Neeraj Vora
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| Born |
22 January 1963 Bhuj, India |
| Occupation | Writer, Director, Producer, Actor |
| Parent(s) | Pandit Vinayak Rai Vora Premila Vora |
Neeraj Vora (born 22 January 1963) is an Indian film director, writer, actor and composer from Gujarat who works in Bollywood.. His made a mark in Bollywood with his work as a writer for Aamir Khan's film Rangeela. His directorial debut was Khiladi 420 in 2000. Later in 2006, he wrote and directed Phir Hera Pheri and directed many other films after that. He suffered a brain stroke on 20 Oct. 2016 putting him into coma. He is working on Hera Pheri 3 as a writer and director. His work, true to his beliefs, has always been about "complete family entertainment." The stories and characters created by him touch the hearts of people from all age groups. He is a serious comic writer and director.
He was born in Bhuj in a simple Gujarati family in 1963. His father, Pandit Vinayak Rai Nanalal Vora was a classical musician and a proponent of Tar- Shehnai. He popularised Tar- Shehnai as the solo instrument for classical music. As a child Neeraj Vora had no access to Bollywood movies. As he hailed from a classical musicians' family, listening to film music and watching films was not allowed. His mother Premila Ben had a tremendous fascination for films, and she used to secretly take her son Neeraj to watch movies. That's how he was introduced to the world of cinema.
Luckily, a lot of Gujarati drama stalwarts followed his father’s work and knew him personally following which he got inclined towards Gujarati theatre. His love for theatre began at the age of 6, and when his father discovered this at the age of 13 he supported Vora and asked him to follow his passion.
During his college days, he started working professionally as an actor and he received intercollegiate awards for drama. In 1984 he worked for a film Holi by Ketan Mehta and later did a television show Choti Badi Baatien, Circus. He later worked as an actor in Rangeela too, as the film director wanted to bring down the sets and the actor was absent. Neeraj Vora, who had written the script, played the role to finish shooting. After seeing that scene, Anil Kapoor and Priyadarshan called him for Virasat followed by Aamir for Mann and several other projects.
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