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{{Infobox person
| name = Rahul Dholakia
| image = Rahul Dholakia.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Dholakia in 2012
| birthname =
| birth_date = 

| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| occupation = [[Film director]], [[Film producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]]
| yearsactive = 2003 - Present
| spouse =
| othername =
| website = [http://www.rahuldholakia.com/ Rahul Dholakia]
}}

'''Rahul Dholakia''' is an [[India]]n [[film director]]-[[film producer|producer]]-[[screenwriter]], most known for his [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]-winning film, ''[[Parzania]] '' (Heaven & Hell On Earth) (2005),<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Calcutta_Times/And_the_award_goes_to/articleshow/2265854.cms And the award goes to...] [[The Times of India]], 9 August 2007</ref><ref name=ny>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/movies/20parz.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/S/Sengupta,%20Somini In India, Showing Sectarian Pain to Eyes That Are Closed] [[The New York Times]], 20 February 2007.</ref> prior to which he also made [[documentaries]] like ''Teenage Parents'' and ''New York Taxi Drivers''.

==Early life and education==
Born in Mumbai, to Raksha and Parry Dholakia, an advertising professional, Rahul also has an elder sister Moha. After completing his schooling from [[Campion School, Mumbai]] and [[Jamnabai Narsee School]] in Mumbai, he went on to do his [[Bachelors in Science]] from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]. He is an [[Indian people|Indian]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Jhunjhunwala|first=Jhunjhunwala|title=Actors want to play gangsters because of the characters' sex appeal: Rahul Dholakia|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/a8iouazM1DdKrJd78KOJRN/Actors-want-to-play-gangsters-because-of-the-characters-sex.html|date=16 January 2017|publisher=[[Mint (publisher)|Mint]]|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
While still in college he started working in his father's [[advertising agency]], Mora Ava. He also worked with producer Babla Sen, for project for [[Channel 4]], London, as production assistant and 10 documentaries later became a producer himself. Later, he started working with Everest Advertising in Mumbai as an assistant, growing up to become a producer.

Thereafter, he moved to [[New York City]] in 1990, where, he did his master's degree in filmmaking from the [[New York Institute of Technology]], and has been in India and [[Corona, California]], United States ever since.<ref>{{cite web|title=About IMI - Faculty|url=http://www.imi-filmschool.org/about_imi/faculty.php|publisher=Institute of Moving Images|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=ind>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=220635 director-turned-distributor Rahul Dholakia]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[The Indian Express]].</ref> After making a couple of documentaries and commercials, and even running TV station, called 'TV Asia' for a while,<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/30rahul.htm Parzania director: 2006's National award winner] ''[[Rediff.com]], 30 August 2006.</ref> he made his feature film debut with the Hindi-English bilingual, ''Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar'' (2002), starring [[Paresh Rawal]] and [[Jimmy Shergill]], it was also the first Hindi film shot entirely in America. His next film based on a real-life story of 10-year-old [[Parsi people|Parsi]] boy, ''Azhar Mody'', known as Parzaan, who disappeared during the 28 February 2002 [[Gulbarg Society massacre]], which took place during [[2002 Gujarat violence|communal riots in Gujarat]] in 2002, ''[[Parzania]]'' won him the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for 2006.<ref name=ny/>

After shooting in Kashmir, his next film ''[[Lamhaa]]'', where [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Bipasha Basu]] played the leads, in a story based in Kashmir was released to mixed reviews.<ref>[http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1693571 'Lamha' Interview]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} entertainment.in.[[msn]].com.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kazmi|first=Nikhat|title=Lamhaa: Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Lamhaa/movie-review/6172410.cms|publisher=Times of India|date=15 July 2010}}</ref>
he has directed the film [[Raees (2017 film)|''Raees'']], which was released on 25 January 2017 and received positive reviews and is one of the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|Highest-grossing films of all time.]]

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Producer !! Writer !! class=unsortable| Notes
|-
|2002 || ''[[Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} ||{{no}} ||
|-
|2007|| ''[[Parzania]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110521092703/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/461662/Rahul-Dholakia Rahul Dholakia] [[The New York Times]].</ref> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || National Film Award for Best Direction
|-
|2008 ||''[[Mumbai Cutting]]'' || {{yes}} ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} || segment "Bombay Mumbai Same Shit"
|-
|2010 ||''[[Lamhaa]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
|2017 ||''[[Raees (2017 film)|Raees]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} ||
|-
|}

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#d1e4fd"
! Film
! Award
! Category
! Result
! Ref
|-
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Parzania]] || [[53rd National Film Awards]] || [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Golden Lotus Award]] ||{{won}} ||<ref>{{cite web |title=53rd National Film Awards – 2006 |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=1 December 2012 |page=30|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815224948/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=15 August 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Screen Awards|Screen Awards 2008]] ||Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award || {{won}} ||<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/35844.html 'Rahul Dholakia' Wins Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award] ''IndiaGlitz'', 11 January 2008.</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[53rd Filmfare Awards]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] (with [[David N. Donihue|David Donihue]]) ||{{nom}} ||
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] (with David Donihue) ||{{nom}} ||
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* http://www.rahuldholakia.com/
*{{IMDb name|1194320}}
* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=5:RAHUL|DHOLAKIA Rahul Dholakia] at [[Allmovie]].

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