Ashok Thakeria

Ashok Thakeria is a well-known Indian Movie Producer who was born in East Africa’s region of Tanzania. He did his Bachelor’s from the Bombay University in the area of Commerce. After completing his graduation, Ashok went on to launch his own production company with his partner Indra Kumar Indra Kumar is a prominent award-winning Indian fi >> Read More... . They launched the company in 1983 under the name of “Maruti International”. Belonging to a non-filmy background, Ashok produced his first movie in 1985 titled “Mohabbat”. Mohabbat starred big Bollywood names like Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumb >> Read More... , Aruna Irani Aruna Irani is an Indian actress who has acted in >> Read More... , AmrishPuri, Amjad Khan Amjad Zakaria Khan was born on 12th November, 1940 >> Read More... , etc. It was directed by Bapu.

Ashok’s next project as a producer was 1988 movie “Kasam” which again had a great acting talent in stars like Poonam Dhillon, Aruna Irani, Gulshan Grover Gulshan Kumar is Bollywood’s most sought-after vil >> Read More... , etc. It was produced under the direction of Umesh Mehra. Both the movies were a success at the box office, which prompted Ashok to do his next production of movie “Dil” in 1990. “Dil” was a raving success at the box office due to its young star cast of Madhuri Dixit Madhuri Dixit is not just known as the also a smil >> Read More... , Amir Khan Amir Iqbal Khan is a former professional boxer fro >> Read More... , Saeed Jaffrey Saeed Jaffrey, a British actor, who hailed from In >> Read More... , etc. and its youth-oriented story line. This movie was a direction project of Ashok’s partner Indra Kumar.

After this movie, there was no looking back for Ashok, and he went on to produce many successful films for the Bollywood film industry. He went on to produce “Raja” in 1995, “Beta” in 1992, “Mann” in 1999, “ Rishtey Rishtey is a Hindi television network channel broa >> Read More... ” in 2002, and so on. He produced a film named “Masti” in 2004 that went on to become a franchise of its own with sequels like “ Grand Masti Click to look into! >> Read More... ” in 2013 and “ Great Grand Masti Click to look into! >> Read More... ” in 2016. The story of this franchise mostly revolves around three friends and their married life. They all belong to the Adult Comedy Genre.

In 2006, he produced a movie “Payare Mohan” which stared Fardeen Khan Fardeen Khan is a former film actor, known for doi >> Read More... and Vivek Oberoi as lead actors opposite Esha Deol and Amrita Rao Amrita Rao was born on June 7, 1981 in Mumbai, Mah >> Read More... . Another directorial project of Indra Kumar that Ashok produced was a 2007 movie “Dhamaal” starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary in lead roles. This film went on to have its sequel “ Double Dhamaal Click to look into! >> Read More... ” in 2011 with Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and Sanjay Dutt July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of >> Read More... reoccurring in lead roles.

In 2014, Indra Kumar directed another film titled “ Super Nani Click to look into! >> Read More... ” that was a comeback movie for the very talented yesterday’s actress Rekha in the lead role of a Nani. This was produced by Ashok. It also had Sharman Joshi Sharman Joshi was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a >> Read More... of “ 3 Idiots Click to look into! >> Read More... ” fame as a lead. Ashok Thakeria was married to actress Poonam Dhillon in 1988 and got divorced in 1997. They have two kids together, a son named Anmol Thakeria and a daughter named Paloma Thakeria.  

In 2019, Ashok produced the movie, Total Dhamaal Click to look into! >> Read More... directed by Indra Kumar. The film featured Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps >> Read More... , Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. In 2020, Ashok’s super hit film Raja starring Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Kapoor Sanjay Kapoor is a Bollywood actor. He had acted a >> Read More... celebrated its 25 years. It was one of the successful movies not only for Ashok but for Madhuri and Sanjay. Yes, the film ran for 50 weeks at the box office and registered its Golden Jubilee with super hit songs. Ashok arranged for the golden jubilee celebration in 1995 and Ajay Devgan was present at the celebration and appreciated the team for their effort. While the movie celebrated its 25 years, the heroine of the movie Madhuri Dixit turned nostalgic and thanked the director and the production team for offering her the lead role and made it memorable.