Indra Kumar

Not to be confused with Inder Kumar.

Indra Kumar
Born
Indra Irani

Botad[citation needed], Gujarat, India
Occupation(s)Director, producer
RelativesActress Shweta Kumar (daughter)
3 sisters and 4 brothers including:
Adi Irani (brother)
Aruna Irani (sister)
Firoz Irani (brother)
Kuku Kohli (brother-in-law)
Bindu (cousin)

Indra Kumar[1] (born Indra Irani) is an Indian film director and producer.[2][3] He had five Filmfare nominations, has also appeared in number of Gujarati-language films. His latest film produced is Thank God (2022).

Kumar debuted into direction as well as production with Dil (1990) and then directed the different concept-based drama films Beta (1992), Raja (1995) and Ishq (1997); all four being among the highest-grossing Hindi films of respective years and critically as well as commercially successful. He received two Filmfare Award for Best Director nominations for Beta and Raja. He followed this with a number of average grossers or commercial failures, causing a setback, except the comedy Masti (2004), which ended with Dhamaal (2007).[4] Kumar went on to make commercially successful comedy film sequels including Double Dhamaal (2011), Grand Masti (2013) and Total Dhamaal (2019). The latter ranks among the highest-grossing Hindi films and remains his highest-grossing release till date.

  1. ^ "Indra Kumar: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ VIJAYAKAR, R.M. (13 July 2016). "Director Indra Kumar: I Want to Do a Romantic Film After 'Great Grand Masti'". Indiawest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. ^ Singh, Singh (21 September 2013). "'Grand Masti 3' to go on floors in next six months". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Indra Kumar gears up for Dhamaal 4 and Masti 4 from end of 2024". PINKVILLA. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.