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{{short description|Indian writer and film director}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Rajiv S Ruia
|image = https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/special-screening-of-direct-ishq-at-fun-republic/special-screening-of-direct-ishq-at-fun-republic-6/
|caption =Rajiv S Ruia
|birthname =
|birth_date =
|birth_place =[[Mumbai]], India
|ethnicity =
|occupation = director, producer, screenwriter
|yearsactive = 2001–present
|parents= Shyam S Ruia<br>Rani S Ruia
|
}}

'''Rajiv S Ruia''' is an Indian writer and film director.

==Early life==
Rajiv was born on 5 August to parents Shyam S Ruia and Rani S Ruia. His native roots are from [[Rajasthan]]. However Rajiv was born and brought up in [[Mumbai]]. Rajiv studied in '''Fatima Devi English High School''' in Mumbai. He did his diploma in Software Engineer and photo designing from S.M. Lal College, Mumbai. With his dream in filmmaking, Rajiv started learning film editing at the age of 16. He joined veteran filmmaker Vijay Reddy & Raman Kumar as an assistant director. He worked with him for 7 years whilst he learnt about film
writing and film directing.

==Career==
Rajiv started his career by working in television. He started his career as an associate director and editor. He also started making music videos and went on to make more than 200 music videos. Rajiv introduced a lot of talented technicians and artists to the film industry. Many of them are well established in the industry today. Rajiv's first super hit film was [[My Friend Ganesha]] which was the first composite animation movie to be made in India. The film instantly became favourite among kids. The movie had been telecasted more than thousand times on television. Rajiv went on to make the sequels in My Friend Ganesha 2, [[My Friend Ganesha 3]] and My Friend Ganesha 4 . His other movie was [[Main Krishna Hoon]], with actress [[Juhi Chawla]]. The film also had [[Hrithik Roshan]] and [[Katrina Kaif]] in cameo roles..

==Awards==
He also won '''[[NIFF]]''' Best International Director award in 2014 and Golden Achiever Award in 2015 for best story and direction. Rajiv also won an award for the movie Flame in 2014.

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Credit
!Genre
!Notes
|-
|2001
|''Koi Hai''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.movietalkies.com/movies/|title=Movies|website=Movie Talkies}}</ref>
|Director, writer
|Suspense ||
|-
|2004
|''Mission Mumbai''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mission-mumbai/|title=Mission Mumbai Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama}}</ref>
|Director, writer
| Action, patriotic||
|-
|2006
|''[[My Friend Ganesha]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/my-friend-ganesha/|title=My Friend Ganesha Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama}}</ref>
| Director, writer
|Children movie||
|-
|2008
|''My Friend Ganesha2''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/my-friend-ganesha-2/|title=My Friend Ganesha 2 Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama}}</ref>
|Director, writer
|Children movie||
|-
|2010
|''[[My Friend Ganesha 3]]''<ref>http://64.38.195.167/ihomepage.php?photoalbum=96905717</ref>
|Director, writer
|Children movie||
|-
|2011
|''[[Main Krishna Hoon]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/main-krishna-hoon/|title=Main Krishna Hoon Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama}}</ref>
|Director, writer
|Children movie||
|-
|2012
|''[[Zindagi 50 50]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/zindagi-50-50/|title=Zindagi 50-50 Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama}}</ref>
|Director, writer, co-Producer
|Social ||
|-
|2015
|''Chor Bazaari''
|Director
|Rom-com||<ref>{{YouTube|hzSVySzaG1I |CHOR BAZAARI - Official Trailer HD}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''[[Direct Ishq]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/direct-ishq/|title=Direct Ishq Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama}}</ref>
|Director
|Drama||
|-
|2016
|''Yudh''
|Director, Co-Producer
|Drama||(Marathi)
|-
|2016
|''[[Saansein]]''
|Director
|Romantic horror||
|-
|2018
|''Vithal''
|Director / Writer
|Drama||(Marathi)
|-
|2019
|''[[Mushkil: Fear Behind You]]''
|Director
|Romantic horror||
|-
|2019
|''[[X Ray: The Inner Image]]''
|Director ||[[Psychological horror]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TSeries/status/1178160054756757504?s=19|title=Here's the first look of #XRay, a psychological thriller starring @rahulsharmaa99 & #YaashiKapoor. In cinemas on 6th December 2019. Music on TSeries.|date=28 September 2019}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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