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Nikhil Advani is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Indian born on 28 april 1971 at Mumbai (Inde)
Nikhil Advani (Sindhi: निखिल आड॒वाणी، نکل آڏواڻي) (born 28 April 1971) is an Indian director and screenwriter in the Bollywood industry.
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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
, 2h57Directed by Karan Johar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan, Farida Jalal, Sana Saeed
Roles Cameo Appearance
Rating74%
Rahul Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan) and Anjali Sharma (Kajol) are best friends in St. Xavier's College. The college principal Mr. Malhotra (Anupam Kher) has a beautiful daughter Tina (Rani Mukerji), who comes to St. Xavier's from London to finish her degree. She becomes friends with both Rahul and Anjali. When Anjali realizes that she is in love with Rahul, she is encouraged by her motherly guardian Rifat Bi (Himani Shivpuri) to tell him so. Instead, Anjali is left heartbroken when Rahul tells her that he loves Tina. Anjali decides to leave college and shares a tearful goodbye with Rahul, going away from Rahul and Tina's lives forever. Tina then realizes that she came between two best friends. After college, Rahul marries Tina and, in a year of marriage, Tina gives birth to a baby girl. Tina has complications in her pregnancy and has little time left, so she writes eight letters to her daughter (one for each of her first eight birthdays), so that she will know her mother. Before dying, Tina asks Rahul to promise her to name their daughter Anjali.
Director
Katti Batti (2015)
Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Imran Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Vivan Bhathena
Rating47%
Madhav "Maddy" Kabra (Imran Khan) is an architect who is in love with Payal (Kangana Ranaut) because of her attitude towards life. They are in a live-in relationship for 5 years until a sudden turn of events makes Payal leave Maddy.A story which explains the deepness of relationship signifies relationship well accordingly.
Hero (2015)
Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Govinda, Kader Khan, Athiya Shetty, Vinod Khanna, Aditya Pancholi, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Rating36%
Sooraj (Sooraj Pancholi) is a gangster from Mumbai who meets Radha (Athiya Shetty), daughter of city's Chief of Police during a party . Sooraj, under instructions from his gangster father, Pasha (Aditya Pancholi), kidnaps Radha because Radha's father brought evidence against Pasha in court, and kidnaps Radha in the guise of a police officer, by telling her that he received instructions from the police to take her away from city as there is a threat that Pasha and his gang will kidnap Radha unless they move for some time. During these days they slowly fall in love. One day the police tracks them and Sooraj and Radha escape but Sooraj is shot in the arm when trying to jump over a broken bridge and they both fall in water . Later they are rescued by a group of monks but it is said that Radha and Sooraj are dead to Radha's father. Sooraj is unconscious . After a couple of days Sooraj is conscious when Radha tells about her love to him. Later he confesses to Radha that he had kidnapped her. Radha has however fallen in love with Sooraj. Radha tells Sooraj to surrender and Sooraj is sent to jail for 2 years . During that time Radha's brother Dheeraj (Sharad Kelkar) asks her to go to Paris .
D-Day (2013)
, 2h31Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal, Ronit Roy, Shruti Haasan, Huma Qureshi
Rating71%
Agent Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan), appointed by the Chief of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Ashwini Rao (Nassar), has been on a mission for nine years to keep an eye out for the activities of India's most wanted D-Company leader, Goldman (Rishi Kapoor) while working as a local barber.One day he notices Goldman distributing his son's wedding cards to people in the mosque where he prays and comes to know that his son is getting married and Goldman is breaking his security protocol to attend that. Sensing a chance to nab Goldman alive he informs Ashwini about the same who assembles a team quickly - Ex-Indian Navy's Marine Commando and undercover agent, Captain Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal), R.A.W.'s explosives expert, Zoya Rehman (Huma Qureshi), and Aslam, a Mumbai thief and a murderer who was given a chance of freedom by participating in this mission.
