Dharmesh Darshan

Dharmesh Darshan is an Indian filmmaker, film director and writer who works in Bollywood. He began his illustrious career as one of the youngest filmmakers of Indian Cinema, in the league of Sooraj Barjatya, Aditya Chopra, Karan Johar, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He began his directorial career with the crime action film Lootere (1993). He achieved his breakthrough and created box-office history with the romantic drama Raja Hindustani (1996), He then directed the musical romantic drama Dhadkan (2000), another critical and commercial success.

He was widely reputed for being a heroine's director, as he was responsible for the metamorphosis of top heroines like Juhi Chawla in Lootere, Karisma Kapoor in Raja Hindustani and Shilpa Shetty in Dhadkan.