Born on 16th of August 1955, David Dhawan has always been considered one of the finest Indian film directors. Mostly known for his comedy movies, he and actor Govinda shared a very strong professional relationship, which still continues. David Dhawan completed his higher studies from the FTII, Pune (Film and Television Institute of India). He was born in Jalandhar, which is in Punjab. However, as his father got transferred to Kanpur, David Dhawan also had to move to Kanpur, where he completed his 12th standard from the Christ Church College.
Though David Dhawan initially wanted to be an actor, but later he dropped the plan only to become an editor. After taking editing as his option, he slowly got into directing movies. Hs first breakthrough came in the form of “Aakhen”. This movie turned out to be quite a huge hit, which starred Govinda as well as Chunkey Pandy. In the year 2007, David Dhawan delivered on of the biggest blockbusters in the Indian film industry. Well, we are talking about the movie ‘
Partner
’. It features both
Salman Khan
and Govinda in the lead performance.
In between Aakhen and Partner, the combination of David Dhawan and Govinda delivered numerous successes, such as- Shola aur Shabnam,
Raja Babu
, Coolie. No 1, Sajan Chale Sasuraal, Deewana Mastana, Hero no. 1, Kunwara, and many more. Karuna Chopra is the wife of David Dhawan and he has two sons-
Rohit Dhawan
and
Varun Dhawan
. If you want to get a taste of Indian comedy movies then David Dhawan’s films can be the right choices.
Dhawan Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)