Anil Sharma

Anil Sharma is an Indian film director and producer He got his first break in the Hindi film industry at the age of 18 as an assistant director He assisted Baldev Raj Chopra on Pati Patni Aur Woh 1978 The Burning Train 1980 and Insaf Ka Tarazu 1980 In 1980 at the age of 21 he debuted as a director with Shradhanjali starring Raakhee3 In 1983 he directed Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka and followed it up with Hukumat 1987 and Tahalka 1992 In 2001 Sharma directed Gadar Ek Prem Katha starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel It was a huge commercial success and went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters in the history of Hindi cinema and the most successful film of the 2000s He subsequently directed The Hero Love Story of a Spy 2003 starring Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta At that point It was considered to be the most expensive film ever made in Hindi at that time and went on to become the third highest grosser of the year Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo was his next directorial It is remembered for its patriotic fervor Apne2007 his next film was critically praised for its depiction of family emotions and values It garnered Anil critical and box office success and was the first film starring all three Deols Dharmendra Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol In 2010 his next Veer starring Salman Khan Mithun Chakraborty Jackie Shroff and Zarine Khan The movie was much talkedabout for its massive scale and depiction of the Indian Rajputanas war with the British After this he made Singh Saab The Great with Sunny Deol and Prakash Raj In Genius 2018 he introduced his son Utkarsh Sharma as the lead though he had already introduced him as a child artist in Gadar Five years later in 2023 he made a huge career comeback with Gadar 2 the sequel to Gadar Ek Prem Katha He reunited with Sunny Deol Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma Though it received mixed reviews it had a tremendous opening weekend and became the sixth highestgrossing Hindi film of alltime