Raj Mehta

Raj Mehta is one of the few Indian directors who tasted victory in his directorial debut, Good Newwz Click to look into! >> Read More... . His career propelled instantly because of the movie and turned out to be his breakout success. Raj Mehta was born and bred in Delhi. He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School and later moved to New York Click to look into! >> Read More... for his higher education. He graduated from Baruch College in Manhattan, New York. Raj Mehta had long dreamed of making big in the entertainment industry. However, his parents didn’t encourage his idea of having a future in cinema. So to satisfy his family, he obtained a formal degree, but he still wanted to channelize his passion for direction. So, Raj Mehta enrolled in New York Film Academy to pursue film making.

Upon returning to India, he directed his first-ever short film, Ironic Odyssey, in 2009. The short film, also written by Raj Mehta, brings out the truth that life is full of ironies. Raj Mehta started his career by assisting director Prakash Jha Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenw >> Read More... in the 2011 social-political film Aarakshan. He went on to assist Neerav Ghosh Neerav is a film maker. Neerav hails from Delhi.At >> Read More... and Trilok Malik in Soundtrack and Khushiyaan, respectively, in the same year.

In the year 2013, Raj Mehta worked for Yash Raj Films action thriller movie Aurangzeb as an assistant director. The film had a star cast consisting of Jackie Shroff Intro: Jackie Shroff is a well known Bollywood act >> Read More... , Rishi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kap >> Read More... , Amrita Singh Amrita Singh is an Indian film and TV actress. She >> Read More... , Arjun Kapoor Arjun Kapoor is a Bollywood star. He was born on 2 >> Read More... , and Prithiviraj Sukumaran. When working on Aurangzeb, he got the opportunity to work as an associate for Shashank Khaitan Shashank Khaitan is an Indian movie director. He h >> Read More... in his movie for Dharma Productions, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. This movie laid the foundation for his association with Dharma Productions and Karan Johar Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities i >> Read More... . Following Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Raj assisted director Shakun Bhatra in the Sidharth Malhotra Sidharth Malhotra is an Indian actor who was born >> Read More... , Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, >> Read More... , Fawad Khan starrer Kapoor & Sons. In 2017, Raj Mehta reunited with Shashank Khaitan as an associate director for the second installment of Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Badrinath Ki Dulhania Click to look into! >> Read More... . His other movies as an assistant director are Kismat Love Paisa Dilli and Bewakoofiyan.

After working as an assistant director for nearly a decade, Raj Mehta donned the director hat in 2019 with the movie Good Newwz. The movie starred Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and hi >> Read More... , Kareena Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh Diljit Dosanjh, born on 6 January 1984, in Jalandh >> Read More... , and Kiara Advani She is an Indian film star born on 31st July, 1992 >> Read More... in the lead roles. The story of the film revolves around two couples who go through in vitro fertilization. Along with direction, Raj Mehta has also penned the dialogues for the movie. The film got released on 27th December 2019 and went on to receive positive responses from the critics as well as the audience. The film also grossed great numbers at the box office by becoming the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019. Besides direction, Raj Mehta has also appeared in small roles in some short films.