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 After a four-year hiatus from the [[Bollywood]] industry, he returned<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/08/17/stories/0917022a.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108055627/http://www.hindu.com/2001/08/17/stories/0917022a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-01-08 |title=A complete change of scene |date=2001-08-17 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-07-31}}</ref> to directing by introducing [[Arjun Rampal]] with his comeback venture ''[[Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat]]'' (2001). This was an attempt by Rai at directing a romantic drama, a change from his previous action films. The film failed at the box office and Rai returned to the action genre with his next film ''[[Asambhav]]'' (2004), again starring Arjun Rampal, which also failed to do well. Shortly after the release of ''Asambhav'' his father died at the age of 80 of a prolonged illness. He has not been active in Bollywood since 2004.
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rajiv Rai
| image = Asambhav Music Launch.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Rajiv Rai (center) with [[Arjun Rampal]] and [[Priyanka Chopra]] during the music launch of ''[[Asambhav]]'' (2004).
| othername =
| known for =
''[[Yudh (film)|Yudh]]'' (1985)<br> ''[[Tridev]]'' (1989)<br> [[Vishwatma]] (1992)<br> ''[[Mohra]]'' (1994)<br>''[[Gupt]]'' (1997)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|7|18}}
| birth_place =
| yearsactive = 1982–2004
| spouse = [[Sonam (actress)|Sonam]] (Divorced)
| occupation = [[Film director]]
|citizenship =
|children = 1
}}
'''Rajiv Gulshan Rai''' (born 18 July 1955) is an [[India]]n film director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of the producer [[Gulshan Rai]]. He has directed all his films under his father's production company ''[[Trimurti Films]]''.

He made his debut as a director with the 1985 action film ''[[Yudh (film)|Yudh]]''. He went on to write and direct several hit films in the [[Action film|action]] and [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] [[genres]]: ''[[Tridev]]'' (1989), ''[[Vishwatma]]'' (1992), ''[[Mohra]]'' (1994), and ''[[Gupt]]'' (1997). His films are also notable for their hit music composed by [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] (in ''Tridev'') and [[Viju Shah]] in all his subsequent films.

He married Bollywood actress [[Sonam (actress)|Sonam]], whom he had directed in ''Tridev'' and ''Vishwatma'' in 1989 and 1992 respectively. He has one child with her. They divorced in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=15 साल से अलग रह रहे राजीव-सोनम का तलाक, 25 साल पहले हुई थी शादी|url=https://bollywood.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-BNE-rajiv-rai-sonam-divorce-news-hindi-5386268-PHO.html|accessdate=24 April 2018|work=dainikbhaskar|date=1 August 2016|language=hi}}</ref> In 1997, he had to leave India with his family for the [[United Kingdom|UK]] after a failed attempt to kill him by [[hitmen]] believed to be working for the Mumbai [[Mumbai underworld|underworld]] leader [[Abu Salem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/jul/31rai.htm|title=Director Rajiv Rai shot at, escapes unhurt|date=31 July 1997|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=15 September 2019}}</ref>

After a four-year hiatus from the [[Bollywood]] industry, he returned<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/08/17/stories/0917022a.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108055627/http://www.hindu.com/2001/08/17/stories/0917022a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-01-08 |title=A complete change of scene |date=2001-08-17 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-07-31}}</ref> to directing by introducing [[Arjun Rampal]] with his comeback venture ''[[Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat]]'' (2001). This was an attempt by Rai at directing a romantic drama, a change from his previous action films. The film failed at the box office and Rai returned to the action genre with his next film ''[[Asambhav]]'' (2004), again starring Arjun Rampal, which also failed to do well. Shortly after the release of ''Asambhav'' his father died at the age of 80 of a prolonged illness. He has not been active in Bollywood since 2004.

==References==
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[[Category:1955 births]]
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[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]

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