director on [[Karan Johar]]'s ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]'' (2001), [[Hansal Mehta]]’s ''[[Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?]]'' (2002), [[Nikhil Advani]]'s ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' (2003), [[Amol Palekar]]'s ''[[Paheli]]'' (2005) and [[Tarun Mansukhani]]'s ''[[Dostana (2008 film)|Dostana]]'' (2008). Finally he made his debut as a director with ''[[I Hate Luv Storys]]'' (2010), which he also wrote.<br />
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Malhotra's second movie was ''[[Gori Tere Pyaar Mein]]'', produced under [[Karan Johar]]'s [[Dharma Productions]], starring [[Kareena Kapoor]] and [[Imran Khan (Bollywood actor)|Imran Khan]] who were earlier paired in ''[[Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/news-interviews/34199165_1_shaadi-saif-ali-khan-kareena|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028032314/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/news-interviews/34199165_1_shaadi-saif-ali-khan-kareena|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2012|title=Kareena's on a month long shaadi break|access-date=25 January 2013|author=Kotwani, Hiren|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2019 he directed the movie [[Student of the Year 2]] starring [[Tiger Shroff]], [[Tara Sutaria]] and [[Ananya Pandey]] {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />
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In 2020 he directed music videos "Unbelievable" and "Casanova", both featuring [[Tiger Shroff]].<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===Director===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year<br />
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film<br />
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Producer<br />
|-<br />
| 2010<br />
| ''[[I Hate Luv Storys]]''<br />
| [[Karan Johar]] <br> [[Ronnie Screwvala]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| ''[[Gori Tere Pyaar Mein]]''<br />
| [[Karan Johar]]<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
| ''[[Student of the Year 2]]''<br />
| [[Karan Johar]]<br />
|}<br />
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===Writer===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year<br />
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film<br />
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 2010<br />
| ''[[I Hate Luv Storys]]''<br />
| Directorial debut<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| ''[[Gori Tere Pyaar Mein]]''<br />
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|}<br />
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