Indian film director

Mohit Suri is an Indian film director. Born into the Bhatt family, he is well known for directing suicide based films Murder 2 (2011), the musical romance Aashiqui 2 (2013) and the romantic thrillers Awarapan (2007), Ek Villain (2014) and Malang (2020). He has been married to Udita Goswami since 2013.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Other works
• 4 Personal life
• 5 Filmography
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Suri was born and brought up in Mumbai. His father worked for Dunlop in Chennai and his mother was an air hostess. He has one sister, former actress Smiley Suri.

Career

After working as an office *istant for T-Series as well as *istant director in Vikram Bhatt's films Kasoor (2001), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002) and Footpath (2003), Suri made his directorial debut with the moderately successful Zeher (2005) and then had involvement with movies like Kalyug (2005), Woh Lamhe (2006), Awarapan (2007), Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Crook (2010).

Suri's breakthrough period begun with the unexpected earning of his psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011). It is one of the highest grossing Hindi film of 2011. Followed by the highly successful musical love stories Aashiqui 2 (2013) and Ek Villain (2014), with the latter being a revenge drama too and entering 100 Crore Club in India.Post the debacle of his majorly anticipated dramas Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015) and Half Girlfriend (2017), he garnered critical and commercial success via the romantic suspense thriller Malang (2020).

Suri's upcoming and forthcoming directorials include Ek Villain Returns, Aashiqui 3 and Malang 2.

Other works

Apart from his occupation as a director, Suri was the judge of Star Plus's dance reality series Nach Baliye 8 and formed EMI Records India, one of the best musical platforms in India, which produced singers like Yash Narvekar, *hka Shahaney etc.

Personal life

Suri married actress Udita Goswami in 2013 and they have a son and daughter.

Filmography

Director*istant Director

References

External links

• Mohit Suri at Bollywood Hungama
• Mohit Suri at IMDb