Delhi Safari (2012)
, 1h32Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about apes, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Akshaye Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Boman Irani, Govinda, Christopher Lloyd, Urmila Matondkar
Rating55%
Delhi Safari is the story of a journey undertaken by a leopard cub, his mother, a monkey, a bear and a parrot when the forest they live in is on the verge of destruction. Builders have encroached upon their forest and the animals decide to go to Delhi and protest in front of the parliament and ask the parliament some very simple yet pertinent questions they were – why has man become the most dangerous animal? Doesn't man understand that if the forests and the animals don't co-exist with humans, the balance of the ecosystem will be endangered? The film starts with Yuvraj 'Yuvi' saying that he lost his father Sultan (Sunil Shetty) in the morning,but doesn't want to lose his home in any cost. The film carries a flashback of the morning with Yuvi and Sultan playing in the forest while his mother, Begum (Urmila Matondkar) enters. The two say something that Begum gets angry and goes. Soon, Begum forgives Sultan and Yuvraj. However, while coming back, a whole pack of bulldozers come. Begum manages to escape, but Yuvi and Sultan are trapped. In a bid to save Yuvi, Sultan catches Yuvi in his mouth and tosses him to Begum. However, he himself is killed by a human wielding a shotgun, making the whole forest a large enemy of the humans. A talk happens of Bajrangi, a monkey (Govinda), saying that he would beat out the wits of those men, and asks whether anyone knows anyone who knows language of humans. A white bird pipes up, saying he knows someone. Yuvi meets the white bird the next day, and asks who is the one he said about. The white bird says he is Alex (Akshaye Khanna), who lives with a director Vikram. Bajrangi, Bagga the bear (Boman Irani), Yuvi go and kidnap the parrot and convince him to go to Delhi with them to talk to the parliament. After a few good and bad experiences Begum tells that no one is going to Delhi after listening to a tiger's story as soon after she sees Sultan and proceeds to Delhi. They finally reach Delhi and tell their message. In the last scene it is shown the jungle is saved and all are happy.
Patiala House (2011)
, 2h27Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Dimple Kapadia, Armaan Kirmani, Prem Chopra
Rating56%
The movie is about Parghat Singh Kahlon alias Gattu / Kaali (Akshay Kumar) who is living the life his father Gurtej Singh Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor) chose for him. Gattu had been good at cricket and wanted to play for England though his dad would never let him become a member of the England team. His dad had told him if he played he would commit suicide. His siblings hated him as he was an exemplary in the house. He was always alone until Zeeshan and Simran (Anushka Sharma) come into his life.
Chandni Chowk to China (2009)
, 2h34Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Sports films, Martial arts films, Musical films, Kung fu films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Gordon Liu, Ranvir Shorey, Kiran Juneja
Rating43%
Sidhu (Akshay Kumar) is a lowly vegetable cutter at a roadside food stall in the Chandni Chowk section of Delhi, who consults astrologers, tarot card readers, and fake fakirs despite his foster father Dada's (Mithun Chakraborty) exhortations. When two strangers from China claim him as a reincarnation of war hero 'Liu Shen' and take him to China, Sidhu, encouraged by trickster Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey), believes he will be feted as a hero, unaware of his own recruitment to assassinate the smuggler Hojo (Gordon Liu).
Salaam-e-Ishq (2007)
, 3h44Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, John Abraham, Anjana Sukhani
Rating52%
Born in Dehra Dun, temperamental and ambitious Kamna changes her name to Kamini Ranawat (Priyanka Chopra), hires Babu (Tinnu Anand) as her manager, and becomes one of the most sought-after heroines in Bollywood. As a publicity stunt to change her image from item queen and to get the attention of filmmaker Karan Johar she says she is in love with a man named Rahul. In London a man saying he is Rahul Khanna (Salman Khan) poses as her childhood sweetheart and future husband. Kamini has to play along or she will not get the film deal she was looking for with Karan Johar. This results in a dilemma for her as Rahul reveals he loved her back when she was Kamna and she has to choose between her career and Rahul.
