Rajiv S. Ruia

Rajiv S Ruia
Rajiv S Ruia
Born	Mumbai, India
Occupation	director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	2001–present
Parent(s)	Shyam S Ruia; 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

Year	Film	Credit	Genre	Notes
2001	Koi Hai[1]	Director, writer	Suspense
2004	Mission Mumbai[2]	Director, writer	Action, patriotic
2006	My Friend Ganesha[3]	Director, writer	Children movie
2008	My Friend Ganesha2[4]	Director, writer	Children movie
2010	My Friend Ganesha 3[5]	Director, writer	Children movie
2011	Main Krishna Hoon[6]	Director, writer	Children movie
2012	Zindagi 50 50[7]	Director, writer, co-Producer	Social
2015	Chor Bazaari	Director	Rom-com	[8]
2016	Direct Ishq[9]	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	XRay	Director	Psychological horror	[10]

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References

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[1] "Movies". Movie Talkies.

[2] Hungama, Bollywood. "Mission Mumbai Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama".

[3] Hungama, Bollywood. "My Friend Ganesha Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama".

[4] Hungama, Bollywood. "My Friend Ganesha 2 Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama".

[5] ttp://64.38.195.167/ihomepage.php?photoalbum=96905717

[6] Hungama, Bollywood. "Main Krishna Hoon Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama".

[7] Hungama, Bollywood. "Zindagi 50-50 Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama".

[8] CHOR BAZAARI - Official Trailer HD on YouTube

[9] Hungama, Bollywood. "Direct Ishq Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama".

[10] "Here's the first look of #XRay, a psychological thriller starring @rahulsharmaa99 & #YaashiKapoor. In cinemas on 6th December 2019. Music on TSeries". 28 September 2019.