Nikkhil Advani

Nikkhil Advani (born 28 April 1971) is an Indian film producer, director and screenwriter.[2] He is one of the co-founders of Emmay Entertainment, a motion picture production company.[3] Nikkhil has worked with famed ecologist Bittu Sehgal and he serves on the advisory board of Save The Tiger’s cause.[4] His recent release is Batla House based on the real life Batla House encounter case, starring John Abraham was released on 15 August 2019.[5]

Nikkhil Advani
Born
Nikkhil Suresh Advani

(1971-04-28) 28 April 1971[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationProducer, Film director, screenwriter

Early life and background

Advani was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). His father is a retired professional who worked in senior management positions with multinationals in the chemical and pharmaceuticals industry and his mother is an advertising professional. His father is Sindhi and mother Maharashtrian.

He studied at Green Lawns High School, Breach Candy,[6] and later did his Masters in chemistry at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[7] He married his college sweetheart Suparna Gupta with whom he has a daughter Keya.[8] Advani is the grand nephew of late producer N. N. Sippy and second cousin of actor Tusshar Kapoor and producer Ekta Kapoor.

Career

Assistant Director

Advani served as an assistant director, with Sudhir Mishra's Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.[9] Subsequently, he worked under Dharma Productions, the production house of the late Yash Johar, father of Karan Johar.

Advani started his career by assisting Saeed and Aziz Mirza in directing Naya Nukkad.[10] Then, he was an assistant director, and assisted Karan Johar in his first two directorial projects, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Advani also had an acting guest appearance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, along with Farah Khan during the Neelam Show sequence. . Similarly, he assisted Aditya Chopra on Mohabbatein.[11]

Producer

After the release of Patiala House in 2011, Nikkhil Advani has partnered with Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani to form Emmay Entertainment, a motion picture production company. Emmay Entertainment first production was D-Day, a film directed by Nikkhil, in association with DAR Motion Pictures, which was released on 19 July 2013.[12]

Nikkhil Advani’s recently released film was Hero, the official remake of Subhash Ghai's directed 1983 film of the same name. It went on floors on 18 February 2014. Hero is Emmay Entertainment’s co-production with Salman Khan Ventures. The film launches Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty. It also stars Tigmanshu Dhulia, Aditya Pancholi, Sharad Kelkar and Vivaan Bathena. It is released on 11 September 2015.[13] and the recent production release was Katti Batti starring Kangana Ranaut and Imran Khan, a co-production with Disney UTV and being directed by Nikkhil Advani that released on 18 September 2015 (Ganesh Chaturthi weekend).[14]

Emmay Entertainment & Crouching Tiger’s next is Airlift, starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, based on true-life events of the evacuation of 170,000 Indians from Kuwait during the first Gulf War. Airlift is produced by T-Series, Cape of Good, Emmay Entertainment and Abundantia Entertainment. Principal photography starts on 21 February 2015 and the film is scheduled to release on 22 January 2016.[15]

Nikkhil Advani's Emmay Entertainment also produced the prison film Lucknow Central[16] directed by Ranjit Tiwari who assisted as an associate director to Nikkhil Advani on D-Day, Hero, Katti Batti, Guddu Engineer and P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke. It stars Farhan Akhtar as the lead actor.

Television

A TV Film called Shaadi Vaadi And All That, an hour-long film for MTV, produced by Nikkhil Advani is a love triangle with a twist. The show is Kaashvi Nair's directorial debut who worked with Nikkhil as an assistant director.

Nikkhil Advani is also directing a finite TV Series P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke for Star Plus. The show is an official adaption of an Israeli TV series Hatufim. The series was premieres from 7 November 2016. Several bollywood celebrities have praised the trailer.[17] The show was premiered at MAMI film fest followed by a talk with Gideon Raff.[18]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Director Writer Producer Associate Director
1998 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Yes
2000 Mohabbatein Yes
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... Yes
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho Yes
2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love Yes Yes
2009 Chandni Chowk to China Yes
2010 Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai Yes
2011 Patiala House Yes Yes
2012 Delhi Safari Yes Yes
2013 D-Day Yes Yes Yes
2015 Hero Yes Yes
2015 Katti Batti Yes Yes Yes
2016 Airlift Yes
2016 Guddu Engiineer Yes
2017 Lucknow Central Yes
2018 Satyameva Jayate Yes
2018 Baazaar Yes Yes
2019 Batla House Yes Yes Yes
2019 Marjaavaan Yes
2020 Satyameva Jayate 2 Yes

TV
Year Film/Series Channel Director Producer
2015 Shaadi Vaadi & All That[19] MTV India Yes
2016 P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke[20] Star Plus Yes
2020 Hasmukh Netflix Yes
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gollark: PotatOS is very efficient.
gollark: Up.
gollark: And down.
gollark: Oh, it went back up again.

References
  1. "Nikhil Advani". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. "Extra k in name". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. "Akshay Kumar's next is Airlift". The Indian Express. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. "Launch of Delhi Safari's "Fight for us Write for us" Campaign!". Bolly Spice. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  5. "'Batla House': 5 Things You Need To Know About the John Abraham Film And the Encounter It's Based On". Mashable India.
  6. Director’s Special Archived 13 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 5 December 2003.
  7. Advani Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Rediff.com
  8. "I was extremely confused after leaving Dharma: Nikkhil Advani". The Times Of India. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  9. Presenting Nikhil Advani Rediff.com Movies, 26 November 2003.
  10. "Presenting Nikhil Advani". Rediff.com. 26 November 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  11. "Presenting Nikhil Advani". Rediff.com. 26 November 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  12. "What's the movie about". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  13. "Hero (2015) film, release date, cast, upcoming bollywood film". Mazale. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  14. "Katti Batti Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  15. "Airlift: Akshay Kumar's next a thriller of the biggest human evacuation". The Times Of India. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  16. "Shooting starts for 'Lucknow Central'". Business Standard India. 10 January 2017.
  17. "B-Town: Nikkhil Advani raising the bar on TV". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  18. "Purab Kohli's tv series became first show to be priemered at MAMI". International Business Times.
  19. Nair, Kaashvi (24 August 2014). "Shaadi Vaadi And All That". IMDb.
  20. "How Nikkhil Advani Hopes To Disrupt Indian Television With 'P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke'". Huffington Post India.
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