Nikhil Advani
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Nikkhil Suresh Advani 28 April 1971 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Producer, Film director, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Suparna Gupta |
| Children | Keya |
Nikkhil Advani (born 28 April 1971) is an Indian film producer, director and screenwriter. He is one of the co-founders of Emmay Entertainment, a motion picture production company. Nikkhil has worked with famed ecologist Bittu Sehgal and he serves on the advisory board of Save The Tiger’s cause.
Advani was born in Mumbai. His father is a retired professional who worked in senior management positions with multinationals in the chemical and pharmaceuticals industry and his mother is an advertising professional. His father is Sindhi and mother Maharashtrian.
He studied at Green Lawns High School, Breach Candy, and later did his Masters in chemistry at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He married his college sweetheart Suparna Gupta with whom he has a daughter Keya. Advani is the grand nephew of late producer N. N. Sippy and second cousin of actor Tusshar Kapoor and producer Ekta Kapoor.
Assistant director, with Sudhir Mishra's Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), for which he also co-wrote the screenplay. Subsequently, he worked under Dharma Productions, the production house of the late Yash Johar, father of Karan Johar.
Advani started his career by assisting Saeed and Aziz Mirza in directing Naya Nukkad. Then, he was an assistant director, and assisted Karan Johar in his first two directorial projects, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Advani also had an acting guest appearance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, along with Farah Khan during the Neelam Show sequence. . Similarly, he assisted Aditya Chopra on Mohabbatein.
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