Rahul Rawail

Rahul Rawail

Rahul Rawail ( Hindi राहुल रवैल Rāhul Ravail ; born April 7, 1951 in Bombay ) is an Indian film director of Hindi films .

Life

Rahul Rawail was born in Bombay as the son of director Harnam Singh Rawail . He was Rishi Kapoor's classmate , which enabled him to begin his career in the Hindi film industry as an assistant to Raj Kapoor . He was involved in the film productions Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971), Mera Naam Joker (1972) and Bobby (1973), among others . After seven years at Kapoor, Rahul Rawail began directing Love Story ; a production by Rajendra Kumar , with which he wanted to launch his son Kumar Gaurav as a performer, but which was long delayed and finally did not appear under Rawail's name.

He wrote the screenplay for Deedar-e-Yaar (1982), the last film made under his father's direction. He became one of the biggest flops in Hindi films of the 1980s and HS Rawail only appeared as a producer of films for Rahul Rawail. He directed the acting debuts of Dharmendra's son Sunny Deol ( Betaab , 1983) and Kajol ( Bekhudi , 1992).

In 2010 Rawail opened his own drama school ( StellAdler - Studio Of Acting), which teaches according to the principles of method acting .

Filmography

• 1980: Gunehgaar
• 1981: Love Story
• 1981: Biwi-o-Biwi
• 1983: Betaab
• 1985: Arjun
• 1986: Samundar
• 1987: Dacait
• 1988: Honee Anhonee - TV series
• 1988: Dharam Yuddh - TV series
• 1990: Jeevan Ek Sangharsh
• 1991: Yodha
• 1991: Mast calender
• 1992: Bekhudi
• 1994: Anjaam - Today love, tomorrow revenge (Anjaam)
• 1997: ... Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
• 1999: Arjun Pandit
• 2001: Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi
• 2005: Jo Bole So Nihaal
• 2007: Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
• 2007: Buddha Mar Gaya

literature

• Entry on Rahul Rawail in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 198

Web links

• Rahul Rawail in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rahul Rawail in Der Spiegel 26/2010