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Mohit Suri is an Indian film director. Born into the Bhatt family, he is well known for directing the films Murder 2 (2011),[1] the musical romance Aashiqui 2 (2013)[2] and the romantic thrillers Awarapan (2007), Ek Villain (2014) and Malang (2020).[3] He has been married to Udita Goswami since 2013.

Mohit Suri
Suri in April 2013
Born	(1981-04-11) 11 April 1981 (age 41) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film director, producer
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Udita Goswami ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Relatives	See Bhatt family

Early life

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Mohit Suri was born and brought up in Mumbai. His father Daksh Suri worked for Dunlop in Chennai and his mother was an air hostess. He has one sister, former actress Smiley Suri.[4]

Career

After working as an office assistant for T-Series as well as assistant director in Vikram Bhatt's films Kasoor (2001), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002) and Footpath (2003), Suri made his directorial debut with the moderately successful Zeher (2005) and then directed movies like Kalyug (2005), Woh Lamhe (2006), Awarapan (2007), Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Crook (2010).[5]

Suri's breakthrough period begun with the unexpected earning of his psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011). It is one of the highest grossing Hindi film of 2011. Followed by the highly successful musical love stories Aashiqui 2 (2013) and Ek Villain (2014), with the latter being a revenge drama too and entering 100 Crore Club in India.[6] Post the debacle of his majorly anticipated dramas Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015) and Half Girlfriend (2017), he garnered critical and commercial success via the romantic suspense thriller Malang (2020).[7]Recently released Ek Villain Returns (2022) with John Abraham and Arjun Kapoor.

Suri's upcoming and forthcoming directorials include, Untitled movie with Varun Dhawan and Malang 2.[8]

Other works

Apart from his occupation as a director, Suri was the judge of Star Plus's dance reality series Nach Baliye 8 and formed EMI Records India, one of the best musical platforms in India, which produced singers like Yash Narvekar, Anushka Shahaney etc.[9]

Personal life

In 2013, Suri married former Indian actress Udita Goswami. The couple have a son (b. 2015) and daughter (b. 2018).[10]

Filmography

Director

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Note.
2005	Zeher	Yes	Yes	story credit
2005	Kalyug	Yes	Yes
2006	Woh Lamhe	Yes	No
2007	Awarapan	Yes	No
2009	Raaz: The Mystery Continues	Yes	Yes	story credit
2010	Crook	Yes	Yes
2011	Murder 2	Yes	No
2013	Aashiqui 2	Yes	No
2014	Ek Villain	Yes	No
2015	Hamari Adhuri Kahani	Yes	No
2017	Half Girlfriend	Yes	No	Producer
2020	Malang	Yes	No
2022	Ek Villain Returns	Yes	Yes	[11]
2023	Malang 2	Yes	No	Pre-production[12]

Assistant Director

Year	Title
2001	Kasoor
2002	Awara Paagal Deewana
2003	Footpath

References

External links

• Mohit Suri at Bollywood Hungama
• Mohit Suri at IMDb

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