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
, 3h4Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Sushma Seth, Dara Singh
Rating78%
Naina Catherine Kapur (Preity Zinta) is a bespectacled 23-year-old Punjabi MBA student who is quite pessimistic and cynical towards her life and relationships. The movie opens up to Naina visiting Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City. She relates how whenever she misses her father, she comes to the park. Upon returning home, we see Jenny (Jaya Bachchan), Naina's widowed mother who is on the phone discussing a loan extension for their centrally situated restaurant which isn't doing so well. Upon Naina's father's passing, all the house's responsibilities have fallen on her. Naina begins looking through the mail to find another private and confidential letter addressed to her mother, among many others she periodically receives. She also finds a letter from a Punjabi matrimonial service, Kunwari Kudi (meaning: Single Girl) that her grandmother and her aunts have enlisted in hopes of marrying off Naina to a Sikh sardar man. Naina's grandmother Lajjo (Sushma Seth), and Naina's aunts Kammo (Shoma Anand) and Vimmo (Kamini Khanna) are religious aspiring musicians who often perform for their neighbor, Chadda (Dara Singh) and to the horror and inconvenience of many of their other neighbors. There are also Naina's younger siblings in the home, including Shiv (Athit Naik), Naina's disabled biological brother and Gia (Jhanak Shukla), Naina's adoptive sister. There is much tension in the Kapur household as Lajjo is resentful towards Gia and Jenny as she believes Jenny's decision to adopt Gia is what led to her husband's suicide and the failing financial condition of their family, thus causing her to be affectionate with Naina and Shiv, while being cold to Gia. She thinks that Gia is the main problem in the house. She believes that the problems in the house started after Gia is adopted. There is also much religious tension in the house as Jenny practices Christianity while Lajjo practices Sikhism.
Scriptwriter
Katti Batti (2015)
Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Imran Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Vivan Bhathena
Roles Story
Rating47%
Madhav "Maddy" Kabra (Imran Khan) is an architect who is in love with Payal (Kangana Ranaut) because of her attitude towards life. They are in a live-in relationship for 5 years until a sudden turn of events makes Payal leave Maddy.A story which explains the deepness of relationship signifies relationship well accordingly.
Hero (2015)
Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Govinda, Kader Khan, Athiya Shetty, Vinod Khanna, Aditya Pancholi, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Roles Story
Rating36%
Sooraj (Sooraj Pancholi) is a gangster from Mumbai who meets Radha (Athiya Shetty), daughter of city's Chief of Police during a party . Sooraj, under instructions from his gangster father, Pasha (Aditya Pancholi), kidnaps Radha because Radha's father brought evidence against Pasha in court, and kidnaps Radha in the guise of a police officer, by telling her that he received instructions from the police to take her away from city as there is a threat that Pasha and his gang will kidnap Radha unless they move for some time. During these days they slowly fall in love. One day the police tracks them and Sooraj and Radha escape but Sooraj is shot in the arm when trying to jump over a broken bridge and they both fall in water . Later they are rescued by a group of monks but it is said that Radha and Sooraj are dead to Radha's father. Sooraj is unconscious . After a couple of days Sooraj is conscious when Radha tells about her love to him. Later he confesses to Radha that he had kidnapped her. Radha has however fallen in love with Sooraj. Radha tells Sooraj to surrender and Sooraj is sent to jail for 2 years . During that time Radha's brother Dheeraj (Sharad Kelkar) asks her to go to Paris .
