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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sooraj R. Barjatya<br />
| image = Sooraj Barjatya.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|2|22|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Assistant Director<br>Producer<br>Director<br>Director of [[Rajshri Productions]]<br />
| years_active = 1979–present<br />
| relatives = [[Tarachand Barjatya]] (grandfather)<br/> [[Rajkumar Barjatya]] (father)<br/>[[Kavita K. Barjatya]] (cousin)<br />
| spouse = Vineeta Barjatya (1986–present)<br />
| children = 3<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sooraj R. Barjatya''' (born 22 February 1965) is an Indian [[film director]], [[Film producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]] and [[Film distributor|distributor]], predominantly working in [[Hindi cinema]]. He is the current chairman of the Indian media conglomerate [[Rajshri Productions]]. His films are produced under the [[Rajshri Productions]] banner, which was founded in 1947 by his late grandfather [[Tarachand Barjatya]]. Barjatya has directed and produced some of the [[List of highest-grossing Bollywood films#Highest-grossing Bollywood films throughout history|highest-grossing Bollywood films]] and has produced three other films that have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of more than {{INRConvert|2|b}}.<br />
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Barjatya began his career as an assistant director to [[Mahesh Bhatt]]. He made his directorial debut with the 1989 film ''[[Maine Pyar Kiya]]'', a romantic musical film about friendship. He followed it with the film ''[[Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!]]'', which became one of the most commercially successful Bollywood films worldwide at the time. This was produced by his father [[Rajkumar Barjatya]] for Rajshri Productions. In 1999, Barjatya directed the commercially and critically successful film ''[[Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United|Hum Saath-Saath Hain]]''. In 2006, Barjatya directed and produced ''[[Vivah]]'', which established Shahid Kapoor as a leading actor in Bollywood. In 2015, the film ''[[Prem Ratan Dhan Payo]],'' again written and directed by him, was one of the highest-grossing films of the year.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sooraj Barjatya was born in a [[Marwari people|Marwari]] [[Jain]] family<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|author=Divya Vasisht|title=Sooraj Barjatya: The big picture|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Sooraj-Barjatya-The-big-picture/articleshow/49316.cms|agency=TNN|access-date=2018-07-20|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 June 2003}}</ref> in [[Mumbai]]. He attended [[St. Mary's School, Mumbai]] and The [[Scindia School]] in [[Gwalior]]. Encouraged by his paternal grandfather, [[Tarachand Barjatya]], he directed his first film ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' for Rajshri at the young age of 24. He married Vineeta Barjatya in 1986 and the couple have three children.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He made his directorial debut with ''[[Maine Pyar Kiya]]'' (1989) starring [[Salman Khan]] which was financially successful and launched both his and Salman's careers. The film also won him the [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut|Most Sensational Debut of the Year]] award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Did Salman Khan Won The Best Debute''[sic]'' Filmfare Award 1989|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXf8Wi3tR9M|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=22 April 2012|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> He teamed up with Salman again for ''[[Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!]]'' (1994) which became one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''[[Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United]]'' (1999) which was successful as well.<ref name=gross>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=126&catName=MTk5MC0xOTk5 Top Lifetime Grossers 1995-1999 (Figures in Ind Rs)]. Box Office India.</ref><br />
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His fourth film was ''[[Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon]]'' starring [[Hrithik Roshan]], [[Kareena Kapoor]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]] which was his first critical and commercial failure and his last film was ''[[Vivah]]'' (2006) starring [[Shahid Kapoor]] and [[Amrita Rao]], which has proved to be one of the most successful films in his career. He has named the lead actor of all his movies 'Prem'.<ref>{{cite web|author=Taran Adarsh|author-link=Taran Adarsh|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/top5/348.html|title=Box Office Top 5|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|date=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002191557/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/top5/348.html|archive-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> He had said in an interview that "Ours was a joint Marwari family and I grew up witnessing grand functions and wedding ceremonies in the family. The opulence shown in my films is based on my impressions as a child".<ref name=TOI/><br />
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''Maine Pyar Kiya'' and ''Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'', Sooraj Barjatya's two consecutive films, are still placed among the top ten most successful films of the last 80 years. ''Vivah'' proved to be one of the biggest grossers of 2006, having celebrated a silver jubilee run at 25 centers across the country. The film was nominated for more than 15 awards.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{|class=wikitable<br />
!Year<br />
!Title<br />
!Director<br />
!Writer<br />
!Notes<br />
|-<br />
|1989<br />
|''[[Maine Pyar Kiya]]'' <br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|Nominated [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]<br />
|-<br />
|1994<br />
|''[[Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!]]'' <br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|Won [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]<br>Won [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay]]<br />
|-<br />
|1999<br />
|''[[Hum Saath-Saath Hain]]'' <br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2003<br />
|''[[Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon]]'' <br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|''[[Vivah]]'' <br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2008<br />
|''[[Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi]]'' <br />
|{{No}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|2015<br />
|''[[Prem Ratan Dhan Payo]]'' <br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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