Mohit Suri | |
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Born | 1981 (age 35–36) Mumbai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse(s) | Udita Goswami (m. 2013) |
Relatives | See Bhatt family |
Mohit Suri, (born 1981) is an Indian film director, most known for his films, Kalyug (2005) and Awarapan (2007). He has directed 3 quasi-sequels Raaz - The Mystery Continues (2009), Murder 2 (2011) and Aashiqui 2 (2013) and Ek Villain (2014), all of these proved to be commercial successes.
Suri was born and brought up in Mumbai. His father worked for Dunlop in Chennai and his mother was an air hostess. He has one sister, the aspiring actress Smiley Suri. Through his mother, Suri is related to several film personalities: her brothers are the film-makers Mahesh Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt and Robin Bhatt, while her sister Sheila Sabharwal is the wife of producer Darshan Sabharwal and mother of film-makers Suneel Darshan and Dharmesh Darshan. She is also related to actor Emraan Hashmi and director Milan Luthria. Thus, among Suri's cousins are Pooja, Vishesh, Rahul, Alia and Emraan; senior actress Soni Razdan is his aunt by marriage.
Before venturing into film direction, Mohit worked as an office assistant for T-Series, and as an assistant director to Vikram Bhatt (no relation).