D-Day (2013)
, 2h31Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal, Ronit Roy, Shruti Haasan, Huma Qureshi
Roles Story
Rating71%
Agent Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan), appointed by the Chief of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Ashwini Rao (Nassar), has been on a mission for nine years to keep an eye out for the activities of India's most wanted D-Company leader, Goldman (Rishi Kapoor) while working as a local barber.One day he notices Goldman distributing his son's wedding cards to people in the mosque where he prays and comes to know that his son is getting married and Goldman is breaking his security protocol to attend that. Sensing a chance to nab Goldman alive he informs Ashwini about the same who assembles a team quickly - Ex-Indian Navy's Marine Commando and undercover agent, Captain Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal), R.A.W.'s explosives expert, Zoya Rehman (Huma Qureshi), and Aslam, a Mumbai thief and a murderer who was given a chance of freedom by participating in this mission.
Delhi Safari (2012)
, 1h32Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about apes, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Akshaye Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Boman Irani, Govinda, Christopher Lloyd, Urmila Matondkar
Rating55%
Delhi Safari is the story of a journey undertaken by a leopard cub, his mother, a monkey, a bear and a parrot when the forest they live in is on the verge of destruction. Builders have encroached upon their forest and the animals decide to go to Delhi and protest in front of the parliament and ask the parliament some very simple yet pertinent questions they were – why has man become the most dangerous animal? Doesn't man understand that if the forests and the animals don't co-exist with humans, the balance of the ecosystem will be endangered? The film starts with Yuvraj 'Yuvi' saying that he lost his father Sultan (Sunil Shetty) in the morning,but doesn't want to lose his home in any cost. The film carries a flashback of the morning with Yuvi and Sultan playing in the forest while his mother, Begum (Urmila Matondkar) enters. The two say something that Begum gets angry and goes. Soon, Begum forgives Sultan and Yuvraj. However, while coming back, a whole pack of bulldozers come. Begum manages to escape, but Yuvi and Sultan are trapped. In a bid to save Yuvi, Sultan catches Yuvi in his mouth and tosses him to Begum. However, he himself is killed by a human wielding a shotgun, making the whole forest a large enemy of the humans. A talk happens of Bajrangi, a monkey (Govinda), saying that he would beat out the wits of those men, and asks whether anyone knows anyone who knows language of humans. A white bird pipes up, saying he knows someone. Yuvi meets the white bird the next day, and asks who is the one he said about. The white bird says he is Alex (Akshaye Khanna), who lives with a director Vikram. Bajrangi, Bagga the bear (Boman Irani), Yuvi go and kidnap the parrot and convince him to go to Delhi with them to talk to the parliament. After a few good and bad experiences Begum tells that no one is going to Delhi after listening to a tiger's story as soon after she sees Sultan and proceeds to Delhi. They finally reach Delhi and tell their message. In the last scene it is shown the jungle is saved and all are happy.
Patiala House (2011)
, 2h27Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Dimple Kapadia, Armaan Kirmani, Prem Chopra
Roles Story
Rating56%
The movie is about Parghat Singh Kahlon alias Gattu / Kaali (Akshay Kumar) who is living the life his father Gurtej Singh Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor) chose for him. Gattu had been good at cricket and wanted to play for England though his dad would never let him become a member of the England team. His dad had told him if he played he would commit suicide. His siblings hated him as he was an exemplary in the house. He was always alone until Zeeshan and Simran (Anushka Sharma) come into his life.
Salaam-e-Ishq (2007)
, 3h44Directed by Nikhil Advani
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, John Abraham, Anjana Sukhani
Roles Histoire
Rating52%
Born in Dehra Dun, temperamental and ambitious Kamna changes her name to Kamini Ranawat (Priyanka Chopra), hires Babu (Tinnu Anand) as her manager, and becomes one of the most sought-after heroines in Bollywood. As a publicity stunt to change her image from item queen and to get the attention of filmmaker Karan Johar she says she is in love with a man named Rahul. In London a man saying he is Rahul Khanna (Salman Khan) poses as her childhood sweetheart and future husband. Kamini has to play along or she will not get the film deal she was looking for with Karan Johar. This results in a dilemma for her as Rahul reveals he loved her back when she was Kamna and she has to choose between her career and Rahul.