Sanjay Khanna(I)
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sanjay Khanna's association with the celluloid began with assisting internationally renowned director Shekhar Kapur on the fantasy film, 'Mr. India' where he got to handle the entire shoot and pre to post-production of the film.
As Shekhar Kapur got involved with 'Bandit Queen' he appointed Sanjay Khanna as a Director to complete 'Dushmani' Starring Sunny Deol & Manisha Koirala. Sanjay then went to be the COO for Shekhar Kapur's Quasar Films and the Associate Director for all the commercials produced and directed by him. The last commercial was 'Force One Suv' starring Amitabh Bachchan.
With his first film 'Anth', ironically (in Hindi Anth translates to 'the end'), Sanjay Khanna began his first Directorial, starring Sunil Shetty, Somy Ali and Paresh Rawal. The film went on to be Silver Jubilee at the box office and also won the year's Filmfare Award for the 'Best Action Film'. Sanjay Khanna's next film was 'Shastra', most remembered for the song 'Kya Ada Kya Jalwe Tere Paro' which was a Chartbuster, that stayed on the top of charts for almost a year. This film marked the debut for today's successful singer Sunidhi Chauhan and writer Yunus Sejawal. He then directed an action-comedy 'Ittefaq' and a thriller 'Junoon'. Even as the Silver Screen has not enough of Sanjay Khanna, he went testing the still waters of the Small Screen. That is when he directed, For Sahara One - a psychological thriller 'Katputtli which was a tight budget film for digital theatres and overseas market.
Sanjay ventured into Television and directed hundreds of episodes for various Channels like Star TV, Zee TV, Sony TV, Sahara One etc
Also, for Sony TV, he did a Director's special show for Vikram Bhatt called 'Specials at 10: Shauhrat Nafrat Aur Showbiz' which is a story of an upcoming Bollywood actress and how she attains stardom. This mini-series was nominated for 'the best series' category at the Seoul Festival & won several TV Awards.
Sanjay Khanna later joined Suniel Shetty's company Popcorn Entertainment as a Creative Director where he creatively executed all the films Produced by Popcorn Ent. and also shot songs for EMI starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal and Mallaika Arora Khan. He has even shot the action sequences for the movie 'Loot' that stars Govinda and Suniel Shetty. He then worked as a Creative Head for a Dubai Based Ad Agency Spectrum 7 where he did several International Advertising Films & Corporate Films.
With his first film 'Anth', ironically (in Hindi Anth translates to 'the end'), Sanjay Khanna began his first Directorial, starring Sunil Shetty, Somy Ali and Paresh Rawal. The film went on to be Silver Jubilee at the box office and also won the year's Filmfare Award for the 'Best Action Film'. Sanjay Khanna's next film was 'Shastra', most remembered for the song 'Kya Ada Kya Jalwe Tere Paro' which was a Chartbuster, that stayed on the top of charts for almost a year. This film marked the debut for today's successful singer Sunidhi Chauhan and writer Yunus Sejawal. He then directed an action-comedy 'Ittefaq' and a thriller 'Junoon'. Even as the Silver Screen has not enough of Sanjay Khanna, he went testing the still waters of the Small Screen. That is when he directed, For Sahara One - a psychological thriller 'Katputtli which was a tight budget film for digital theatres and overseas market.
Sanjay ventured into Television and directed hundreds of episodes for various Channels like Star TV, Zee TV, Sony TV, Sahara One etc
Also, for Sony TV, he did a Director's special show for Vikram Bhatt called 'Specials at 10: Shauhrat Nafrat Aur Showbiz' which is a story of an upcoming Bollywood actress and how she attains stardom. This mini-series was nominated for 'the best series' category at the Seoul Festival & won several TV Awards.
Sanjay Khanna later joined Suniel Shetty's company Popcorn Entertainment as a Creative Director where he creatively executed all the films Produced by Popcorn Ent. and also shot songs for EMI starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal and Mallaika Arora Khan. He has even shot the action sequences for the movie 'Loot' that stars Govinda and Suniel Shetty. He then worked as a Creative Head for a Dubai Based Ad Agency Spectrum 7 where he did several International Advertising Films & Corporate Films.
