Navdeep Singh (director)
| Navdeep Singh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Director, writer, advertisement maker |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Navdeep Singh (born 1968) is an Indian film director and writer. He is best known for his Bollywood film, NH10.
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Early life
He was born in Delhi to a Army officer and travelled across India when he was young. He graduated in Delhi and started an animation studio with a friend, one of the first in India. He studied film-making at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating in 1997. He lived in the US for eight years and two years in London before moving to India in 1999.[1]
Career
After graduating Singh directed commercials and music videos for UGround and Cognito in LA, and Great Guns in London.[citation needed] He then moved to Mumbai in 2001 and has directed a number of award winning commercials.[citation needed]
Bollywood
His debut in Bollywood with feature film Manorama Six Feet Under, a murder mystery, was critically acclaimed. It is regarded[by whom?] as one of the best noir films.[2]
After a gap of seven years and two aborted films, his 2015 thriller film NH10, with Anushka Sharma's home production and in the lead, was commercially successful.[3] The film is about honour killing and patriarchy. When it was screened to the censor board, half the members wanted to ban the film.[citation needed]
He is working on his next film, Kaneda, pronounced the way some rural Punjabis pronounce Canada. The film is about the rise and fall of a Punjabi gangster in Vancouver. It is being produced by director Aanand L. Rai.
Personal life
He married in 1995 after his graduation. He has two children. His daughter is 21 ( in 2005) and his son Rudraveer Singh who studies in Indus International School Pune is doing pretty well.
Filmography
- Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)
- NH10 (2015)
- Rock The Shaadi (unreleased)
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