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Rohit Shetty

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Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema.[2][3] He is known for creating the Golmaal and Cop Universe film franchises. Shetty’s other notable films include Bol Bachchan (2012), Chennai Express (2013) and Dilwale (2015).[4]

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Shetty’s Chennai Express, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, was released on 9 August 2013.[14][15] Chennai Express became the highest-grossing Bollywood film in the domestic market.[16][17] The film earned over US$17.4 million to become the third-highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas.[18] The film also set a number of box office records, for the highest opening-day gross, highest paid preview, highest single-day gross, biggest opening weekend, highest opening week and the fastest film to reach ₹100 crore and ₹2 billion in the domestic market.[19]

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Shetty has played the judge of the television show Comedy Circus.[20]

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In 2014, Shetty directed Singham Returns with Ajay Devgn, a sequel to his 2011 film Singham.[21] He was also a part of the 5th season of television stunt game show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2014 as the host taking over from the previous host Akshay Kumar.[22] In 2014, he turned into a producer with Singham Returns, co-producing the film under his banner Rohit Shetty Productions. He directed Dilwale (2015 film) with Sharukh Khan and Kajol which is a box office success. He reprised his role as host in season 6 and 8–11 of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi.

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Shetty directed Golmaal Again, the fourth film of the Golmaal series. The film, starring Ajay Devgn and Parineeti Chopra as lead, was released in October 2017, and received mixed reviews. It became the highest grossing Hindi film in 2017, the first Hindi blockbuster of 2017,[23][24] as well as the highest grossing Diwali release of all time. He directed the 2018 action comedy Simmba starring Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Sonu Sood in lead roles, with Ajay Devgn in a guest appearance as Bajirao Singham. It received mixed reviews, and became one of the highest grossing movies of the year.

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