Rohit Shetty is an Indian director/cinematographer, born on March 14, 1974, in Mumbai. Rohit’s father was a master stuntman, M.B. Shetty, and his mother was a minor Bollywood actress, Ratna. When he was seventeen, Rohit started his career as an assistant director to Kuku Kohli in ‘Phool Aur Kaante’. He made his own directorial debut in 2003 with ‘Zameen’ starring Ajay Devgan. While his first film was not successful, Rohit’s next movies were very successful action comedies: ‘Golmaal: Fun Unlimited’ (2006), ‘Golmaal Returns’ (2008), and ‘Golmaal 3’ (2010). All starred Ajay Devgan. Ajay also starred in Rohit’s hits: ‘Singham’ (2011), ‘Singham Returns’ (2014), ‘Bol Bachchan’ (2012), and ‘Golmaal Again’, the highest-grossing film of 2017. Rohit also made two blockbusters with Shah Rukh Khan: ‘Chennai Express’ (2013), the 14th highest-grossing Hindi film ever, and ‘Dilwale’ (2015), the 15th highest-grossing Hindi film ever. In 2018, Rohit released the third film in Shetty’s Police Universe (the two Singham films are one and two). ‘Simmba’, starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan. It had mixed reviews but became the third highest-grossing film of 2018. Rohit released ‘Sooryavanshi’, on Diwali of 2021. Akshay Kumar starred as the head of an anti-terrorism squad. The release, delayed because of the coronavirus, was the first major release from Hindi Cinema after the lockdown and became the highest-grossing Hindi film of that year. In 2022, Rohit made his OTT debut with ‘Indian Police Force’ for Amazon Prime Video. He also took a break from action films with a remake comedy drama ‘Cirkus’, starring Ranveer Singh. Unfortunately, it was a flop. In 2023, Rohit made his debut as a producer of a Marathi film ‘School College Ani Life’, and in 2024 he directed ‘Singham Again’, the fifth film of the Cop Universe, it was only moderately successful.